gender identity

femmes

gender identity

first person

What We Mean When We Say “Femme”: A Roundtable

We now live in a world where it is totally possible to claim the same word as someone else and completely disagree on what the word means.

Cecelia —

Jul 18, 2016

allison weiss

everyone is gay

gender

OUR Restroom Dreams of Gender-Neutral Single-Stall Bathrooms

Kristin, co-founder of Everyone is Gay, and musician Allison Weiss have teamed up to bring you OUR Restroom, a campaign that works to educate businesses on the importance of unisex…

Kristin —

Jul 11, 2016

femmes

gender identity

music

Girl, It’s Your Time: Trans Artist Vivek Shraya On Finding Freedom and Wholeness

“Gender self-determination is vital and I can feel great about who I am when I am at home. But I live a life where I engage with other people and…

Dannielle —

May 19, 2016

gender identity

memoir

literature

Read a F*cking Book: “Oscar of Between” Embraces Transitional Spaces

Warland, and Oscar of Between, is refreshingly unconcerned with being there already. Instead, she deep-dives into the potency of occupying transitional spaces, the beauty of being in-between.

Maree —

Apr 20, 2016

advice

gender identity

love + sex

The Queer How-To Guide For Wedding Plus Ones

“My goopy brain instantly convinced me that this event would singularly make or break our relationship and that if it went poorly it would be my fault. But I swallowed…

Adrian —

Mar 24, 2016

agender

androgynous fashion

politics + activism

“I Really Feel Like I Have A Home” And Other Genderqueer Highlights From 2015

“I’m not stuck somewhere in the middle of being a boy and a girl. I’m not two people. I’m not some binary. I am an experience.”

Adrian —

Dec 15, 2015

gender identity

genderqueer

politics + activism

Talking with Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham About Everyday Activism and Why Empathy is Everything

I had heard about Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham’s close relationship, and how it was informing some incredible work together, so I sought them out to find out more —…

Hannah Hodson —

Oct 24, 2015

album review

gender identity

music

Punk Will Save Our Hearts, and Worriers’ “Imaginary Life” Is Proof

Lauren Denitzio uses 12 songs to capture their heart — their rage, their love, their adulthood, their politics — and offer it to the world. In the process, they found…

Adrian —

Aug 6, 2015

gender identity

personal essay

first person

Graduation to Womanhood: Navigating Trans Identity at a Southern College

It’s as if I had just discovered a new color and now had this entirely new dimension to my life. I was able to paint a holistic portrait of what…

Raquel Willis —

May 19, 2015

gender identity

intersex

first person

Where Intersex Meets Lesbian

“Not all of my experiences as an intersex person inform my being gay, and vice versa, but the overlap is there and it affects things in ways that are both…

Claudia —

May 13, 2015

butch/femme

drugs

first person

A Queer African Tale: On Trauma, Gender Transitions and Acceptance

“Dating broken white women became a way to reprise a powerlessness that years of sexual abuse and generations of blackphobia had tricked me into believing in. I drowned this feeling…

Ola Osaze —

Apr 30, 2015

feminism

gender identity

gender

Rebel Girls: Waiter, There’s Some Theory in My Gender

SPOILER ALERT: Gender is (sort of) a myth.

Carmen —

Jan 7, 2015