I’ve been thinking about how to enter into the anti-Asian racism dialogue through a tangible and germane avenue because I think that counter voices to this issue are critical. This opportunity befell recently when CBC News reported on newly released …
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“CAN I HAVE a purse?” I asked Big Mama. I was five years old. After asking me why I wanted it, my big mama purchased me one. I wore my purse with confidence and pride—in the house. I was …
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by Saachi D’Souza
Women: From Her to Here an ambitious exhibition curated by Hoi Leung is everything a contemporary queer narrative can be: joyful, tender, nonlinear, and unapologetic…
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by Ty Bo Yule
I hadn’t planned on transitioning at Harvard. No one would choose to invite puberty to graduate school, but I probably wouldn’t have finished my degree if I hadn’t…
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Parents are more likely to be bisexual, in a relationship with a man, and living in non-urban areas
New research from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law examines the demographic and mental health differences among cisgender lesbian, bisexual,…
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Findings from the first study to examine victimization rates of transgender people using a nationally representative sample
Transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to experience violent victimization, including rape, sexual assault, and aggravated or simple…
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by Monika Estrella Negra
Portrait of a Lady on Fire explores an unexpected and forbidden romance between two women in the late 18th century. Set on the lush and grainy beaches of an island in France, this heartbreaking love story …
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by Phil Tarley
In 1970, I met Michael Feigh in San Francisco and he quickly became my pimp. My English boyfriend introduced us when we were hippies living near Haight-Ashbury. I was nineteen…
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LEAF Mobile Inc. (TSX: LEAF) (“LEAF” or the “Company”), Canada’s leading free-to-play mobile game group, announces subsidiary company, East Side Games Inc. (“ESG”), has entered into a multi-year partnership with World of Wonder Productions Inc. (“WOW”) for the exclusive mobile…
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QueerTech, a Montreal-based nonprofit that actively seeks to break down the barriers in the tech space and create opportunities for Queer people to thrive, is pleased to announce their first national virtual careers fair, part of its program Qareers. Keeping…
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by Terry Wolverton
It’s been said that a thing does not exist until you have a name for it. When I was growing up in Detroit in the ’60s, no one I knew was talking about lesbians…
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by Sara Century
The World To Come (2021) takes a contemplative look at a love affair between two women living in relative isolation in the mid-1800s. Directed by Mona Fastvold and adapted for the screen by Ron Hansen and Jim …
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by Walter Meyer
Suicide, rightly or wrongly, feels preventable. If I had listened better, been a better friend, maybe it wouldn’t have happened. Bill’s death by suicide haunted me so badly that I couldn’t bear to think about him without …
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by Bradford McIntyre
On November 28, 1985, I was told by my doctor to go home, inform my family, and arrange my finances and funeral because I had six months to live…
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by Chloe O. Davis
Ballroom vernacular has indelibly impacted the larger LGBT community. The ability to modify and explore the dynamics of language to enhance an inclusive culture—one that allows freedom of gender and sexual expression—pierces through the heights of …
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by Walter Holland
In 1996, I was on the beach at Fire Island Pines. It was an exquisite summer day, and the sea was dazzling. But the beauty of the day belied the reality underneath: The Pines had become one …
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by Alia Boyd
Since forming, the Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project has launched a regional archive of LGBT historical materials. The most recent digital exhibit, BLT: Bisexual, Lesbian, and Transgender Inclusion and Exclusion in Southwest Virginia, 1990-1995, debuted at the …
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FilipinX artist, musician, and media creator jacqueline gallos aquines (they/them/siya) has released their groundbreaking book Home is in the Body: 2SLGBTQIA+ PilipinX Femme, North of 49th Parallel, the first of its kind to feature the voices of Pilipinx/Filipinx/Pinay(Filipina) who are…
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“Marsha Aizumi … gives voice to the mix of emotions so many parents of LGBTQ kids live…love, fear, shame, pride, acceptance. But what makes Marsha special is that she lived her truth so publicly so that others might find community…
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Dillon Diaz Shares His Vision and Voice In Directorial Debut for Noir Male
Adult performer Dillon Diaz has partnered with adult brand Noir Male, a studio dedicated to the celebration of gay men of color and their sexual desires, by…
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