Tag Archives: Queer Issues
Not Oprah’s Book Club: Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme
TweetPersistence: All Ways Butch and Femme is a new anthology edited by Ivan E. Coyote (who you might know from this great femme appreciation piece) and Zena Sharman that explores butch and femme identities from a variety of viewpoints. The book is dominated by lesbian writers talking about the butch-femme dynamic in their own communities, [...]
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Tennessee Senate passes “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
TweetNot an Onion headline, people. Via Unicorn Booty, we find that a proposed bill that would make it illegal to use the word “gay” or “homosexuality” or discuss topics about being gay in Tennessee schools passed the Senate yesterday. Via Think Progress: The bill would prohibit teachers from discussing of any sexuality except heterosexuality in [...]
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On violence, hate and gender non-conformity
Tweet*Trigger warning* The first time I was the target of anti-transgender violence I didn’t know I was transgender. I heard the three guys coming up behind me, talking, even laughing a little. I know they chose me specifically to jump, and I know it was about how I was perceived. My clothes, the way I [...]
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What We Missed
Tweet More Weiner, Less Boehner. The Amazingly Queer Race for Economic Justice is as amazing as it sounds. On the Community site, an extremely moving (albeit upsetting) story told by an incredibly brave young person about his recent experience as the subject of a hate crime. Dillard’s department store is holding a fundraiser for the [...]
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The Feministing Five: Justin Vivian Bond