Thanksgiving
Let's move beyond celebrating the colonizer mythology of Pilgrims and shared labor, as we remember the apocalyptic U.S. history of...
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- Nov 17
Tough Love
If you believe that straight supremacy insidiously corrodes all relationships, then pointing out its causes and consequences to your...
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- Nov 7
Agree To Disagree
Quick straight supremacy check: how do you respond when a Queer person disagrees with you? You sure?
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- Oct 27
Denial And Delusion
The far-reaching effects of straight supremacy mean that Queer people have long known pretense preserves false hope where authenticity...
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- Oct 17
Fight The System
Straight supremacy is an ideology, not a mental illness.
Some people choose to enrich themselves on the backs of others, financially...
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- Oct 9
Transgressive Togetherness
The relentless downward pressure of straight supremacy upon a tiny minority of the population means one thing: Queer people need each other.
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- Oct 6
Love Is A Verb
Straight privilege comforts itself by saying how much it loves its Queer friends and family, without actually risking anything for our...
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- Sep 30
Creating Safe Spaces
If you think you don't know any Queer people, yes you do. They're simply choosing not to confide in you...
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- Sep 12
Sweet Shelter
When life provides too few tender mercies, seek refuge in a love that sustains you.
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- Sep 11
What Doesn't Go Around
No matter what Queer people do or say, or how palatable to them we might try to make ourselves, many straight people (even allies) will...
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- Sep 3
Not Easy Being Green
I can understand why some straight people might be scared of Queer people, when day after day we effortlessly exude such fabulousness,,,
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- Aug 29
Knowing What You Can Afford
When we Queer people spend time with you, we often monitor your behavior and gauge how much of our cultural identity you can afford in...
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- Aug 24
The Strength Of Our Tears
Life outside the brutal constraints of the straight-imposed "man box" culture has meant that many of us Queer people have long known...
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- Aug 14
What To Watch
Queer people know well the milestones of fascism, which is why we are so prepared to fight them at every turn...
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- Jun 20
Playing It Small
When did we learn to ask so little from life? Hoping against hope that if we play it small enough, straight people might deign to let us...
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- Apr 29
Lonely Sanctimoniousness
When we fixate solely on our mutually-disagreeable differences, what we're really doing is building cases for our ongoing...
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- Apr 26
Taking Care Of Each Other
It's easy to get lost in our own privilege and adversity -- forgetting that there are queer people all over the world fighting for their...
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- Apr 21
Growing Up Queer
Imagine that even though you've heard whispers the world might indeed be larger than you've yet born witness, you've never actually seen...
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- Mar 15
The Limits Of Labels
False dichotomies force us to choose identities at the expense of authenticity, but the reality is our whole is greater than the...
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