Remembering our dead.
On Trans-Inclusive Language
October 27, 2012 By 12 Comments
Trans-inclusive language is language that acknowledges that some people identify as a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth, including genders that our culture does not technically recognize as existing.
A History of LGBT Characters and Themes in Comics
July 13, 2012 By 5 Comments
Tara Block details the history of LGBT themes and characters comic strips, comic books, and the graphic novel world.
The Monster at the End of This Post
June 20, 2012 By 8 Comments
The first rule of monsters is learning who is a monster.
Everybody’s Trans: Gender Oppression Hurts All of Us
June 20, 2012 By 19 Comments
The freedom of gender expression is not just a trans issue.
“As a bi, I’ve been shunned by the gay community for not being lesbian enough.”
June 2, 2012 By 5 Comments
This comment was from Kat, in reply to 8bal, on the post “10 Things I’ve Learned from Having Queer Friends.”
Masculinity Isn’t Good—It’s Great
January 5, 2012 By 30 Comments
Men’s roles are changing and becoming flexible, Quiet Riot Girl writes, which is for the best.
Ten things I've learned from having "queer" friends
April 22, 2011 By 11 Comments
Note: in university, I was taught that the word “queer” has been re-appropriated as a sort of catch-all for any sexuality that is not “heteronormative”. But since normal doesn’t really exist (it has to do with Derrida, or something), then we’re all a bit queer! I guess you can also use LGBTTTQ, if you want to [...]
The Man in the Women’s College
March 21, 2011 By 23 Comments
Aden, who transitioned to male while attending an all-female college, chose not to transfer schools even as he faced harassment and tension from classmates and administration. This is his story.
“People insist on using ‘a transsexual’ because it became familiar before anyone cared that it’s a dehumanizing reduction.”
This is a comment by Crip Dyke on the post “Transformers as an Allegory for Transsexualism in America”.