An Act of Protest
Her smooth limbs tangle with mine in the morning light. Together we glow. We laugh and hold our legs in the air admiring the strength of our feet, the turn
A Different Shade of Gay: Gender Fluidity With Nik Kacy
It’s been two years since I’ve had top surgery as well as a hysterectomy and I finally feel like… myself. I’ve spent the first year recovering from a total of
Bi Any Other Name: Stigma Within the Queer Community
A few weeks back, a friend of mine hosted a pregame at her apartment before one of the queer parties that night. A bunch of us got together in her
Dear Anyone Who Voted for Donald Trump
Dear Anyone Who Voted For Trump, It’s been a long and exhausting election season. I had hoped that our now President elect would have crawled back into the hole from
Coming to America as Public Enemy #1
“Just don’t go there and be gay, Angie,” says my grandma to me as I tell her about all the things I will do when I trek to the greatest
A Love Story: Redefining Masculinity in the Queer Community
This is a love story, or rather, a story about love. My presentation, my demeanor is typically femme of center. You know – feminine. Femme or “FEMME”. Femme-ish. Femmy. I’m
My Parents Didn’t Attend My Wedding
They say that your wedding is the most important day of your life, but for many of us LGBTQ people, we know that sometimes the disappointment of family rejection and
Intersectional View: The Right To Protect Ourselves in All of Our Vulnerable Communities
The attack in Orlando at Pulse Nightclub will not generate a “LGBTQ Lives Matter” political campaign. Identity politics will not be the dominant theme here. I believe this because the
Femme Problems 149: A Broke Femme’s Guide to Black Pride 2016
Money sucks, but DC Black Pride doesn’t have to. Lez run down the events, shall we? THE SUN FINALLY CAME OUT! It’s like, Prince looked down upon our city and
A Gold Star Review
BY CHELSEA SHORTE Covering My Ass in Advance (CMAIA): This article critiques a trans-exclusive and non-binary exclusive term and rebukes the cis-normative community that would use this term. I’m not