Glitter Brigade: The Magical Beginning of A Queer Youth Group
“Have the meeting. Ask the youth what they want and need from this group. Start over and do those things. This isn’t about you at all, not anymore.”
20 Gifts To Make For Mother’s Day
Because no one appreciates your skills quite like the human who saved all of your paintings from K-12 Art Class.
Queer Girl City Guide: Durham, North Carolina
Welcome to Durham, North Carolina. Come for graduate school; stay forever.
Sober in the City: Redefining My Queerness On Fire Island
Other than partying, what did we like, what were we good at, what defined us? One area that many LGBTQ individuals, including myself, struggled with was redefining what it meant to be queer. But, if being queer was synonymous with getting drunk, then how would I ever be able to define myself as anything other than a drunk?
Emily Letts’ Decision to Film Her Abortion is Brave, Informative, Important
Emily Letts filmed her own abortion to debunk myths and misconceptions about the procedure. In the process she made something completely beautiful.
This Thing Bigger Than Us: Sexuality, Religion and Wellness
No matter the hate we have faced, we can reclaim our spirituality in a world where many people would call us sinners.
We Have Lots of Noise, We Need Lots of Solutions: Preventing Sexual Assault at (Every) American University
The recent scandal surrounding the disturbing messages leaked from American University’s Epsilon Iota is a national story, and sheds light on a national problem. The response of AU students shows us something, too — how students can organize as a community to force their administrations to take action against campus sexual assault.
Queer Girl City Guide: Charleston, South Carolina
Get to know the Lowcountry!
OPEN THREAD: Keeping It Queer in the Suburbs
I don’t want to let go my connection to the vibrant, inspiring queer culture that’s not immediately accessible to me in my strip-malls-and-big-box-stores environment. How do you keep it queer in your day-to-day life in the suburbs?
Matzo Brei: Nothing to Pass-over Here
How do you make omelets and French toast even better than they already are? Matzo, that’s how.
Social Skills or Stereotypes? What My Autism Classes Didn’t Teach Me
“Social skills classes are particularly bad places to learn gender and sexuality lessons because they combine direct instruction with the neurotypical authority of telling us how to act. Socialization groups seem safer, but sometimes, gender and sexuality discrimination still subtly invade them. Where do we go from here? I believe the solution is multi-tiered.”
Binding 101: Brands, Care Tips, and Health
Whether you are considering binding for yourself, have been binding for years but want to learn more about binder brands and health, or want to prepare to support your friends and loved ones, you’ve come to the right place.
Top Five Things I Wish I’d Packed For This Adventure
5. A Diva Cup And An Understanding Of How To Use It.
Five Neat Ways to Organize Your Mobile Office
Work from home isn’t always work from home—here are five tips, tech and otherwise, for the wandering freelancer with the crazy disorganized mobile office.
Getting Health Insurance: A Thing You Have A Few More Days To Do
“It hadn’t hit me until then how awful it had felt to be without insurance — like my life and health had been worth less than other people in this country. I didn’t even know how much of that I’d internalized until I had the stupid little card in my hand, and when it all went away.”
Top 5 Reasons Living In The Bay Area Doesn’t Always Feel Like Real Life
I’ve been in North Oakland/South Berkeley for over three years and never needed to buy an air conditioner or a good winter coat.
Top 5 Ways To Make Your Desk Job More Exciting
“Ways I Could Get From This Roof To That Roof If I Were Spiderman”
It’s A Boy*!
It’s a boy, until and unless he tells us otherwise, I thought. It’s a boy who will be raised without gender roles. It’s a boy who will be defined by their heart and mind, not by the organs that happen to be between their legs. It’s a boy who will be loved wholly, deeply, and completely by the two women who created him.
Bisexual Health Is The Worst Of the LGBQ Community and This Month We Need To Talk About It
Oh hey, the Bisexual Resource Center wants to talk to you about issues affecting the bisexual community and how you can get involved.
Top Five Tasks I Wanted a Personal Assistant to Perform Circa 2011
According to this unpublished blog post I found in 2014. Still applicable though.