My parents tell a story, of my first crush. Natassia. She lived around the corner from us. In elementary school, my favorite subjects were math and science and I was good at them. Yet somehow,…
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Do I have to be an activist?
First, a meditation. A Litany For Survival For those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon the constant edges of decision crucial and alone for those of us who cannot indulge the passing…
Tough Questions: Can I Have A Family?
It’s 10:00 PM and my evening is winding down. I pick up my MacBook Air, my journal, and the book I’m reading (The Wisdom of No Escape). I’m not sure what my plan is: to…
Tough Questions: Will I Be Healthy?
This Dispatch is part of the Tough Questions series. You can sign-up for Free Daily Dispatches to receive them all. Gay people get AIDS and die. Did anyone ever say it to me those exact words to me? Probably…
Tough Questions: Am I A Real Man
This Dispatch is part of the Tough Questions series. You can sign-up for Free Daily Dispatches to receive them all. My grandfather played semi-professional, my father was a varsity kicker before sustaining an injury that…
Is this a faggot party? (or, Will I be uncomfortable, & Will I survive?)
This Dispatch is part of the Tough Questions series. “What is this a faggot party? Y’all a bunch of faggots. I wish I had an oozie, man I wish I had an oozie. You mess…
What Will My Parents Think?
This is the first prompt in Tough Questions On The Road To Affirmation: What Will My Parents Think? As I journeyed to self-acceptance as a queer person, this question weighed heavy. Here, I respond to…
Why We March: Trans Day of Action
Today is a guest post from Micah Matthias who writes about the 6th Annual NYC Trans Day of Action for Sanctuary Collective. We will be there today, join us of if you can. This afternoon,…
A Call to Action: Transgender Day of Action 2010
Transgender people exist, they have always existed, and they are important and integral parts of our society. From gender variant characters filling central roles in the Bible; through the 1 noticeably intersex child out of…
Five Awesome Things Straight People Can Do
It’s interesting, and perhaps fitting, that while my recent 8 Things I Don’t Need to Hear From Straight People article was making its way around my friend network and the internet in general, one particular…