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Addiction in the LGBTQ community
Though substance abuse can affect anyone, members of the LGBTQ community are particularly susceptible because of the unique stresses they often experience in relation to coming out and/or the negative social stigmas surrounding their identities.
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Justice groups fight back against Texas lawmakers’ anti-trans, anti-choice bills
Republican Governor Greg Abbott has called a special session of the Texas legislature, and anti-choice and anti-trans bills are the hallmarks of the agenda.
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June 27, 2017 | Chloe Hallinan |
LGBTQIA
Being An Ally At Pride
I have lived in the Bay Area for the past two years since starting college at UC Berkeley, and have attended two San Francisco Pride Parades. I love going to our Pride, which is the largest gathering ...
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Being LGBT In The Middle East
For the most part, I am a normal teenager in Amman, Jordan. I wake up when I hear my alarm and get ready for school. But perhaps unlike other 15-year old-boys, I have never fantasized about beautiful ...
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A Mother-Daughter Outing
I came out to my family at 25 years old. It was 2014, and while the country had made great progress in acceptance in terms of recognizing civil unions, putting more LGBTQ figures on television, and passing pro-gay laws, coming out was still a weighty experience.
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Why I March
I remember the first time I was called a fag.
It was on a crisp fall day. I was walking to class. A man passed by me. It was casual, almost off-hand, like a bigoted stutter. It wasn’t the first time ...
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Remembering George Michael, A Role Model For Healthy Masculinity
To say 2016 was a depressing year is a total understatement. Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, an astonishing number of abortion bans were passed, and the deaths of celebrities and ever...
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I Fall In Love With One's Soul, Not Their Gender
When I looked into the eyes of the first woman I ever liked — loved, even — I felt like I finally understood the famous words attributed to Edgar Allan Poe: “the eyes are the window to the soul.” I di...
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The Problem With Saying Someone "Looks Like A Lesbian"
Apparently, if you cut off half of your hair, start playing rugby, spearhead a LGBTQA group on campus, begin obsessing over Orange is the New Black, and break up with your boyfriend all within the spa...
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We Need To Make The Way We Talk About Abortion Access More Gender Inclusive
I’m that annoying person on Twitter, Facebook, and basically any outlet that will let me type out my ideas who keeps saying we need to make the reproductive justice movement more gender inclusive. A l...
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September 20, 2016 | Susan Buttenwieser |
LGBTQIA
Transgender and in prison: Violence, harassment, and denial of medical care are the norm
A new report details widespread abuse of transgender and gender-nonconforming people in U.S. prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers—and points to how corrections agencies can improve conditions.
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How I Fit Into Mainstream Pride Events As A Queer Black Woman
I realized that I wasn’t straight when I was about 15 years old. Soon after, I got involved with my high school's Gay-Straight Alliance. During one of the club's meetings, the steering committee chair...
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Understanding The 'B-Word': Embracing The Bisexual Identity
There are millions of women standing in the closet — a closet that's threatening to burst open.
I was 17 when I first developed "feelings" for another woman, but it took me two more years to feel com...
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Being An Ally Is About More Than Your Own Identity
In the wake of the Orlando mass shooting and throughout this month of LGBTQPIA+ pride, I have seen an immense presence of online support and love for the LGBTQPIA+ community — support for which I am i...
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Four Latina lesbians still seeking justice
A new documentary, "Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four," tells the heart-wrenching story of a modern "witch hunt."
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Orlando: The crossroads of queerness and Latinidad
In the aftermath of the Orlando mass shooting, we must be aware of the particular kinds of terror faced by queer people of color.
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What The Orlando Shooting Means To Me As A Queer Teen
On Sunday night, I couldn’t cry. I didn’t know how to — it was as if every resource I had to deal with deep, inescapable grief had been disabled. I felt short-circuited, wired and rewired out of my cu...
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Why I Created A Gay, Male Superhero
As a gay man, I know how much I owe women for the equal opportunities I have, and do, enjoy. When I was bullied by other boys schools, I always found female friends to nurture and care for me. I came ...
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North Carolina and Mississippi Passed Discriminatory Bills, But I Refuse To Remain Silent
North Carolina and Mississippi recently made headlines for signing two anti-LGBT+ bills into law. News outlets, prominent organizations and officials around the nation roundly decried these measures a...
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The Binary
With our first breaths we are packaged and
itemized. We are placed on a conveyer belt and
processed through our adjacent existences
of Pink and Blue.
And I wonder what my colour is,
as a person w...
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Anti-LGBT laws target rights as “political correctness”
The new North Carolina law is just the latest in a wave of backlash legislation targeting LGBT equality.
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These Are The LGBTQ+ Victories Already Achieved In 2016
2015 was undoubtedly an amazing year for progress in the LGBTQ+ community. Several countries legalized same-sex marriage, including the United States, and others extended adoption rights to same-sex c...
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The Broken Concept of Virginity
Society obsesses over the concept of virginity. Young girls are taught that they must meet standards of “purity” and “cleanliness” — standards that are determined by whether or not we have had sex yet...
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The Problem With Rainbow-Tinted Facebook Profile Pictures
In the wake of the historic Supreme Court decision to universally legalize same-sex marriage, 26 million Facebook users demonstrated their support by superimposing a rainbow-tinted flag over their pro...
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The Complexity of Being A Black Feminist in a Relationship
It’s hard being alone after having been with someone for a long time. It’s hard to detach from your first love, to not have that person on whom you can rely for comfort, happiness and safety. You miss...