Category: Gender

Why Queering Gender Onstage Still Matters

By Juliet

On March 27, 2015

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to see a production of Hair directed and performed by some of my friends through a youth-specific theater company. I’d never thought much of the musical before. Yes, it had a few great songs, but mostly it seemed like a confusing rock opera about a bunch of people doing drugs and […]

Feminism , Gender , Genderqueer , Transgender

Why This DMAB Genderqueer Needs Feminism

By Trav Mamone

On February 28, 2015

CN: TRANSPHOBIA, SEXISM, DEPRESSION, SELF-HARM I wasn’t always a feminist. Sure, I always believed in equal rights for people of all genders, but in my twenties I bought all the stereotypes abo

Bisexuality , Coming Out , Gay , Gender , Homophobia , Religion , Sex & Sexuality

Coming Out Story: From Fundamentalism to Acceptance

By Allie T Jones

On February 24, 2015

Today’s Coming Out Story is mine, but also involves the coming out of my best friend, Erik. I share our story with his permission. My best friend is Erik, a lanky boy I met on the school bus when we

I’m Your G-G-G-G-G-G Gender Bomb!

By Trav Mamone

In Cissexism , Featured , Gender , Genderqueer , Religion , Transgender

On February 20, 2015

CN: TRANSPHOBIA, REFERENCES TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SUICIDE, VIOLENCE (Apologies to The Runaways for borrowing one of their lyrics) Once again, Pope Francis proves he’s not the progressive people think he is. According to Gay Star News, the Pope recently compared transgender people to nuclear weapons in a book published in Italy called This Economy Kills. […]

Activism , Atheism , Cissexism , Gender , Genderqueer , Science , Transgender

How Atheists Can Be Better Trans Allies

By Trav Mamone

On February 4, 2015

TW: TRANSPHOBIA We Humanists have a saying: “We’re good without God.” While that is certainly true, people can be assholes without God as well. Living in a problematic society such

Art & Media , Bisexuality , Discrimination , Featured , Gay , Gender , Genderqueer , Homophobia , Media Portrayals of LGBT

Gay Wizards: Role Playing Games and LGBT Inclusivity

By Vince Gabrielle

On September 30, 2014

Wizards of the Coast quietly made a stir recently with the release of the new Basic Rules for the 5th Edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Nestled on page 33 is a section about determining the sex/gender

AI: Navigating the Non-binary, or: Thar Be Truscum

By Lucas

In Afternoon Inqueery , Gender , Sex & Sexuality

On July 27, 2014

Recently on Tumblr there was an uproar about a blogger who had created the term, “circumgender”. The creator explained that while she was assigned-female-at-birth, she should have been born assigned-male-at-birth so she could be a trans woman. This led to an outcry from many bloggers, particularly transwomen, who found the term transmisogynistic, and […]

Gender , Sex & Sexuality , Uncategorized

Labels!

By Sophia

On June 3, 2014

Queereka has been talking a lot about identities and labels as of late, and I’m not going to be any different. We’ll change subjects sometime! Maybe. Possibly. So gender and sexual minorit

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