Alex Feis-Bryce·23 hours agoUnlike Labour, the Green Party offers a hopeful and transformative vision for our countryI first joined the Labour Party as a teenager in the New Labour years and it has been a huge part of my life ever since. I have been an advisor to senior MPs, a Councillor and a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate. I have ran campaigns, knocked on tens of thousands…LGBTQ5 min readLGBTQ5 min read
Devon Price·20 hours agoMember-onlyMy Completely Quotidian Top Surgery ExperiencePart 1: Why it took me so damn long to just let myself live. Plus: why are plastic surgeons better at gender affirming care than queer clinics? — Hello! By the time this piece drops on the afternoon of June 1st, I will have already undergone bilateral, double-incision top surgery in the early morning hours and will hopefully be recovering comfortably at home. While I’m away from my keyboard, let me tell you a little bit about what…LGBTQ17 min readLGBTQ17 min read
Julia Serano·1 day agoMember-onlyUnderstanding the Anti-Trans Parent MovementAnd Recognizing the “Concerned Parent” Trope — We are currently in the midst of an all-out moral panic against transgender people. If I were to ask “who is driving this panic?” most people in the United States would likely say the far right and social conservatives who have traditionally been opposed to LGBTQ+ people. In the United…LGBTQ14 min readLGBTQ14 min read
Na.tasha Tr.oop·23 hours agoMember-onlyNRA Celebrates PRIDE!Queer Gun Enthusiasts Are Welcome! — The 2nd Amendment is for all Americans and the NRA is here to protect the rights of LGBTQ citizens to bear arms. Trans and Homophobia is rampant in the world today and Queer Americans need to protect themselves from Christofacists and their TERF allies who want to take away their…LGBTQ1 min readLGBTQ1 min read
Erin Winston·23 hours agoHetero-Normative Culture Can Tear You Up From the Inside Out:A Retrospective in Honor of Pride Month. 22 years ago, just after my 18th birthday, I sat in front of my huge desktop computer in my California college dorm room, closed my eyes, and pressed ENTER. With rapt attention, I read the descriptions and behaviors associated with anorexia. I sat back in my chair feeling like my…LGBTQ7 min readLGBTQ7 min read
James FinninPrism & Pen·20 hours agoMember-onlyHappy Pride! Signs Point to a Backlash to the Anti-LGBTQ Backlash.But progress hangs in the balance. History is never inevitable. — I got the shock of my life driving down a back-country road last week near the conservative, Trump-country Michigan village where I live. How conservative? I see red MAGA hats every day. …LGBTQ8 min readLGBTQ8 min read
Rejserin·1 day agoBloody roses — deconstructing the predatory trans* women mythTW: discussions of sex crimes Simple question for you: how many women were convicted of sexual assault or other sex crimes in the UK since 2018? Try to Google the answer and you will the UK government’s Office of National Statistics has not publicly provided the sex of convicted sex…LGBTQ6 min readLGBTQ6 min read
Gwen Frisbie-FultoninReclaiming Rural·1 day agoWhen the Proud Boys Came to TownHow a small town in North Carolina celebrated drag in the face of extremism — Masked men are marching up the street. Some cars slow down at the spectacle, but others zip away before the children in their back seats can see. It’s not exactly the sort of thing you want to run into on a sleepy Saturday afternoon in small town Albemarle. Tiffany Dahle…LGBTQ15 min readLGBTQ15 min read
