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Margarita With a Straw Comes to Netflix, (Almost) Delivers the Disabled Queer Character We Need
I had my doubts – because honestly, consuming media as a disabled person is an exercise in disappointment. So I was cautious when Margarita finally popped up on Netflix. Could it be? Was it really that good?
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I Demand to Be Sexualized
This is a story about how the Buzzfeed series “You Do You” made me feel like someone might wanna do me.
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On Visibility and My Choice To Live As An Out Trans Woman
Living as an out and visible trans woman isn’t easy, but it’s one of the most rewarding choices I’ve ever made.
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Surviving or Thriving: How Economic (In)Justice Matters for LGBT People
Sometimes, it can be hard to parse out exactly why queer and trans people have such a hard time getting by while the headlines would suggest we are advancing by leaps and bounds. On January 23rd and 24th, queer and trans people converged in New York City for the Invisible Lives, Targeted Bodies Conference to explore how the struggle for queer and trans justice and liberation is inextricably linked to struggles for economic, racial, immigrant, disability and reproductive justice.
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“Saving Mr. Banks” Erases P.L. Travers’ Queer Identity, Misses Amazing Opportunity for Representation
In my mind, to fail at LGBT inclusion in fiction is to have a failure of imagination, a lazy lack of understanding concerning the world outside of one’s self. To intentionally choose to tell a story about a real LGBT person and then exclude their queer identity is a failure on an entirely different level.
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The Walking Dead Brings Another Queer Chick Named Tara To TV, We Rejoice
Let’s all hope and pray that this Tara has better luck than her predecessors.
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10 Reasons Why Your Next Favorite Lesbian Prison Show is “Wentworth”
You may be experiencing Lesbian Prison Show Withdrawal Syndrome, and it’s a very serious condition. Go ahead and download yourself a dosage of the Aussie prison drama Wentworth!
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Orange Is The New Black 101: And There Are Lesbians
Lesbian criminals who are members of an international drug cartel, what the fuck else is up.
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How Do We Solve A Problem Like “Queerbaiting”?: On TV’s Not-So-Subtle Gay Subtext
Once upon a time, gay subtext was a revolutionary act in media. But is it still all that progressive?
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“Pariah” Just Might Change The World: The Autostraddle Interviews
“Pariah” is the first mainstream American film about an African-American lesbian, and it’s really fucking good. You can watch our interview videos and read some words about it inside this post.