Proximal Power
Society has always accommodated queer people willing to do the work of straight supremacy.
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- Oct 12, 2022
Illusions of Straightness
Left unfettered, human hearts run wild and free of their own accord, and desire is both a mystical and messy business...
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- Sep 8, 2022
We've Always Been Here
Queer people have always existed, in part because you need us.
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- Nov 28, 2021
Follow the Sound
Go where you can hear the soul-stirring songs of your ancestors.
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- Oct 27, 2021
We Have Always Been Here
If we're not teaching queer history, then what we're really teaching is queer assimilation.
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- Sep 30, 2021
Let's Decolonize Our Choices
"Decolonizing" our choices means we recognize that the global plunder and genocide of indigenous peoples, particularly by countries in...
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- Jun 4, 2021
The Origins of Gay Pride
Never forget: the roots of gay pride lie in afflicting the comfortable.
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- Feb 1, 2021
We Are Here
To erase us is to eradicate us, so queer people make no apologies about standing tall and taking up space.
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- Nov 27, 2020
Get Used To It
Queer people are here.
We've always been here.
Living. Laughing. Loving.
And we're not going anywhere.
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- Jun 16, 2020
Credit Where Credit is Due
We gay men owe so many of our civil rights to women and people of color. And yesterday was no different.
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- Apr 20, 2020
National LGBTQ+ History Month
October is National LGBTQ+ History Month, and October 11 in particular is National Coming Out Day.This is a great time to honor and...
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- Apr 20, 2020
Coming Out
Coming out can feel a little like jumping off a cliff. Not only is it scary and risky, but while closeted at least some piece of you...
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- Apr 20, 2020
National Coming Out Day
In the 1980s ACT UP coined the phrase, "Silence = Death" to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic.
In the 12 Steps we say, "You're only...
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