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How The Vatican Helped Create The Anti-‘Gender Ideology’ Movement
How The Vatican Helped Create The Anti-‘Gender Ideology’ Movement
Catholicism, complementarity, and the construction of an empty signifier
Kaylin Hamilton
Apr 11
My Dignified Queer Heart Cries in Pain Responding to Vatican Document
My Dignified Queer Heart Cries in Pain Responding to Vatican Document
My personal reaction to “Infinite Dignity”
James Finn
Apr 10
Autistic People Are Being Weaponised to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care
Autistic People Are Being Weaponised to Restrict Gender-Affirming Care
Is it time society just accepted that we’re a diverse bunch?
Sarah Thompson-Cook
Apr 13
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The Death of Lesbian Bars? Here are 7 of the Best New Ones in the World.
The Death of Lesbian Bars? Here are 7 of the Best New Ones in the World.
The hotly anticipated return of sapphic space
Clay Hand
Apr 17
My Bi-Lie. Hiding LGBTQ Truth.
My Bi-Lie. Hiding LGBTQ Truth.
How LGBTQ stereotypes have affected me and many others.
Rachel D Adams
Apr 17
Longing for the Unspoken Kinship of Girlhood at a Concert
Longing for the Unspoken Kinship of Girlhood at a Concert
How two total strangers made me long for girlhood
Ian McDonough
Apr 17
The Gay Detective: Death Writes the Final Chapter
The Gay Detective: Death Writes the Final Chapter
The fall doesn’t kill you, it’s the sudden stop when you land
Elle Fredine
Apr 17
Our Queer Marriage Will Be Loving but Not Legal: Thanks, UK Government
Our Queer Marriage Will Be Loving but Not Legal: Thanks, UK Government
Why these Queers no longer care about getting the state’s ‘blessing’, in more ways than one
Kaylin Hamilton
Apr 16
How Gore Vidal Queered Himself
How Gore Vidal Queered Himself
His “inventions” are his queerest, most creative, and most personal novels — but did they sabotage his career?
John Peyton Cooke
Apr 16
The Medellan Conspiracy: Ellspeth (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
The Medellan Conspiracy: Ellspeth (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
Episode 57: Ard Ellspeth visits the space cruiser in orbit.
Grayson Bell
Apr 16
Supreme Court Allows Criminalizing Trans Kids’ Healthcare in Idaho
Supreme Court Allows Criminalizing Trans Kids’ Healthcare in Idaho
The April 15 ruling denies injunctive relief
Tucker Lieberman
Apr 15
Fragile Masculinity or Fragile about It: A Trans Untangling of the Two
Fragile Masculinity or Fragile about It: A Trans Untangling of the Two
Fragile masculinity or fragile about masculinity? For the transfemme, an untangling of the two may be necessary
Piddling Piddles
Apr 15
I Haven’t Dated (or Slept With) Anyone Since Realizing I’m Pansexual
I Haven’t Dated (or Slept With) Anyone Since Realizing I’m Pansexual
And maybe I never will.
Jennifer Nelson
Apr 15
My Bear Buddy’s Got an OnlyFans Account! Do I Tell Him I Know?
My Bear Buddy’s Got an OnlyFans Account! Do I Tell Him I Know?
What’s your move when you discover your buddy’s NSFW side hustle? Spill the beans or keep it hush-hush?
NorBears by Lenso
Apr 15
Samba by the Shore: Get to Know Gay Uruguay
Samba by the Shore: Get to Know Gay Uruguay
Exploring the queer corners of one of South America’s smallest countries
Eleni Stephanides
Apr 15
Prism & Pen Responds: Surging Transphobia in Religion, Journalism, Society
Prism & Pen Responds: Surging Transphobia in Religion, Journalism, Society
Prism & Pen Weekly Digest — April 14, 2024
James Finn
Apr 14
Invisible Bisexual Seeking Queer Community
Invisible Bisexual Seeking Queer Community
Masking my sexuality is downright depressing
LibrariAnna
Apr 14
New Bible Scholarship Threatens to Debunk Christian Anti-LGBTQ Theology
New Bible Scholarship Threatens to Debunk Christian Anti-LGBTQ Theology
Richard B. Hays uses his forthcoming book to eat crow.
Rand Bishop
Apr 14
‘Liberal’ U.S. News Outlets Are Riding Anti-Trans Hysteria
‘Liberal’ U.S. News Outlets Are Riding Anti-Trans Hysteria
Media bias attempts and fails playing it middle-of-the-road
Lsjaffee (Writer, Educator, Over-Thinker)
Apr 14
Am I a Liar? The Transgender Moral Dilemma.
Am I a Liar? The Transgender Moral Dilemma.
I continue to dwell in my self-imposed gender twilight zone.
Emma Holiday
Apr 14
Can You Learn to Love Polyamorously?
Can You Learn to Love Polyamorously?
Exploring the nuances of polyamory through personal experience and the limits of love’s expansiveness in the world of multiple partners.
Shaun Pezeshki
Apr 13
Was it a London Queer Party or a Dali Dreamscape?
Was it a London Queer Party or a Dali Dreamscape?
A Trippy Night of Taxidermy, 90s House, & Power Dykes at Mint London
Clay Hand
Apr 13
Why the Bisexual Character Buck on TV’s ‘911’ Is So Important
Why the Bisexual Character Buck on TV’s ‘911’ Is So Important
Comments like, “Buck is suddenly gay?” underline the importance of bisexual characters in mainstream media.
Jennifer Nelson
Apr 13
Transgender and Alone in the Midst
Transgender and Alone in the Midst
Stepping out of cover is more than coming out.
Saoirse
Apr 13
My First Encounter With Straight Fragility
My First Encounter With Straight Fragility
Sadly, a friendship has been destroyed in the process.
Rand Bishop
Apr 12
A Special Library During This Era of Banned LGBTQ Books
A Special Library During This Era of Banned LGBTQ Books
I’m more grateful than ever to the library that guided me through a rough patch in college.
Amy Kaufman Burk
Apr 11
I Just Found Out a Man I Love Owns an AR-15
I Just Found Out a Man I Love Owns an AR-15
Can I forgive him…considering we’ve never actually met?
James Patrick Nelson
Apr 11
The Medellan Conspiracy: Relics (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
The Medellan Conspiracy: Relics (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
Episode 56: Jevan opens the safe they discovered behind the ancient map hanging in the Council of Ards chambers.
Grayson Bell
Apr 11
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