Jacob Anderson-Minshall

May 23, 2024 | yesmagazine.org | Sunnivie Brydum |Jacob Anderson-Minshall

This Is Gender-Affirming CareShare Why you can trust us Transgender and nonbinary people have , but today’s efforts to eliminate access to this medically necessary care are unprecedented. Skeptics claim gender-affirming care for trans people is experimental and dangerous—but that is false. Gender-affirming care for trans people is based on 40 years of clinical research, with best practices regulated by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).

Apr 26, 2023 | outtraveler.com | Jacob Anderson-Minshall

"Don't go to Jamaica." That used to be the advice given queer travelers. And there were certainly reasons for LGBTQ+ travelers to take a cautious approach to visiting the Caribbean island whose colonial era "buggery" law punished same-sex relations with 10 years of hard labor. But the island celebrated its first queer Pride in 2015 and in the eight years since, the anti-gay sentiment in Jamaica (and some other Caribbean nations) had begun to thaw.

Apr 25, 2023 | outtraveler.com | Jacob Anderson-Minshall

Honolulu's Waikiki is legendary for its beaches and nightlife. Here's where to eat, drink, and party while you're in town. Where to Eat Hawaiian traditional plate: ahi poke, lomi lomi salmon, tako poke, kalua pork poi, and lau lau by bonchan/Shutterstock Fête Courtesy Hawaiian AirlinesChef Robynne Maii is the first woman of Native Hawaiian ancestry to receive a James Beard Award for best chef (and Hawaii’s first female James Beard Award winner).

Apr 4, 2023 | outtraveler.com | Jacob Anderson-Minshall

I’m not wearing anything special, certainly not whatever stereotypical image the word “hula” might arouse; there are no grass skirts or coconut bikinis here. Neither were historically a part of Native Hawaiian traditions. In this hula class we’re not swinging our hips, just moving our arms and clapping wooden batons together. As the kid who could never master rubbing their tummy while patting their head, I am failing to keep up. I won’t remember the moves in 30 seconds.

Apr 3, 2023 | outtraveler.com | Jacob Anderson-Minshall

We often think of immigration as a specific type of one-directional travel that occurs only once a lifetime. But the reality is often better reflected as trips crisscrossing back and forth, even if later visits are taken by offspring rather than the original migrants. Every time you travel you can’t help but take a bit of that place with you and leave a little something behind. All those invisible strings connect our hearts to a place even after we’re gone.