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Jun 25
Direct Action
If we want to dismantle our systems of straight supremacy, we must be as deliberate at addressing them as we've been in creating them.
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Jun 15
Monetized Grievance
The straight grievance industry was designed to monetize bigotry against Queer people for the accumulation and hording of...
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Jun 12
Say It Loud
When people wonder why we broadcast our sexual orientation, what of many of them are really wondering is why we're not more grateful for...
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May 31
Give Until It Hurts
Generosity practiced through pain is a special kind of healing work.
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May 24
Bigotry Is A Choice
If you accept that there are no queerphobic people, just queerphobic choices, it means that even gay guys can traffic in straight supremacy.
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May 16
It's Here For The Long Haul
Straight supremacy is unlikely to simply fade away, because most people rarely share power out of mere principle alone.
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May 12
Our Chosen Light
We rarely experience true absences of light. Most of our lives are spent on a spectrum, where we can savor the subtle gradients if we...
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May 1
The Power Of Vulnerability
There's strength in our tears, and hard hearts hold no sway.
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Mar 18
Patterns Of Pain
Getting lost in life's might-have-been's is a sure way to create more of life's never-was's.
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Mar 10
Preemptive Retaliation
Some straight people act like they're terrified that if we Queer people obtain any measure of power or authority, we will turn around and...
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Mar 7
Velvet Outrage
For us Queer people, living in the U.S. has always meant learning how to effectively harness and channel our outrage.
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Mar 5
Claim Credit
Some straight people are real happy to claim credit for every single thing except straight supremacy.
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Feb 29
Queer Wisdom And Resistance
Queer people in the U.S. long lived under autocratic rule, next to whole swaths of people addicted to the drug of straight supremacy. We...
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Feb 25
Focus Where It's Due
Some straight people seem more upset about the ways and means Queer people overcome straight supremacy than the straight supremacy itself.
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Feb 20
The Castaways
Do you ever think of them? The castaways. Those of us kicked out of our families. Left to fend for ourselves as we navigate this brutal...
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Feb 1
Making Friends With Fear
When we learn to hold our fears of tenderheartedness, the whole world opens up.
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