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Tips for Trans* Allies

By laurelai

On August 27, 2013

Tips For Trans* Allies. Disclaimer: This post is a list that hopefully will point allies in the right direction for being good allies, i’ve taken many ideas from the trans* folks on twitter and linked to their profiles as to amplify the voices of other trans* people and our real allies. I plan to […]

Random Asides , Skepticism

The Zimmerman Verdict

By Yessenia

On July 15, 2013

I’ve seen a lot of people on my facebook feed saying that we have no way of knowing whether racial bias influenced the Zimmerman “not guilty verdict.” I don’t think it’s

Bullying , Health / Medicine , Psychology

A Defense of “Moron” as an Insult

By Yessenia

On February 21, 2013

[TL;DR version at the end of the article] Chris Clarke posting at Pharyngula has written a condemnation of the use of the insult, ‘moron,’ in response to a challenge from a reader. But he�

The Dose Makes the Poison

By Yessenia

In Alt Med / Quackery , Science

On February 18, 2013

Most of you reading this blog are probably against anti-science, anti-intellectual bullshit from the right wing/Republicans; they don’t) (generally) believe in evolution, or the big bang, or stem cell research. There is, however, a complementary strain of bullshit-enthusiasm coming from the left, and we need to be just as skeptical. From vaccine conspiracies to throat […]

Featured , Mathematics , Politics / Activism , Random Asides

Thinking like a Mathematician

By The Queer Pastry

On December 31, 2012

Warning! Math-related post! Don’t let that scare you off! Math can actually be fun, and will help your reasoning abilities. — As I was wandering around the blogosphere, I stumbled upon an

Meta Stuff

2012: Year In Review

By Will

On December 26, 2012

On January 2, Queereka will be one year old! To celebrate, we will be hosting a live Google Hangout on January 2 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. More details to follow! For now, I’d like t

I Know it When I Experience It

By Dae

In Gay , Gender , Sex & Sexuality

On December 20, 2012

So, the UK government is working through the necessary legal contortions to achieve marriage equality (yay!), and of course opponents are falling all over themselves trying to come up with ways to prevent, delay, or weaken this. One particular issue that’s been raised struck me as faintly absurd at first blush: British marriage law currently […]

Science , Skepticism

Where’s the Skepticism?

By Will

On December 18, 2012

A few days ago, I posted an article about a “study” in which researchers have claimed to have found a causal link between in utero hormone levels and homosexuality. I originally posted about it on

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