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I’m queer, not gay. It matters.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (324+ words) Chase T. M. Anderson explains why they identify as queer instead of gay, and why reclaiming the word is...
Is queer media in crisis? A new report shows the way forward
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (366+ words) Project, an in-depth analysis of the state of local queer news outlets. It may become more difficult to find...Project provides one of the first looks into the local queer media landscape. Baim spearheaded the project alongside...“underscore both the…...
10 LGBTQ+ leaders who've changed the face of global politics
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (635+ words) do so. Additionally, he became the first openly queer head of government to win a second term in 2018....
Inside the uneasy world of transgender conservatives
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1443+ words) Despite the Trump administration's anti-trans policies, some transgender Americans continue to identify as conservative. Here's why—and what that means for their lives....
Don't fall for WSJ's 'normal gay' whitewashing of queer life
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (551+ words) WSJ's 'normal gay' whitewashing of queer life Opinion: A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed divorcing "gay" from "queer" people reinforces a hierarchy of belonging...standard. No one is asking him to label himself as queer, but queerness is not his…...
LGBTQ+ young people are politically engaged — but it's complicated
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (355+ words) groups in the survey. Respondents identifying as queer or lesbian were most likely to report feeling motivated...
Dispatches from Route 66: Finding queer hope in New Mexico and Arizona
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1682+ words) Awards. Alysse Dalessandro is a Cleveland-based queer femme writer, digital creator, and founder of Ready...travel, identity, community, and living openly as a queer woman. Charlene Bencomo’s words that New Mexicans...organization that created the “Press 3” option for queer youth…...
America is renormalizing violence against queer people
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (452+ words) crimes, and political fearmongering are making America feel dangerous for queer people again....
LGBTQ+ youth are building their own support systems — because schools won’t
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1008+ words) Glisten’s new national survey finds two-thirds of queer and trans youth feel unsafe at school, and most...
"Why should I celebrate you?": Coming out at 40 in an age of trans backlash
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (495+ words) change so that children of queers can build the queer futures we dream of. As a writer, I have to believe...