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They Pay to Hear My Pain: Life as a Professional Transgender Public Speaker
They Pay to Hear My Pain: Life as a Professional Transgender Public Speaker
Why I’m forced to package my identity into digestible pieces for profit
Debbie Das
Dec 2
This World AIDS Day, I Reflect on the Lessons I Learned …
This World AIDS Day, I Reflect on the Lessons I Learned …
Working with people living with HIV and AIDS
Danny Stewart
Dec 2
The Queer-Coded Green Lady and the Relentless Orange Man
The Queer-Coded Green Lady and the Relentless Orange Man
Does everyone deserve an origin story?
James Patrick Nelson
Dec 2
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Demons Are Coming Out!
Demons Are Coming Out!
A Chapter Guide
Evan Purcell
Dec 8
A Love From When It Was A Crime To Be Gay
A Love From When It Was A Crime To Be Gay
A story about 20th century men hiding their identity in Finland
Lucas Grochot
Dec 8
Paul Cadmus: The Queer Artist Who Undressed America’s Soul
Paul Cadmus: The Queer Artist Who Undressed America’s Soul
This December, we’re raising a cocktail (make it dirty martini) to Paul Cadmus.
Lenso
Dec 8
Lipstick, Super Mario, and a Major Betrayal
Lipstick, Super Mario, and a Major Betrayal
Demons Are Coming Out! — Part 3
Evan Purcell
Dec 8
Toxic Attention: How Fetishization Affects Trans Women Like Me
Toxic Attention: How Fetishization Affects Trans Women Like Me
Am I attractive, or am I only exotic? Experience of a transgender woman.
Kira Ry
Dec 7
Coming Home for the Holidays as a Queer Man Is Bittersweet
Coming Home for the Holidays as a Queer Man Is Bittersweet
I often end up thinking about my younger self from when I was still a little closeted kid.
Giulio Serafini
Dec 7
This Gay Man’s Christmas Caring Experience Could Have Gone Badly Wrong
This Gay Man’s Christmas Caring Experience Could Have Gone Badly Wrong
Being a “good samaritan” can cause “bad experiences” for others
Michael Horvich (he, him)
Dec 7
Everything I Wish You Knew About Loving Your Trans Son
Everything I Wish You Knew About Loving Your Trans Son
I’m always only three words away
Logan Silkwood
Dec 6
My Bad/Good/Weird Afternoon
My Bad/Good/Weird Afternoon
Demons Are Coming Out! — Part 2
Evan Purcell
Dec 6
Christian Homophobe Michael Brown Exposed as Sexual Abuser
Christian Homophobe Michael Brown Exposed as Sexual Abuser
A hypocrite who called out others for sexual abuse
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Dec 5
I’m Not Going Back
I’m Not Going Back
There’s nothing there for me I’ve explored and found it lacking The constant peace of mind And the occasional euphoria That evaded me in…
Sarah Doepner
Dec 5
Undefeated: Being Transgender Is Always Being Tough
Undefeated: Being Transgender Is Always Being Tough
Go ahead and give us your best shot.
Emma Holiday
Dec 5
This Gay Man Filled His Life With Collections of Small Things — Twice
This Gay Man Filled His Life With Collections of Small Things — Twice
For me, collecting is a way of re-parenting myself: keeping the best, rewriting the worst
Michael Horvich (he, him)
Dec 4
Please Ignore the Frog Rain
Please Ignore the Frog Rain
Demons Are Coming Out! — Part 1
Evan Purcell
Dec 4
Hanging Up the Phone, or How I Came Out to Myself
Hanging Up the Phone, or How I Came Out to Myself
A lesbian not-quite romance story
Amanda Laughtland
Dec 4
From Hero to Zero: I Was Outed as Trans at Work then Marginalized
From Hero to Zero: I Was Outed as Trans at Work then Marginalized
False Promises of Inclusivity at a Global Organization
Dayna A. Ellis
Dec 4
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back: a 46th-anniversary message to politicians
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back: a 46th-anniversary message to politicians
No one is going to drag us back to pseudo-moral uniformity, frightened silence, stigmatizing hate and cultural monotony.
Richard Summerbell
Dec 3
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back: No Sham Elections
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back: No Sham Elections
Getting real with ourselves and with our leaders
Tucker Lieberman
Dec 3
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! We shouldn’t accept being a scapegoat
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! We shouldn’t accept being a scapegoat
What is the Democratic Party (and its center-left allies) doing in response to this worsening trend?
Alex Mell-Taylor
Dec 3
My Trans Roommate on Why: LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back
My Trans Roommate on Why: LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back
I met Cole earlier this year in August during the annual mad dash to find a roommate in Boston. Once again, I scrambled to find someone I…
Casey Whittaker
Dec 3
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back!
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back!
Politics is not a fight about which policies are best; it’s a matter of life and death.
Rambling Reggie
Dec 3
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! Don’t Make Me Get Out My Docs Again
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! Don’t Make Me Get Out My Docs Again
The apathy and ignorance surrounding the AIDS crisis is not just a matter of historical amnesia.
Dan Kipp
Dec 3
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! I will not kneel …
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back! I will not kneel …
nor will I grovel for rights I already own.
Alessia Elisabeth Gebauer
Dec 3
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back. We Have Always Been Here.
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back. We Have Always Been Here.
We aren’t going away.
Michelle Paquette
Dec 3
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back:
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back:
I Won’t Vote for You If You Don’t Vote for Me
Alyssa Ferguson
Dec 3
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