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Calling Myself a Trans Woman? Hard. Calling Myself a Lesbian? Harder.
Calling Myself a Trans Woman? Hard. Calling Myself a Lesbian? Harder.
We can knot ourselves in the quest for permission
Piddling Piddles
Jun 20
What My Dad’s Childhood Crutches Taught His Gay Son About Othering
What My Dad’s Childhood Crutches Taught His Gay Son About Othering
On fallen fathers and the sons who hold them
Henry Lee Butler
Jun 19
Pride and Prejudice: Global Struggles for LGBTQ+ Acceptance
Pride and Prejudice: Global Struggles for LGBTQ+ Acceptance
Amidst increasing anti-LGBTQ+ laws worldwide, we need to speak out now more than ever.
Violet Vonnegut
Jun 23
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My Gender Journey Keeps On Keeping On
My Gender Journey Keeps On Keeping On
On coming out as transgender, losing my brothers, and learning I’m intersex
T. Chick McClure
Jun 25
My Transgender Waypoints: These Ideas Helped Me, So I’m Sharing
My Transgender Waypoints: These Ideas Helped Me, So I’m Sharing
This is a way. There is no single way. Still many of us end up at the same points.
Saoirse
Jun 25
NHS and Cass Review Accused of Covering Up Trans Youth Suicides
NHS and Cass Review Accused of Covering Up Trans Youth Suicides
NHS England and Dr Hilary Cass were aware of rising deaths linked to the withdrawal of puberty blbut pushed ahead with further restrictions
Kaylin Hamilton
Jun 25
The Medellan Conspiracy: Plans (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
The Medellan Conspiracy: Plans (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
Episode 77: Now that the recent harrowing events are behind them, Andreesen discusses some plans for the future.
Grayson Bell
Jun 25
4 Brilliant Gay Novels by 3 Authors Who Left Us Too Soon 🌈
4 Brilliant Gay Novels by 3 Authors Who Left Us Too Soon 🌈
HIV/AIDS ended the lives of these talented writers, but it didn’t stop them from giving us some astonishingly fierce novels first
John Peyton Cooke
Jun 24
These 3 Disney Songs Give Me Gender Feels
These 3 Disney Songs Give Me Gender Feels
I may never be a perfect daughter, but now I know me, and I’m still here
Rambling Reggie
Jun 24
Lights, Camera, Discrimination: The Price of Authenticity for Gay Actors
Lights, Camera, Discrimination: The Price of Authenticity for Gay Actors
There’s a double standard with leading men and their sexual orientations, that isn’t the same for leading women
Eleni Stephanides
Jun 24
How Does Grindr’s Public Status Affect the Future of Digital Intimacy?
How Does Grindr’s Public Status Affect the Future of Digital Intimacy?
Grindr going public highlights concerns about turning intimacy into business and shifting focus from user experience to shareholder…
Shaun Pezeshki
Jun 24
Living Out With Pride, Global Struggles, & Queer History … in Queer Voices
Living Out With Pride, Global Struggles, & Queer History … in Queer Voices
Prism & Pen Weekly Digest — June 23, 2024
James Finn
Jun 23
Conversion Therapist Proudly Admits He’s ‘The Terror that Haunts’ LGBTQ+ People
Conversion Therapist Proudly Admits He’s ‘The Terror that Haunts’ LGBTQ+ People
Plans to dispel “the myths around therapy for sexuality”
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Jun 23
A Gay Pride Litmus Test: We Are the Rainbow Canaries
A Gay Pride Litmus Test: We Are the Rainbow Canaries
Our nation stands, but our civil society has fallen.
Henry Lee Butler
Jun 23
This Trans Femme Has Never Felt Part of The Sisterhood
This Trans Femme Has Never Felt Part of The Sisterhood
Unpacking the difference between sisterhood and solidarity
Alex Mell-Taylor
Jun 23
My Entire Life Was Upended By A Music Video In High School
My Entire Life Was Upended By A Music Video In High School
Or, how my obsession with hula hooping saved my life.
Ossiana Tepfenhart
Jun 22
PRIDE: The Changing Face of Gay in the 1970s from My Personal Memories
PRIDE: The Changing Face of Gay in the 1970s from My Personal Memories
Reflecting on the time when it felt so FREE to be gay
Michael Horvich (he, him)
Jun 22
A Gay Love Spell from Coptic Egypt Reaches Out Across 15 Centuries
A Gay Love Spell from Coptic Egypt Reaches Out Across 15 Centuries
How a single piece of archeology reveals the existence of gay men fifteen hundred years ago.
Lucas Grochot
Jun 22
Two Gay Schoolboys, in Love, at War
Two Gay Schoolboys, in Love, at War
A review of ‘In Memoriam’ by Alice Winn
Ross Lonergan
Jun 22
‘Heartstopper’: Healing Your Inner Queer Kid
‘Heartstopper’: Healing Your Inner Queer Kid
Oh, to have had a love story like this in high school …
Giulio Serafini
Jun 21
Owning Bisexuality: A Book Helps Clarify What Bi Identity Means to Me
Owning Bisexuality: A Book Helps Clarify What Bi Identity Means to Me
Doing my part to expand bi-visibility.
Rand Bishop
Jun 21
That Time I Kissed a Girl and Liked It Because I Was Attracted to Her
That Time I Kissed a Girl and Liked It Because I Was Attracted to Her
Not because it was trendy
Michelle Marie Warner
Jun 21
What’s A Gay, Vegan Business Owner to Do?
What’s A Gay, Vegan Business Owner to Do?
A business group I love has planned a monthly gathering I won’t be attending.
Dan Hanley
Jun 21
The Difference Between Female, Woman and Feminine
The Difference Between Female, Woman and Feminine
Eternally searching for my transgender answer to “Who am I?”
Emma Holiday
Jun 20
A Straight Man Remembers the Second Gay Man He Loved: Carl W.
A Straight Man Remembers the Second Gay Man He Loved: Carl W.
A Geriatric Journal Story
Ronald C. Flores-Gunkle
Jun 20
The Medellan Conspiracy: Evacuation (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
The Medellan Conspiracy: Evacuation (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
Episode 76: After they evacuate the survivors from the Wah’kah’ria, they regroup and realize they must change their strategy.
Grayson Bell
Jun 20
I Went Topless at a Pride Parade and Had the Time of My Life
I Went Topless at a Pride Parade and Had the Time of My Life
Body paint, love, and rainbows
Samantha M🥀
Jun 19
Gay Conversion Therapy: The Harmful Illusion of Change
Gay Conversion Therapy: The Harmful Illusion of Change
Let’s call conversion therapy what it is — a phony practice. Experts have thoroughly debunked it.
Gino Cosme
Jun 19
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