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A Prairie Homo Companion: How Being A (Very) Mixed-Race Canadian Prairie Weirdo Complicates “POC” For Me
This is my unique perspective on being a half-black, half-white human who sometimes feels uncomfortable using the term Person of Colour to refer to myself.
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How White LGBTQ People Can Be More Inclusive of People of Color
“If you’re white and LGBTQ and you want to make sure that LGBTQ spaces are as safe and inclusive for everyone as possible, here are some steps you can take to support people of color and be more racially aware.”
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Dust to Dark: The Colors of My Craziness
“It’s on my twenty-fourth birthday that I realize something is wrong. I wake up crying and I don’t stop.”
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Almost Famous: Celisse Henderson
A queer ‘acoustic soul’ artist with a mighty voice, mad ukulele skills and a rising career that’s included a bit of Broadway.
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Jewelle Gomez, Lesbian Trailblazer: The Autostraddle Interview
“There was a great heyday in the 80’s in which I felt like you could publish anything, you could say anything – any of the initials, L, G, B, or T.”
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He Said/We Said Brings Queer Sartorial Smarts To The Ivies
This time, the handsome models take on the country’s top universities and honey BBQ cheetos.
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Also.Also.Also: Madonna’s Very Own Pussy Riot and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Let’s talk about our feelings.
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Queer Texas Rep. Mary Gonzalez Is Hope and Action and The Coolest Politician Ever
“We never ask young people what they are willing to sacrifice to make the world better and that’s one of the biggest problems in this country.”
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“A Girl And Her Room” In Four Parts
“This project is about teenage girls and young women at a transitional time of their lives, alone in the privacy of their own personal space and surroundings: their bedroom, a womb within the outside world.”
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Autostraddle’s Women of Color Ask: What Does WOC Mean To Me?
“When I see lesbian couple after lesbian couple with not only matching haircuts and clothes but matching skin colours, I feel alone.”
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“Cult Classic of Taiwanese Lesbian Literature” Now Excerpted In English, Available Online
Rachel’s Team Pick: “My prototype of a woman was the type who would appear in hallucinations at the last moments of your freezing to death at the top of an icy mountain, a mythical beauty who blurred the line between dreams and reality.”
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Arizona Judge Rules Mexican-American Studies Illegal, Is Horrible and Wrong
I can’t believe this is real and I’m not actually trapped in a George Orwell book.
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Ladies Who Rap: The Playlist and Guided Herstory Tour
Let’s take a video-guided tour of the movement called ‘female rap’ with appearances by Salt-n-Pepa, Aaliyah, Lil’ Kim and more! Also, there’s a playlist.
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Five Small Contributions: On Being A Queer Person of Color
We wanted to sit down and share stories with you around this virtual campfire to somehow express one little piece of what it means to be queer and a person of color in this crazy, crazy world.
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India’s Queer Literature Persists Despite Political Controversy Over Gays
Laura’s Team Pick: During a challenge of 2009’s decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Nilanjana S. Roy looks at queer Indians throughout literary history.
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It’s Black History Month! Here’s Five Of My Favorite LGBTQ Black Women
A history lesson, a poetry lesson, and a some famous queer black ladies.
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Queer Harlem: From LGBT Icons of the Harlem Renaissance to Invisible Me
Even when someone doesn’t know the range of the artistic revolution that was the Harlem Renaissance, they know the name. They know writers like Claude Mckay or singers like Ethel Waters but they may not know them as Queer Black Americans. Why is this?
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Is It Right Or Okay To Talk About Whitney Houston Maybe Being Gay?
News has been buzzing all week with resurfaced rumors, and a LGBT activist claiming Whitney was happiest “when she was with her female partner.” What do you think about this?
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Be Still My Heart: Eileen Myles Tackles the Female Life; Black Lesbian Poets Hit the Road
I am convinced that something Eileen Myles loves is something I will love. That is, if I don’t love it already.
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For Femmes Of Colour Who Rose Too Early & Set Too Soon
“It is possible to protest misogyny with my legs spread wide open and I am going to just that.”