Tag: pronouns

#ProunounsNotPrivateParts: What to Ask (and What Not to Ask) Trans People

By Trav Mamone

On December 31, 2015

[CN: Genitals] I don’t know why, but a lot of cisgender people are fascinated by transgender people’s genitals. It’s as if it never occurred them that genitals do not always equal gender. I understand that cis people want to know more about what it means to be transgender, and I have no problem telling them […]

Genderqueer

Pronoun Practice

By Ser

On December 18, 2015

You are going to get the pronouns wrong. I do and I consider myself genderqueer. I’ve had more opportunities than most to think about gender as a non-binary thing, more time to detach gender from

Quickies

Quickies: Asylum for LGBT Refugees, Queer Youth Homelessness, Kink and Conscent

By Jac

On December 14, 2015

Obama Administration to Prioritize Asylum for LGBT Refugees – “There are no quotas that are set aside, but the process that we have implemented does prioritize the cases of those who have bee

Quickies: Kerry Washington’s Acceptance Speech, Crackdown on Russia’s Only LGBTI Youth Support Group, The Tragedy of Same-Sex Parenting

By Jac

In Quickies

On March 23, 2015

“VIDEO: Kerry Washington accepts the Vanguard Award at the #GLAADawards” – [Warning: Autoplay] Washington gave a 7 min acceptance speech in which she spoke about the importance of solidarity in diversity. “Authorities try to shut down Russia’s only support group for LGBTI youths because of ‘gay propaganda’” – “A court will have to decide whether […]

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