NYT Essay Explores the Fear of the Black Penis in Film and TV
While white dicks have been growing in abundance on film and television, clearly having a moment, you may have noticed…
The Hippocampground of Your Sweet, Young Life
For the first few years after I was born, my parents drove a ‘78 Monte Carlo, and my earliest childhood memory is of…
I Was Right-Wing Until I Was Repulsed
I remember the first time I voted: Jeb was up for re-election as Florida’s gubernatorial candidate and I thought, why…
Sheesh, There's a Reason Women Are 'Totally Crushing It' at the Confessional Essay
It’s not a good reason, either!
A Hierarchy of Love and Loss and Prince
I will start by explaining: I drank too much last Wednesday.
I'm Not A Pirate
I’m a city cat.
Why Do So Many People Think They Know the Best Way for a Woman to Live?
Rebecca Solnit, the essayist best known for Men Explain Things to Me—a book whose lens on gender and violence expands…
A Conversation About Friendly Catcalling with My Husband
"A guy told me I was beautiful at the grocery store today."
Stop Confusing Gender Dysphoria With Body Dysmorphia Already
Conflation of gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia seems hard to imagine to those who are very well aware of both of…
Hillary Clinton Must Decide Where She Stands on Gay and Trans Rights
Although the former Secretary of State, presidential candidate, senator, and First Lady of the United States has played…
This is Why Mississippi is the Worst State for LGBT+ Rights
Being from Texas, I feel for others who are in states or regions constantly being used to score cheap laughs in the…
This 1987 Book on Male Sexuality Explains "Male Lesbians"
Do you think that the idea of the "male lesbian" was either a joke or the creation of the producers of The L Word? Appar…
Your Childhood Pal, Anne of Green Gables, Was Probably Queer
Anne of Green Gables may not be the the first work on your list of “classic queer literature,” but maybe it should be.…
Intersex: What is It, and What It Means for Sexuality
If some people are born neither male nor female, what does that say about our traditional views of sex and gender, and…
If There's a Transgender Culture, I'm Not Part of It
Recently the term "transgender culture" has became more and more common a term in discourse about LGBT topics. Perhaps…
Laverne Cox Should Not Be in the Time 100
In the lead up to the announcement of Time's 100 Most Influential People, it looked as though Laverne Cox really had a…
Will The Anglican Communion Tear Itself Apart Over LGBT Issues?
I grew up Roman Catholic. Yet, two years ago, I left communion with Rome after Pope Benedict XVI called same-sex…
LGBT Day of Silence Isn't About Us, It's About You
Today is the LGBT Day of Silence in the United States and many other parts of the world. It's supposed to be symbolic…
What About the (Trans) Menz?!
"So I was asked to write about the Trans(-?) male/men/dude/masculine or whatever else we feel like calling ourselves,…
I'm A 'Male-Bodied' Trans Woman, But Saying So Is Not Okay
In the last few years, terminology around gender identity (and to a lesser degree sexual orientation) has really…