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Navigating Gender Norms with My Transgender Daughter
This author wasn’t always sure how to support her transgender daughter. But through writing about giving her daughter agency and helping her navigate gender roles, this mom can help other parents who are also struggling.
Read MoreJust The Fat Facts, Ma’am
We’re told everyday that fat is unhealthy and dieting is healthy. Often people who say “fat is bad” do so from a place of alleged concern. But this is called concern trolling – worrying about someone health and weight in a way that says they can’t be trusted to make decisions about their own bodies. It also reinforces ideas about fat that are untrue. So I’d like to present you with some facts here to debunk these myths.
Read MoreHow To Respond To People Who Put Your Child Into Narrow Gender Boxes
I believe shoving children into the culturally created gender binary can be crippling and try to do gender neutral parenting instead. So when someone gives my 1 year old son a toy hammer and tells him it’s time he toughens up or insults a toy vacuum as girly, we have issues. Here are a few methods I’ve developed to help alleviate the stress that our gendered society can pose on a family.
Read MoreQueer and Trans Latinx Speak Up and Out About Love, Life, and Family
Though coming out as queer and/or trans can be empowering, homophobia and transphobia often ostracize people from their families and cultural spaces. While this type of loss is deeply painful for all who experience it, it’s even more arduous when exacerbated by the racism, xenophobia, and systemic and legislative violence that comes with being Latinx in the US.
Read MoreA Vision For Marriage and Much More Than Marriage: Unfolding the Layers of Liberation
Increasing marriage equality is a great step in the right direction. But it’s more important than ever to broaden the scope of what we envision for queer liberation. By unfolding the many layers of what liberation and equality could look like for the LGBTQ+ community, we’ll be able to see a nuanced picture of marriage equality that is couched in the larger movement for social justice.
Read MoreWhy We Need to Stop Saying Anti-Queer Bigots Are Closeted Gay People
Have you ever said that someone biased against queer people was probably secretly gay? Find out why this as a dangerous line of thinking.
Read MoreI Was Raped By a Woman (And Then Dated Her for Two Years)
(Trigger warning: rape.) Like most college freshmen, I drank too much. And one night, I drank too much and was pitched out of a frat house in the dead of winter. I woke up in my lofted bed. My clothing was on the floor, and I felt an invisible miasma of shame engulfing me. And my coping mechanism was to make my rapist my partner, giving purpose and intent to something horrible.
Read MorePeople Reveal Their Deepest Insecurities Around Being Trans
These touching stories say a lot about how long our society has to go in building safety and support for trans communities. Find out how these people are dealing, and if you can relate, their advice might help.
Read MoreWhat I Learned at Standing Rock About Being Latinx and a Settler
“Our power is stronger than their lies.” What does it mean to be on colonized land as a Latinx immigrant? Lessons from Standing Rock than can help us find some answers.
Read MoreHow I Explained Microaggressions to My Non-Black Partner With 4 Simple Truths
This can be a tricky conversation for an interracial couple. But microaggressions aren’t so hard to understand when you think of them this way.
Read MoreThese Body Positive Icons Prove That ‘Fat Girls Can Do Whatever They Want’
“You’ve been taught your entire life that you need to shrink or hide or disappear.” This uplifting message is such a change from what we’re used to in the media!
Read MoreBlack, Out, and Tired of Casual Homophobia
People often assume the black community is alright with casual homophobia, including black people ourselves. When people make a disparaging comment about gay people that’s so “normal” that no one checks them on it but then claim to be supportive of LGBTQ people, it can be hard to tell who’s supportive or not. So let’s not make it so hard to tell by standing up to normalized casual homophobia.
Read More5 Harmful Ways We Fail Teenage Girls as a Society
#4” “Their ambitions, opinions, and interests are dismissed as ‘fads.’” If you add to any of these ways society mistreats teenage girls, it’s time to rethink your approach.
Read MoreFive Locker Room Myths About Penises Debunked
Whispers from the mainstream media, pornography, friends, and locker room walls sell lies, telling us what we want to hear, convincing us of untruths. It’s like a game of Telephone, but what’s at stake is our understanding of ourselves and our relationships. And that’s a dangerous game. So here’s the truth – about penises.
Read More5 Reasons Why I Identify As a Rape Victim, Not a Rape Survivor
“You’re not a victim. You’re a survivor.” You may have said this to someone who was sexually assaulted – until recently, this author did, too. Here’s what changed her mind.
Read MoreA Working-Class Strategy for Defeating White Supremacy
This article was originally published on In These Times. It has been lightly edited and republished here with the author’s permission. Ever since the earth-shaking election of Donald Trump, there have been innumerable articles arguing that Democrats brought this upon themselves by losing white, working-class voters in the Midwest. These articles have been met with…
Read MoreYou Can Become a Powerful Agent of Change with This Simple Understanding of Your Privilege – Here’s How
Anyone who thinks the idea of privilege means you didn’t have to work hard for the things you have needs to see this.
Read MoreThis ‘Bisexual Makeup Tutorial’ Hilariously Takes Down Stereotypes
“You want to make sure your imperfections are about as visible as the bi community.” Which bisexual stereotypes bother you the most? They’re all going down with this superb parody!
Read MoreHow Does Asexual Dating Work?
Asexuality is just now coming onto the horizon as an identity. In the last ten years, there has been a growing awareness that some people don’t experience sexual attraction. Given how our society assumes everyone is and wants to be sexual, it can be confusing for some people to understand how asexual people date. So here are some
Read MoreBecause Words Matter: Feminist Editors Share How They Make Their Style Guides Less Oppressive
We need to be thoughtful and critical about the decisions that are made and demand that writers, editors and publications use language in a way that is responsible and non-oppressive.
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