15 Couples Halloween Costumes For Tall and Short Couples
Halloween costume time is the best time of year to tower over your girlfriend or best friend or partner (or vice versa).
I Am Not Lorelai Gilmore But I Also Kind of Am
“Suddenly I was pregnant. And then I was a dropout. And then I was a single mother. I had no money or resources outside of my deeply evangelical family, the same people who’d taken me to picket outside of abortion clinics when I was six years old.”
I’m Looking for a Trans in Finance
Some of these trans advisors, coaches, and planners operate outside the system, identifying as anti-capitalist and advocating for integrating social justice values into investing. Some exist inside bigger, more established firms working from the inside out.
31 Lesbian Halloween Couples Costume Ideas
From classic like Daphne/Velma to recent pop culture pairings to conceptual ideas, we’re here to help brainstorm your best queer couples costumes ever.
My Top Surgery Was Complicated. I Don’t Regret It
We rarely hear about how healing can be an iterative and potentially complicated process.
How Much Does Injectable Testosterone Hurt?
For over a year, I swore shots were too scary for me. Now, three months into them, I only wish I’d started sooner.
Was Ozempic Right For Me?
Fat people have long been stigmatized and harshly judged as not “doing enough” to take care of themselves, disregarding the impact of socioeconomic factors on people’s access to healthy food or even having time to exercise. Now, when all that can be fixed with just a simple drug, we’ll be judged for not taking it, disregarding the socioeconomic reality that not all of us can afford it.
Why We Shouldn’t Be Overly Dismissive of Self-Diagnosis
The healthcare system has a longstanding reputation for mistreating queer people, and self-diagnosis can provide agency even with its shortcomings.
Getting BRCA Test Results Wasn’t What I Expected
I hope the lesson from this journey is to advocate for yourself to access the testing, results, treatments, therapy, and providers that you need and deserve.
Queer Moms Discuss What It Means To Come Out to Our Kids
Tig Notaro recently discussed what it was like to come out to her eight-year-old sons. Hearing Tig’s words made me think about my own kid.
What Comes After Surviving Suicidality?
What I’ve found to be near-universally helpful is talking to people about it.
How To Be a Better Advocate for Victims of Sexual Violence — Especially Yourself
Every small act of kindness to ourselves and others is a crack against the foundations of rape culture.
So You Want To Start an OnlyFans
Ultimately, online sex work is more akin to starting a small business than making easy money.
When it Comes to Queer Fertility, There Are No Perfect Choices
I was 22 years old when I donated my eggs anonymously at a fertility clinic in New York City.
67 Questions Your Neurodivergent and Socially Anxious Friend Has About Your Party
It’s (un)officially the first weekend of summer, and so there’s no better time to unleash my super power: Thinking of every possible question, from every single humanly possible angle, that I’ll most certainly have before agreeing to go to your party.
How We See Our Impairments as a Disabled Sapphic Couple
One queer couple explains how they approach their disabilities differently.
What to Expect While Awaiting the Results of a Life Changing Test
As I await the verdict of eighty-eight potential cancer-causing genes, I am buoyed by the legacy of LGBTQ+ people who came before and who helped bring empathy, and less stigmatization, to breast cancer and the gender-based shame that can come with it.
How Do We Navigate Ethical Concerns About Having Kids as a Queer Couple?
I think it’s really admirable that you’re thinking about the ethics of having a kid. A lot of people don’t, and there is value in doing this kind of consideration before having kids. But I think there’s a difference between being aware and letting it keep you from doing something you have always wanted to do.
Queer Mom Chronicles: How Do You Create Queer Community for Your Family?
I grew up around my mom’s queer friends, and I wanted my son to have that, too.
Brittney and Cherelle Griner Are Having a Baby!
CUTENESS ALERT! Baby Griner is due in July.