The pain that comes with grief is not necessarily one which will leave, or even ease, but people’s deaths hold power, which we ought to channel in our lives. TW/CW: discussions and mentions of trauma, death, homophobic slurs, queerphobia, transphobia, and death by suicide. By Jon Bellebono On an individual level and a societal one,...
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‘It’s Not You, It’s Not Me’ Centers Allosexual Feelings And Fails Asexual People
‘It’s Not You, It’s Not Me’ centers the desires of the allosexual character, at the expense of and detriment to the asexual character. This essay contains spoilers for the short film It’s Not You, It’s Not Me and descriptions of coercive sex. When I saw AVEN (Asexuality Visibility & Education Network) tweet about the release...
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Alice Ruth Moore: Love, Art, and Black Political Thought
Alice Ruth Moore’s history of life deserves filling. Her reputation as an eloquent speaker, writer, and activist all intertwine. By Gayla Tillman The Harlem Renaissance marks one of the most significant periods of Black art and Black political thought. History books all over the world hail the Harlem Renaissance as a beacon for Black cultural...
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Langston Hughes Doesn’t Owe Us More Than What He Left Us With
What are we writing onto Langston Hughes and others like him when we use them as canvases to paint our own frustrations about queer (in)visibility and closets? “Unfortunately (and to John’s distrust of God) it seemed his son was turning out to be a queer. He was a brilliant queer, on the Honor Roll in...
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Langston Hughes And The River In Which My Lineage Flows
In Langston, I found that my own soul can grow deep and stretch throughout time and space. With Langston, I swim alongside our heritage. By Darby James Davis “I’ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the river” – “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes Rivers are ever-flowing passages...
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7 LGBT2S Bolivian Community Organizers You Should Know About
While the country is under the strain of anti-Indigenous politicians, it’s important to learn about the Bolivian organizers changing the lives of QTBIPOC. By ThatNerdyBoliviane In recent times, the gradual rise of anti-indigenous, misogynistic, homophobic and transphobic violence across Bolivia has been overwhelming and heartbreaking. The oversimplification of the structural problems that led to the...
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Trans Sex Workers Help People Transform Through Intimacy
I’m here to tell you that trans sex workers are in fact unrecognized therapists for some of the most powerful people in the world. By xoài phạm I was in a beautiful room at the W Hotel drinking a glass of wine with a tall, white man who was sporting a navy blue suit and...
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Social Dysphoria: Alignment Chart of My Alter Egos
I can only control how I perceive myself, and I have learned that creating multiple names and alter egos can be very therapeutic. By Kenny Me “Hi, my name is…” While a simple sentence, I struggle with this introduction, because whatever name I utter defines who I will be to the other person moving forward....
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Stepping Back Into The Repurposed Closet For The Holidays
This repurposed closet is your space to set up reminders of your queerness, creating a way to feel comfortable while you’re out of your element. By Briana Lawrence As a woman who frequently travels to different conventions across the country, six hours of driving isn’t that great of a distance to me. Back when I...
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The Cishets Are Not OK: Gender Reveal Parties Are Literally Killing People
The gender reveal party has proven itself to be shallow, consumerist, queerantagonistic, and dangerous. It’s time to retire it. By Nylah Burton Recently, a few “gender reveal” parties have gone awry, prompting many to ask if it’s time for this relatively new practice to come to a swift end. In the past, birthing people had...