Our Gender Expression Is Our Own
Queer people don't own anyone masculinity simply to appease their fragile view of what manhood might mean.
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Nov 1, 2021
Speak Truth to Power
People in power often trade in euphemisms to preserve the delicate sensibilities of their followers, assuage the silent majority, and...
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Oct 16, 2021
Affection is Part of the Resistance
In too many places gay men are safer walking alone than with each other, which makes simple public displays of affection political acts...
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Oct 6, 2021
Active Resistance
Bigotry is the default in our society. That means each moment we're not actively resisting it and working together to eradicate it...
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Sep 30, 2021
Let's Decolonize Our Choices
"Decolonizing" our choices means we recognize that the global plunder and genocide of indigenous peoples, particularly by countries in...
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Sep 25, 2021
#Phony Arguments
Discussing queerphobia doesn't divide us. It's the actual queerphobia that does that. Claiming otherwise is just gaslighting.
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Sep 20, 2021
Open To The Possibilities
Our sexuality need not be defined by our partners' body parts.
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Sep 6, 2021
Let Us Shine
When queer people are granted the space to thrive, the joy we give back to the world is immeasurable.
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Aug 28, 2021
We Must Claim It
Many people claim to support diversity, equity, and inclusion....that is until it comes to the actual sharing of...
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Aug 26, 2021
Our Differences Are Divine
When people claim that disclosing our differences just stokes divisions, they're really saying that what distinguishes us is somehow...
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Aug 22, 2021
Allyship Is Fighting For All Our Rights
Some queer people may never like, trust, or feel fully whole around straight, cis people. And allyship looks like fighting...
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Aug 20, 2021
Be Proud of Your Love
Publicly sharing a sweet kiss signals hope, confidence, vulnerability, and love to a society so desperately in need.
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Aug 15, 2021
They Must Own Their Choices
Anyone who claims queer people "make them homophobic" is really just gaslighting us, because they can't afford the consequences of...
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Aug 14, 2021
Heaven on Earth
Close your eyes and imagine, truly imagine, what life could be like if we celebrated love wherever we found it.
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Aug 13, 2021
Our Liberation Is Non-Negotiable
When someone says they "accept" queer people, but don't want our sexual orientation "shoved down their throat," what they're really...
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Aug 8, 2021
The Fatigue of Lived Experience
If you're tired of hearing about homophobia, just think how tired gay people are of experiencing it...
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Aug 5, 2021
Equal Rights Are Not Special Rights
Straight privilege is thinking that queer people seeking equity want "special" rights.
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Aug 4, 2021
Pay It Forward
The only sane response to privilege is to use it to empower others.
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