gender identity

gender identity

HIV/AIDS

movie reviews

Pity Is Not The Same As Respect: A Critique Of ‘Dallas Buyers Club’

“Despite its pro-gay attitude, the film fails to break the pattern of transphobic narratives in cinema, perhaps because it doesn’t understand that trans people are not the same as cis…

Eleven —

Nov 29, 2013

Andreja Pejic

casey legler

gender

Quit Calling Elliott Sailors A Male Model—She’s More Interesting Than That

So why can’t anyone seem to talk about her the right way?

Cara —

Oct 31, 2013

gay families

gender identity

lgbt book reviews

We Are Family: S. Bear Bergman’s “Blood, Marriage, Wine & Glitter”

Maybe my mom was onto something. Maybe family really is everything, so long as you build it yourself.

Carmen —

Oct 28, 2013

gender identity

intersex

first person

A Queer of Various Stripes

Intersex and queer identities sometimes match up in ways that we’re familiar with and that conform to our understanding of how these identities are commonly defined. Other times they don’t.

Claudia —

Oct 17, 2013

alsoalsoalso

DOMA

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: The Empowerment of Goddesses, Twenty-Somethings, and NYC Girls and Other Stories We Missed This Week

From Dartmouth to the concert hall, there’s a ton of queer shit going down. And a little bit of Nickelback.

Carmen —

Oct 2, 2013

cyberculture

gender identity

lgbt book reviews

Read A F*cking Book: Laurie Penny’s “Cybersexism”

Two years after writing that “a woman’s opinion is the miniskirt of the internet,” Laurie Penny is in no shortage of them in her latest mini-book.

Fikri —

Sep 10, 2013

gender identity

genderqueer

lgbt history

More Than Words: Pronouns Pt. 3 – They Said/Ze Said

The grammatical is political.

Cara —

Aug 26, 2013

Daily Fix

europe

politics + activism

Binary or Blank: Germany Allows Parents to Refrain From Gender Assignment at Birth

Germany becomes the first country in Europe to give parents the option of male, female or neither in birth certificates, sparking what could be “comprehensive reform” in how gender is…

Fikri —

Aug 19, 2013

gender identity

linguistics

lgbt history

More Than Words: Pronouns Pt. 2 — How’d Gender Get In Here?

“I’d skipped a really basic question: why do some languages, including English, have gender woven into them in the first place?”

Cara —

Aug 5, 2013

gender identity

linguistics

geekery

More Than Words: Keeping It Pronouns (Pt. 1)

Runes, ships, rebellious quakers, and the world’s first female grammarian.

Cara —

Jul 23, 2013

butch

BUTCH Voices 2013

community

You Should Go: BUTCH Voices 2013

Butch Builds Community.

bcw —

Jul 23, 2013

alsoalsoalso

feminism

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: This Indie Gay Country Song Went Viral and Other Stories We Missed This Week

A different kind of camp, a book you’ll want to pre-order, a victory for trans* people in the workplace, and LESBIANS.

Carmen —

Jul 17, 2013