You Need Help: How Can I Expedite My Style Evolution?
Tips for developing “your look” without a personal stylist.
8 Books That Feature Bisexual Women (And Don’t Focus On Their Sex Lives)
Here are eight books about adult bisexual ladies going about their full, complex lives. There are definitely some sexy times to look forward to but sex isn’t the focus of the narrative.
Ava Le’Ray Barrin is the 14th Trans Person of Color Murdered in the U.S. This Year
Barely even a woman yet, at 17 years old, Ava Le’Ray Barrin is the 14th trans woman of color in the United States whose life was ended too early.
Trans Women in Malaysia Need Support and Accountability in the Face of Increasing Violence
A recent spike in violence against trans women in Malaysia has left activists and the trans community fearful, but also determined in their calls for the Malaysian Government and society to be held accountable.
Get Ready, Stay Ready: Allied Media Conference Reps the QTPOC Future
“The conference serves as a portal to collective dreaming and scheming where barriers become bridges to a more just future.”
For Your Consideration: A Topless Duel Between Noblewomen in 1897
Then, as now, a certain sort of man was fascinated by these so-called petticoat duels, and The Illustrated Police News, Britain’s first tabloid and official worst newspaper, liked to report on them in full. With pictures.
Pop Culture Fix: Surprise It’s Tegan and Sara At Our Pride Party and Other Cool Stories
Topics include Tegan and Sara’s pride weekend, Ellen Page’s Britney Spears cover, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Doctor Who, The Switch and so much more!
Drawn to Comics: 7 LGBT Women Who Need to Appear in the MCU Immediately
It doesn’t look like Marvel will really going to be adding a lot of movies starring women or poc to their upcoming schedule any time soon. So instead, what I propose is that they fill up each movie with as many poc, women, disabled and LGBTQ characters as they can. Just stuff those movies full of ’em.
Oh Hey! It’s Alyssa #24: What Happened?
“Many presume they are entitled to the intimate quirks, details, and sorted history of my body…”
No Filter: Lauren Morelli And Samira Wiley Do Pride Perfectly
Also, Ruby Rose finds a banana world and Gaby Dunn is a cool queer teen.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Dumpster Honey and Tricky Nature Documentaries
Making wine in space, modern medicine doesn’t take women seriously, a solar eclipse is coming up soon and so many more links!
That One Time The Patriarchy Blessed Me
“I loved the Church, and I loved the gospel. I was the kind of Mormon who politely dismissed myself from classrooms when teachers showed R-rated movies. At my first and only high school rager, I texted my mother to pick me up because I felt out of place amidst the drinking and smoking. That was me, Straight-Edge Dera, except apparently I wasn’t so straight.”
20 Titles of Gay Papers I Want to Write One Day
“Three Kids, Two Femmes, a Butch and a Cat: Visions of Queer Domesticity”
Playlist: Just Fruit
A playlist because I don’t know, I just like fruit. For each fruit, I picked up to 3 song(s) fitting some criteria, and here we are.
“Queen Sugar” Does Black Lives Matter Storytelling Right
Unlike Orange Is the New Black, Queen Sugar’s approach to Black Lives Matter storytelling works because it doesn’t resort to excessive violence or torture porn to make its point.
How to Love Your Neighbor and Love Yourself by Reading the Bible for Pride
I can’t make every passage better. There are some passages that are still, even after months of study, hard to accept. But I try to remind myself that it’s okay to be critical of what’s written and that questions can help my faith grow.
“Orphan Black” Episode 503 Recap: Welcome to the Trip, Alison
Orphan Black takes us back to the very beginning and introduces us to Alison all over again.
Supreme Court Partially Enacts the F*cking Travel Ban, Zeroes In On “Religious Freedom”
The Supreme Court propped up Trump’s “travel ban” while agreeing to hear the case this fall. They’ve also got some of those good ol’ “religious freedom” challenges that endanger LGBT people in the hopper.
PHOTOESSAY: San Francisco Dyke March 2017
“Dyke is not just a sexual orientation. It’s a political identity. It stands for community. It stands for solidarity. It stands for radical fight.”
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 203 Recap: The One with the Cheerleading
Waverly, what in the bleeding heck is going on with you?!