29 Slightly Melodramatic Fears and Insecurities of a Baby Dyke
“There aren’t as many hairy, feminist lesbians as I was led to believe.”
Trans Day of Remembrance Roundtable: What Chosen Family Means To Us
“When I think about Trans Day of Remembrance and how I’ve survived to see another one, I know that it’s because of my family.”
You Want to Bind, But You Need Some Help
Binding for the first time can be exciting and confusing; here are some tips!
Shanah Tovah, Here’s 36 Influential Jewish LGBTQ Women & Non-Binary Humans!
Some interesting Jewish people to enjoy with your apples and honey.
Y’All Need Help #8: Cross That Bridge When You Come to It!
Should you come out in high school or let them hear about it out later? Can you date a person with a kid if you don’t want kids? How do you take it slow with all these mixed signals?? Let’s find out!
Masculine-of-Center Roundtable: How We Do It and What It Means To Us
“To me, being masculine-of-center means boyishness, it means blurring gender lines, it means a more vulnerable and delicate form of masculinity. It gives me the freedom to not fulfill expectations based on my assigned gender and body.”
Mastering the Art of Coming Out (and Making Lobster Bisque)
“I decided to make lobster bisque for my mom at the same moment I decided to come out to her. Only one of those things went according to plan.”
LCD Soundsystem Synth Player Gavin Russom is Trans and We’re So Happy For Her!
“Over the last year and a half, I went from my trans identity being something I was in touch with and worked through in one way or another, to suddenly this shift where it’s on the front burner. Now it’s time to become a whole person.”
You Need Help: How to Navigate Disabled Kids Coming Out
“That she talked to you about this at all is a beautiful and important thing that a lot of young people don’t have. So know that just being there for her is already making an enormous difference!”
Sherrell Faulkner of NC 11th Trans Person of Color Murdered in the US This Year
Nearly all those murdered, including Faulkner, have been Black trans women.
Kenneth Bostick, 59, is the Tenth Trans Person of Color Murdered in the US This Year [UPDATED]
Nine out of the ten trans people reported murdered this year have been Black; the tenth was a Native American woman.
This Is The Real Ellen DeGeneres Story: Remembering “The Puppy Episode” 20 Years Later
“She was an attractive woman, you know. If she hadn’t told us she was a lesbian, she could’ve been in a Miss America contest!”
Queer Crip Love Fest: Insider/Outsider
“I feel affinity for parts of Asian communities, neuerodivergent communities, queer communities and kink communities. I don’t really feel completely invested in one place. It’s always been like that.”
You Need Help: My Mom Supports My Bisexuality, but Not My Butchness
Kristin of Everyone Is Gay and My Kid Is Gay gives advice for a 16-year-old and her mom trying to deal with coming out as bisexual and gender nonconforming!
Being Kinky Doesn’t Make You Queer
I’m queer, and I’m kinky. But being kinky doesn’t make me queer. Kink is not a sexual orientation.
Here are Some Ways to Give Black Trans People Money
Across the country, Black TGNC people are performing serious emotional labor as organizers, healers, artists, sexual liberationists, and advocates. It’s time to give back.
Our Bible App Wants to Let LGBT Christians Be Their Whole Selves
“There is one thing that everyone has, even in rural Africa, and that’s a phone,” she said, recalling what she saw when she visited Kenya. “I created this so we can come together as a community, and so we can sit down and meditate or worship without being berated by someone else’s beliefs.”
38-Year-Old Black Trans Woman Alphonza Watson Is 8th TWoC Murdered This Year
Police don’t have a lot of information, other than that there was an argument and then two men sped away in a car. They are offering a reward for more information.
This Is a Nightmare and a Genocide: Jaquarrius Holland is the Seventh Black Trans Woman Murdered This Year
Holland, who is the 7th trans person reported murdered this year, was just 18 years old. A teenager. A child.
Ciara McElveen is the 6th Trans Woman of Color Murdered This Year, Third Black Trans Woman in the Last Week
She was 21 years old.