Risks Worth Taking
If we're ever going to experience togetherness, we must extend our hearts to the places that scare us.
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Jan 16
Our Toxic Happiness
In our primitive happiness culture, it's tempting to reject any feelings we think might challenge our stories of "success." But when...
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Jan 3
Our Interconnectedness Is Key
A la carte activism allows straight supremacy to divide Queer people and allies by tempting us to focus on the fractures in our...
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Dec 27, 2023
Times Gone By
When someone tells us "things were different then," what Queer people often hear is that you think folks in the distant past were in some...
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Dec 22, 2023
Holiday Angst
When you learn that even in this day and age some Queer people have nowhere to turn over the holidays, what do you then feel compelled to...
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Dec 18, 2023
The Other Side Of Loneliness
Someone out there right now is longing for the magic that is uniquely yours.
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Nov 23, 2023
Thanksgiving
Let's move beyond celebrating the colonizer mythology of Pilgrims and shared labor, as we remember the apocalyptic U.S. history of...
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Nov 17, 2023
Tough Love
If you believe that straight supremacy insidiously corrodes all relationships, then pointing out its causes and consequences to your...
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Nov 7, 2023
Agree To Disagree
Quick straight supremacy check: how do you respond when a Queer person disagrees with you? You sure?
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Oct 27, 2023
Denial And Delusion
The far-reaching effects of straight supremacy mean that Queer people have long known pretense preserves false hope where authenticity...
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Oct 17, 2023
Fight The System
Straight supremacy is an ideology, not a mental illness.
Some people choose to enrich themselves on the backs of others, financially...
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Oct 9, 2023
Transgressive Togetherness
The relentless downward pressure of straight supremacy upon a tiny minority of the population means one thing: Queer people need each other.
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Oct 6, 2023
Love Is A Verb
Straight privilege comforts itself by saying how much it loves its Queer friends and family, without actually risking anything for our...
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Sep 30, 2023
Creating Safe Spaces
If you think you don't know any Queer people, yes you do. They're simply choosing not to confide in you...
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Sep 12, 2023
Sweet Shelter
When life provides too few tender mercies, seek refuge in a love that sustains you.
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Sep 11, 2023
What Doesn't Go Around
No matter what Queer people do or say, or how palatable to them we might try to make ourselves, many straight people (even allies) will...
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Sep 3, 2023
Not Easy Being Green
I can understand why some straight people might be scared of Queer people, when day after day we effortlessly exude such fabulousness,,,
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