Gender Proof and Queers; We should know better
Yesterday I took part in Equality Ohio’s LGBT Lobby Day, a gathering of folks from all over the state descending en masse on the capital to lobby […]
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Trans and The Rest of My Life
I looked out over the Wisconsin lake. I’d been on the road touring almost two weeks, my batteries were running low, but in the best way. She […]
Continue reading »Trans Fears on Sex Crush the Trans Community
Over the past month a conversation about transmale identity, validation, and fetishization has been circling the web. This month long thread originated from a blog “Possibly […]
Continue reading »Pride; A Dissection
Columbus Pride was this past weekend- one of the largest prides in the Midwest. To start out the weekend I semi-butched it up with the […]
Continue reading »About April
April has always been a favorite month of mine. As a kid, April was time for Easter candy, my mom’s birthday, and violets – my […]
Continue reading »The Inevitable “She”
A voice answered. I dropped my voice to its lower octave and spoke. I overheard the man speaking to his supervisor. “She says….” She. It […]
Continue reading »How Inclusive is Queer Inclusive Healthcare?
This year Columbus pride not only had HIV testing, but also Syphilis and Hep A & B vaccines. Awesomeness, for sure. I checked out the […]
Continue reading »What’s in a name?
I sat back in the bar’s long, church-pew booth and listened to the members of the drag troupe talk. One turned from the conversation.“I had […]
Continue reading »Parallel Universe
There is a parallel universe I live beside. It is so close that it surrounds me, and yet I am not inside it. I was […]
Continue reading »The Rainbow Dilemma
When I was in high school I liked the rainbow. Having a sticker or two made me feel like I was included. I was a […]
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