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March 07, 2024 | Eunice Hong | LGBTQIA, Race/Ethnicity
The Silent Struggle: Intersectionality and Students of Color

Intersectionality is more than a concept; it has informed my life as an Asian woman who is also a member of the LGBTQ community.

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December 13, 2023 | Emma Kanis | LGBTQIA
The Lifesaving Impact of Gender-Affirming Care

Gender-affirming care is crucial to supporting the mental health and lives of vulnerable trans and nonbinary youth.

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December 05, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | LGBTQIA
Author Lindz Amer's Debut Picture Book Celebrates Gender Euphoria

On February 7, 2024, Amer will release their debut picture book, Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! which likens the correct use of one’s pronouns to the aforementioned feelings of euphoria.

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June 21, 2023 | Jessica Sennett | LGBTQIA
What Pride Month Means to Me

Three years ago, I discovered that I was a part of one of the strongest communities in the world.

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May 25, 2022 | Laura Chamon | LGBTQIA
JoJo Said Gay — And Now She’s Paying the Price

Is it a coincidence that Siwa’s invitation got lost in the mail at the same time that she has become a new gay icon for young children?

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June 18, 2021 | Elianor M.A. | LGBTQIA
Why Watching ‘Pose’ Is a Great Way to Celebrate Pride Month

One worthy way to celebrate this Pride month is to watch the industry-shattering, Golden Globe-nominated drama Pose.

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December 10, 2020 | Elianor M.A. | LGBTQIA
Elliot Page’s Announcement Reminds Us That Feminists Need To Do More for Trans Men

On December 1, Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page came out as transgender in a heartfelt note they shared on Twitter.

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October 09, 2020 | Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley | Feminism, LGBTQIA
Meet the 20-Year-Old Queer Latina Fighting to Abolish ICE

Oquita's undocumented status has not stopped her from advocating for immigration justice and fighting to defund and eventually abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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October 08, 2020 | Regiane Folter | LGBTQIA
How Uruguay Is Leading on Trans Rights

To improve the U.S.’s policies on this front, their government can look to a perhaps surprising place for a model for how to better support trans citizens: Uruguay.

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September 07, 2020 | Kadin Burnett | LGBTQIA
Trans Votes Matter

While many people are aware of America’s history of suppressing the votes of racial minority communities, it’s a pattern that affects other minorities, too — especially trans voters.

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June 25, 2020 | Rachel Charlton-Dailey | LGBTQIA, Violence against women
J.K. Rowling’s Attack on the Trans Community Was Deplorable, but So Was Glorifying Her Abuser in Response

J.K. Rowling immediately received backlash after sending a tweet that implied only women menstruate.

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June 05, 2020 | Oluwatomiwa Odebode-Olaoluwa | LGBTQIA
Three lessons I’ve learned as a Christian, African, member of the LGBTQ+ community

I’m still learning today, but these are the three most important lessons that have helped guide this learning: Question everything. Learn so you can unlearn. Ask for help.

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December 05, 2019 | Grace Bloom | LGBTQIA, Media
LGBTQ representation in the media improved this year

A new report from GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) shows that there has been an incredible improvement in the representation of the LGBTQ community across TV platforms this year.

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August 14, 2019 | June Jennings | LGBTQIA, Media
The podcast “Marsha’s Plate” centers the black trans experience

Each week, Houston-based activist Diamond Stylz and her rotating cast of co-hosts serve up candid conversations about topics ranging from gender reveal parties to the latest installment of the television show Pose from a black, trans, and feminist perspective.

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July 03, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | LGBTQIA, Sports
Trans racing car driver Charlie Martin is ready to make history

Charlie Martin is a British racing driver who was set to become the first trans woman to race as a support race in the world’s oldest sports endurance car racing contest: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also known as “Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency.”

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May 17, 2019 | Gabriel Leão | Arts and culture, LGBTQIA
Queer POC rap group Quebrada Queer is taking on Brazil

The six members of the Brazilian hip-hop group Quebrada Queer are young, black, queer, and from the impoverished outskirts of São Paulo — identities that are relatively rarely represented in Brazilian mainstream media, despite the fact that 54 percent of the country’s population is of African descent.

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May 16, 2019 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture, LGBTQIA
On the Met Gala and camp’s origins in the queer POC community

Since Sontag’s articulation of camp, however, camp has been elevated to a new cultural meaning and enactment, primarily by the LGBTQ community, and even more specifically by people of color in that community — a reality the Met Gala theme failed to acknowledge.

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August 27, 2018 | Ellen Ricks | Disability, LGBTQIA, Media, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Insatiable Is Not Only Fatphobic, it’s Biphobic as Well

As someone with an eating disorder, I knew Insatiable’s fat jokes and jokes about eating disorders would trigger me. What I was unprepared for, however, were the many biphobic jokes that were also a major part of the show’s storyline.

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August 22, 2018 | Jackline Kemigisa | Gender-based violence, International, LGBTQIA
The homophobic backlash that followed the Ugandan Women’s March

Over 42 women had been kidnapped or killed in Uganda since May 2017. Ugandan politicians didn’t seem to take these deaths seriously. A feminist group called the Women’s Protest Working Group transformed Ugandan feminists' Twitter conversations into a march.

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August 07, 2018 | Garnett Achieng’ | International, LGBTQIA
Learning how to be an LGBTQ+ ally in conservative Kenyan society

While there are no laws that blatantly incriminate homosexuality, same-sex marriage is not legally recognized in Kenya, a country that is also generally quite socially hostile to members of the LGBTQ+ community.

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August 01, 2018 | Julie Graves | LGBTQIA, Media
An interview with the hosts of “Nancy,” a podcast made by queer folk for queer folk

As season 3 of the “Nancy” podcast from WNYC Studios comes to a close, co-hosts Kathy Tu and Tobin Low took some time to tell the FBomb about their show, their lives, and which Queer Eye character they would be.

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July 31, 2018 | Kadin Burnett | LGBTQIA, Media
Why trans actors should get the chance to play trans characters

The Scarlett Johansson incident was hardly the first time a cisgender actor was criticized for taking a role many believe should have gone to a trans actor. In fact, a pattern of cisgender actors being cast as, and then inevitably critically acclaimed and rewarded for playing, transgender characters has emerged over the past few years.

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June 18, 2018 | Lauren Davidson | LGBTQIA
What the Masterpiece Cakeshop case means for LGBTQ+ rights

On June 4, right at the beginning of Pride Month, SCOTUS released their decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: the court sided with the baker.

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June 08, 2018 | Julie Graves | LGBTQIA, Politics
Why Texas Gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez gives me hope

Lupe Valdez is a proud, lesbian Latina. Valdez’s represents other underrepresented Texan identities, too: She is the daughter of migrant workers. She is a veteran, a federal agent, and a former Dallas county sheriff. She is a gay women of color who wants to fight for LGBTQ+ rights and women’s rights.

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June 04, 2018 | Lindz Amer | LGBTQIA, Media
Why I make queer videos for kids

As a kid, I did not understand queerness, although I undoubtedly embodied it in many ways. I wish I’d had an educational resource to help me understand and feel comfortable about my queerness much earlier in my life. So I made one. Queer Kid Stuff is an LGBTQ+ educational YouTube series for kids ages 3+ (but really, it’s for all ages).


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