Results for: queer parenting
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Zero Percent Of Kids With Lesbian Parents Report Abuse, Gay Moms FTW
Zero percent of teens with lesbian parents report instances of abuse; probably this means everyone should have two moms, like Riese. Also: You can get married over Skype now, Dan Choi is eloquent on Veterans/Remembrance Day, and meeting Autostraddlers and making friends will make you happy.
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‘Ginny & Georgia’ is Back with Its Best and Gayest Season
It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me giggle and kick my feet at all the extra queer content.
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Remember When They Arrested George Michael for Being Gay?
Michael’s arrest and his subsequent public coming out shook pop culture for months in ways that I can only now fully understand.
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Anna Dorn Writes Maximalist, Campy Queer Fiction Inspired by Lesbian Pulp
“I have problematic fantasies about being closeted in the 50s and just like having ‘a friend.'”
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Queer Mom Chronicles: I Have Mixed Feelings About Homework
As a parent who is making a concentrated effort to teach my child boundaries when it comes to helping manage burnout, homework doesn’t really fit in with that.
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Boobs on Your Tube: Give Us Our Queer Friends to Lovers Story, “The Rookie: Feds”!
Plus! Updates on How I Met Your Father, Good Trouble, All American, and The Watchful Eye.
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Also.Also.Also: Chase Strangio and Kimberly Drew Are the Cutest Queer Love Story You’ll See Today!
Queen Latifah’s rom-com history, Black queer winemakers, a must-read personal essay R.O. Kwon about Atlanta, and how to plan for the growing old when you don’t plan on having kids.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #28: Coping with Trumper In-Laws, Dating as a Demisexual, and More!
Advice for coping with a parent who’s an addict, being accountable to people you’re dating, and more!
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Reimagining Intimacy: Queer People on Touch and Closeness Outside Romance and Sex
We don’t ever grow out of our need for touch, though as we mature, that kind of intimacy tends to only be expressed sexually. But sexual intimacy isn’t the only type of intimacy there is.
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Autostraddle Roundtable: Becoming Queer Feminists (Part 1)
We finally wrote another roundtable, and it’s about feminism! This discussion is gonna take a while, so we’re going to start this by talking about how we first became feminists. Share your own experiences in the comments!
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Holiday Merch Alert: Safe Space Sweatshirts, Throwback Tees, New Enamel Pins and MORE!
We’re bringing back some old favorites in new colors, some fresh tees and sweaters, and a ton of colorful enamel pins to decorate yourself with! Get in here!
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‘My Old Ass’ Tells an Original Bisexual Coming-of-Age Tale — but Does It Do It Well?
While I find the idea of documenting a young girl’s journey into her bisexuality as a refreshing, exciting exploration, the poor storytelling and narrative structure of the film left me with some concerns.
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Why I Never Put Anyone in My Family “First”
To me, the concept of anyone being “first” in a family feels weird. We all have a hierarchy of needs, right?
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“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” Can’t Go Both Ways
Rise of the Pink Ladies wants the privilege of deciding when and how questions of race matter, but that’s not how it works — not on a fictional television show where teenagers sing on cafeteria tables for fun, and not in life.
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Rather Than a Coming Out Story, “Body Grammar” Is About Queer Characters Coming Into Themselves
Jules Ohman paints the harsh, sharp-angled modeling industry with soft, tender prose and tells many queer narratives at once in the novel.
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The Fall of Roe Is For All Of Us
There’s a lot of confusion going around about what this all means and as someone who worked in repro and/or civil liberties work for over fifteen years, I’m here to demystify the moment we’re in right now.
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Creative Interviewing Creatives: Mint Simon Is the Non-Binary Voice the Music Industry and Queer Community Both Need
Mint Simon, the brand new solo project from the lead singer of alternative pop trio Caveboy, talks with me about finding fluidity in gender and sexuality during quarantine and re-emerging more themselves than ever.
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Oscars 2021: Two Queers Discuss The Very Pandemic 93rd Academy Awards
Drew and Riese discuss this years slate of Oscar films, except FYI Drew did NOT watch “Mank,” and Riese did watch “Mank,” and it wasn’t fun, so!
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Celia Laskey’s “Under the Rainbow” Is Dark, Redeeming, and Very Very Queer
Both light and heavy, dark and redeeming, this book is sure to be a comfort and resource for many, as we try to bridge the growing gap between “coastal elites” and “flyover states.”
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What’s It Like Growing Up With A Transgender Parent? Sharon Shattuck Knows.
“I think the one thing that really sticks with me from my childhood is that I felt very alone–I felt like no one else’s family was like mine, so I just sequestered that part of my life and didn’t talk about it with my friends or acquaintances.”