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Sexuality isn’t a choice. So it may seem confusing to some when people say that they feel that their sexuality is fluid. But being sexually fluid doesn’t mean a person is confused. For a person to know and accept their sexuality as fluid, they must be self-aware. So let’s learn a little more about sexual fluidity.

Mainstream history has accepted the gender binary and cis-ness as natural and universal, which tends to filter out entire histories and identities.

Intersex is one of the often-left out categories when the LGBTQIAP alphabet is abbreviated as LGBT. The QUIAP is often ignored completely or briefly covered, but people who have these identities are marginalized not only in society, but also often within LGBTQIAP spaces themselves! Intersex identities exist. And we need to start recognizing them.

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You may have heard about the truth behind the “model minority” myth, but have you ever thought about how this myth creates a deceptive picture of Asian American and Pacific Islander mental health? Misconceptions float around both inside and outside of the AAPI community, leaving dangerous gaps in mental health treatment. Here’s why and how we need to fix this.

My feminism is one where I seek justice and fight for the freedom of the most oppressed. But lately I’ve been disheartened by a new kind of feminism popping up within feminist circles across the web.

What does it mean when someone says you’re “not the average Black girl?” Some people mean it as a compliment, but here’s one Black woman who’s not taking it that way. Catch Ernestine Johnson’s powerful words about why. She’s got the real deal on who the average Black girl really is, and why she’s so much more than the tired stereotype some people try to use to dismiss her.

We can change the definition of fat to mean… well, just fat. Like blue and short. So that it won’t be necessary to remind someone that they are worthy. Then you can go ahead and think of me as fat without being uncomfortable about it.

Make no mistake: Paid sick days are a feminist issue. And they’re one of those job benefits you don’t realize you want until you suddenly need them. The ability to take time off when you or a family member is sick impacts your health, well-being, and financial security. You shouldn’t have to choose between your paycheck and your health.

This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post. It was lightly edited and reposted here with the author’s permission. Google “toxic masculinity” and you’re likely to stumble across Ben Shapiro’s National Review article The ‘Toxic Masculinity’ Smear, where he discusses the Left’s war on masculinity and manhood. If you can power through the part where he…

The growing rift between mainstream and marginalized LGBTQIA+ people who are often trans, of color, poor, and homeless exposes a dangerous truth about the movement. Here’s why we need to do better.

Have you made any of these mistakes while trying to be chivalrous or kind? This comic explains where you went wrong – and how you can be kind without these common pitfalls.

Do you know about Amandla Stenberg’s latest comments on Kylie Jenner’s cornrows? Here’s the viral video that first got people paying attention to what this wise 16-year-old has to say about cultural appropriation.

“With Trump, everything is just getting worse and the border patrol…I don’t know what’s going to happen. People are going to have to take a stand and protect each other.”

Every one of us, no matter how educated our societies or loving our families of origin, makes moral and social judgments based on what we view as “normal.” But we can choose to reject beliefs and behaviors that we find personally limiting or detrimental to humanity as a whole. The seeds of feminism are planted in this unlearning process. Here are five key steps.

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“My gender is an everything bagel.” Gender fluidity means many different things to different people – and this author has some awesome insights on what it means to their “unapologetic, bodacious, beautiful self.”

Though I had spent plenty of time as my true self before my work transition, I couldn’t help but be nervous about a full day at work.

Despite all of the gains the LGBTQIA+ community has made, bisexual people are still looked upon with confusion — or outright scorn — by gay, lesbian, and straight people alike. Here we are in the supposedly enlightened year of 2014 – and yet, biphobia persists. Here are a few tiresome lies society really needs to stop telling about bisexual people.

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This author debunks concerns about health, comfort, and “glorifying obesity” while she rocks a bikini and, contrary to expectation, doesn’t lose weight to do so.

Years ago, I was seduced by Edward Cullen in Twilight. But today I see what I thought was caring and protective was actually controlling and emotionally abusive.

Cultural appropriation has turned cultural items and customs from communities of color — which are usually born of precolonial legacy AND historical trauma, resilience and survival — into an economic currency that in no way benefits the groups from which they were stolen. Please watch this video to learn how we often perpetuate cultural appropriation so we can stop.