LGBTQIA Articles

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A Reclamation of Our Personal Rights as Working-Class Queer Women

LGBTQIA+ Youth of Color Made This Video So You Can Know Your Rights with Police

10 Things Trans Activists and Allies Need to Remember That Have Nothing to Do With Caitlyn Jenner

How Our Othering of Sexual Assault Survivors Allows People to Doubt Them

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Let Them Eat Cake: On Being Demisexual

If Straight People Had to Come Out

Why We Need to Stop Saying Anti-Queer Bigots Are Closeted Gay People

6 Things Intersex Folks Need to Know About How We Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism

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I Am Enough: 3 Strategies for LGBTQIA+ People Dealing with Family Rejection

Stuff Cis People Say to Trans People

Transmisogyny 101: What It Is and What Can We Do About It

3 Reasons Why Folks Who Don’t ‘Look’ Non-Binary Can Still Be Non-Binary

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9 Ways Intersex Youth Want You to Support Them

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Ever Been Told You’re ‘Too Pretty to Be a Lesbian?’ Here Are 3 Ways to Respond

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5 Facts to Debunk the Biggest Myths About Dating Bisexual People Once and For All

Unalterable: On Accepting Myself As a Queer Person with Dwarfism

Street Harassment Is an LGBTQIA+ Issue, Too

Ain’t I A Man: Being Black and Gay in a World that Honors Neither

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So Your Trans Friend Is Transitioning and You Want to Be Supportive – Here Are 6 Ways How

2014: The LGBTQ Year In Review

Guys Need Pap Tests, Too: A Trans Man’s Guide to Visiting the Gyno

6 Important Reflections from Indigenous LGBTQIA+/Two Spirit People

How Did Public Bathrooms Get to Be Separated By Sex in the First Place?

You May Have Heard About Gender Dysphoria, Now Let’s Talk About Cultural Dysphoria

4 Ridiculous Questions People Asked Me When My 11-Year-Old Came Out as Gay

13 Lies We Have to Stop Telling About Bisexual People

Being Seen as a Hairy Brown Girl – There Was Nothing Wrong with Me Then and There Is Nothing Wrong with Me Now

How Identity Is More Complicated Than Society Thinks It Is

5 Ways Marginalized People Can Recognize Their Privileges In Other Areas

These Messages from Trans Teens to Their Future Selves Will Touch Your Heart