Drag Culture and the Argument of Transmisogyny
I received an “Ask” on my Tumblr page discussing drag as transmisogynistic. Below was my response and since I get a lot of questions about this, […]
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Why Almost Everyone is Queer
More than once, and at a growing rate, people ask me about my uses of the words queer and genderqueer, raising concerns that I may […]
Continue reading »Ohio Queer Youth Bullied, Beaten; Who is Fighting Back?
October 17th, in Chillicothe, Ohio a teenage boy was jumped and brutally beaten by his classmates because of his perceived queer sexual orientation. One boy attacked the […]
Continue reading »Pride, People, and Perseverance
Pride’s over for another year, making this the week of recuperation for many local folks. I always need some downtime after Pride, but this year […]
Continue reading »Cincinnati Pride; Progress or Privilege?
Today is my birthday, but I can’t say I’ve been looking forward to it – not because I’m upset about getting freakishly close to 30, […]
Continue reading »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 »Queer Blog States We Can “Live Without Queer People of Color”
Last night, in the period of a few hours, the blog Queering posted a series of comments about people of color’s inclusion and, at one […]
Continue reading »Threats to “Women’s Rights” Step on Trans Toes
The recent legislative and funding threats to abortion rights, sexual assault, and sexual health (aka Planned Parenthood) have been described as an attack on women’s […]
Continue reading »Life-Saving Midwestern Queer Clinic Needs Help!
Friends, Howard Brown Health Center, the ONLY sliding scale queer health clinic, is in dire need of funds. This Chicago based health center provides accessible […]
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