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A 2,000 Year Queer History Timeline of Germany
A 2,000 Year Queer History Timeline of Germany
A Living Legacy: Queer History in Germany from 98 BCE to 2025
Wild Lion*esses Pride by Jay
Apr 18
UK Supreme Court Ruling Is a Loss for Transgender People — and Women
UK Supreme Court Ruling Is a Loss for Transgender People — and Women
The ruling mandates trans exclusion and reinforces patriarchal stereotypes that harm women and trans people, especially the…
Kaylin Hamilton
Apr 20
Why Are All the Men Who Embody Healthy Masculinity “Fruity”?
Why Are All the Men Who Embody Healthy Masculinity “Fruity”?
And why are men in a liberal city still talking like that?
James Patrick Nelson
Apr 14
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Why Are Toxic Men So Threatened by a Confident Queer?
Why Are Toxic Men So Threatened by a Confident Queer?
And how can we be better people without stoking our shame?
James Patrick Nelson
Apr 27
Adult Bookstores, Lingerie, and HIV: Terror in the 1970s and 80s
Adult Bookstores, Lingerie, and HIV: Terror in the 1970s and 80s
This story may be too graphic for some readers. However, it is a story that has to be told.
Patsy Starke
Apr 27
She Conquered Transgender Loneliness
She Conquered Transgender Loneliness
Her gender was female regardless of her body.
Emma Holiday
Apr 27
A Review: Nuns, Dildos, the Inquisition, & a Trans-Femme Saint
A Review: Nuns, Dildos, the Inquisition, & a Trans-Femme Saint
Should a gender-nonconforming shepherdess be burnt at the stake for having a torrid, yet romantic affair with an ungroomed gent in her…
Brandon Judell
Apr 27
We’ve Lost the Thread: From Trans Rights to Trigger Warnings
We’ve Lost the Thread: From Trans Rights to Trigger Warnings
It was always about compassion. Conservatives have spent the past decade railing against kindness.
Eva Valenti-Bird
Apr 26
A Transgender Woman Eating Eggs — a poem
A Transgender Woman Eating Eggs — a poem
Determined, she began a new life, the one she dreamed about.
Patsy Starke
Apr 26
Beirut, Blasts, and the Bisexual
Beirut, Blasts, and the Bisexual
A bomb brings two lovers back to reality.
Intesar Toufic
Apr 26
The Myth of Grassroots Transphobia
The Myth of Grassroots Transphobia
An analysis of social movements driven by hate
Laura Westford
Apr 26
377 Years of Queer History in Canada — 1648 to 2025
377 Years of Queer History in Canada — 1648 to 2025
From European colonization to the present
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Apr 25
Donald Trump, Purple Ribbons and Lesbian Visibility Week
Donald Trump, Purple Ribbons and Lesbian Visibility Week
Reality vs. Revenge Fantasies
Amy Kaufman Burk
Apr 25
Interview With a Transgender Zoologist and Biologist
Interview With a Transgender Zoologist and Biologist
A conversation with a transgender biologist and zoologist on gender identity and transitioning in nature, part 1.
Kira Ry
Apr 25
No-Woman’s Land: “No Restroom for You” Happened to Me, a Trans Woman
No-Woman’s Land: “No Restroom for You” Happened to Me, a Trans Woman
The cost of comfort when it comes at someone else’s dignity
Dayna A. Ellis
Apr 25
Nashville’s Music Row Has Come A Long Way Regarding LGBTQ Acceptance
Nashville’s Music Row Has Come A Long Way Regarding LGBTQ Acceptance
Four profiles, over a 30-year span
Rand Bishop
Apr 24
Controlling women: the tradition that never dies
Controlling women: the tradition that never dies
The story is always the same: if you are a woman, you are under suspicion.
Júlia Rosell Saldaña
Apr 24
Transgender People Are Not a Threat to Feminism — They Are Central to It
Transgender People Are Not a Threat to Feminism — They Are Central to It
If feminism doesn’t include transgender persons, then it’s not liberation, it’s just another form of oppression.
TillyC
Apr 24
Books, Roses, and Resistance: A Sant Jordi Poem from Catalonia
Books, Roses, and Resistance: A Sant Jordi Poem from Catalonia
We are still here
Júlia Rosell Saldaña
Apr 23
On a Forgotten Author and How Nazis Burned Berlin’s Queer Underbelly
On a Forgotten Author and How Nazis Burned Berlin’s Queer Underbelly
Elektropolis Coked to the Eyeballs: Berlin’s Modernist Identity Crisis
Dr. Casey Lawrence
Apr 23
What the UK’s Narrowing of Womanhood Means for All of Us
What the UK’s Narrowing of Womanhood Means for All of Us
We are not yours to define — we are Queer History in the making.
Ezra Kidowski
Apr 23
This Disturbing Conversation Shows Why I’m Not Out as Bisexual to Family
This Disturbing Conversation Shows Why I’m Not Out as Bisexual to Family
They claim tolerance, but actions speak louder than words
Damian Delune
Apr 23
Why Do You Think Calling a Catholic a Homophobe is a Form of Bigotry?
Why Do You Think Calling a Catholic a Homophobe is a Form of Bigotry?
My friendship with a conservative was not a “both sides” issue
James Patrick Nelson
Apr 22
The Most Gifted Gay Rock Star You’ve Never Heard Of
The Most Gifted Gay Rock Star You’ve Never Heard Of
How a potential superstar’s career was derailed by overhype, bad timing, and his honesty about being gay
Rand Bishop
Apr 22
The Joke Was on Them: How Cis Filmmakers Exposed Their Own Ignorance
The Joke Was on Them: How Cis Filmmakers Exposed Their Own Ignorance
In Ace Ventura and Silence of the Lambs, cis discomfort wore the costume and wrote the script.
A.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)
Apr 22
Where Desire Meets Body: Disability, Asexuality, & ‘Margarita with a Straw’
Where Desire Meets Body: Disability, Asexuality, & ‘Margarita with a Straw’
In a world that misunderstands both, we exist still and whole
Ambika
Apr 22
Ten Reasons Late-In-Life Transgender Females Make Great Partners
Ten Reasons Late-In-Life Transgender Females Make Great Partners
Being transgender and transitioning is a massive challenge for any person, regardless of what age you start.
Emma Holiday
Apr 21
My Queerography: Transforming From Gay Man to a Queer Man
My Queerography: Transforming From Gay Man to a Queer Man
A 70-year-old gay man’s decades journey to redefine and claim queer
Tom Bilcze
Apr 21
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