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If you are quee…
If you are queer, or trans, or have mental illness, or all of the above, you probably know something about the perils of presenting yourself as you really are. Dan-Savage-style coming-out narratives...
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For many of us,…
For many of us, the label “queer” symbolizes an acknowledgement that through our existence and everyday survival we embody sustained and multi-sited resistance to systems that seek to normalize our...
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Peter Boghossian, on LGBT pride
LGBT pride does not mean being proud of having been born lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans. It means being proud of having survived. It means being proud of living in a homophobic, biphobic, transphobic...
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Ev’Yan Whitney, on identifying as a QWOC when you’ve only dated cis men
For as long as I’ve known that I wasn’t straight, I didn’t think I was allowed to claim a spot in the queer community. Partly because I had come out so late in life, and partly because I was married to...
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I am afraid, or, 2017: Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here
I am afraid on the basis of all of my identities. That fear is not just of Trump himself, but of unchecked Republican control of the executive and legislative branches of our government, and likely...
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