juliaserano: Anti-Trans “Grooming” and “Social Contagion” Claims Explained I have a brand new essay out on Medium! It not only debunks anti-trans claims of “social contagion” and “grooming,” but also shows how they’re linked by a “stigma-contamination” mindset. In addition to explaining anti-trans campaigners’ irrational obsession with us, it more generally explains the so-called “TERF-to-fascist” pipeline: when someone who has a history of being politically left or liberal gradually begins to associate or sympathize with far-right political actors and viewpoints after a period of being swept ..read more

I don’t really do anything with any “fandom” things.. I don’t really understand them to be honest ^^ I don’t think you’re ‘promoting’ anything, bisexuals can be in a relationship with someone of another gender than their own, it happens so it’s not like you’re distorting reality to make it fit with anything ^^ If you’re bisexual you’re not “heteronormative”, you can’t be. You have sexual attractions to more than one gender, you’re not “hetero”.. I don’t understand why anyone would accuse you of that just for being bi. With love,             &nb ..read more

So fun fact, this is not a book about the word queer or queer community.   It’s a graphic novel explanation of academic Queer Theory.   Which I didn’t know when I picked it up, so I wanted to make that super clear.  I just think the cover is a bit misleading.  It had me thinking this was more of a generalist work when really its highly academic.  That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read it though!   Its a good introduction to Queer Theory.  I just didn’t know beforehand.   I think Queer Theory works about as well as a graphic novel as it works as anything e ..read more

Hey guys.  Wow.  Its been like two years since anybody posted here and three since I wrote anything of substance?  In my defense I adopted a teen so life got super duper busy around that time, but now that I’ve (mostly) sorted out the day to day parenting stuff, I’m back.  At least for today.  Because whooo boy do I have A LOT thoughts and feelings about the situation with Becky Albertali.   So let’s jump right in : I don’t feel bad for Becky Albertali .  Not at all.  I think she is wrong and am not moved by her medium post.  I think Gabby Dun ..read more

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eschergirls: This isn’t totally on the topic of this blog, but it is important to the issue of marginalization and representation in the comics industry and it’s also super important in general, so I want to share it.  This is my friend, Jay Edidin (of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men fame) who was an assistant editor at Dark Horse Comics on the hypocrisy of Dark Horse promoting itself as LGBT-Friendly when it treats queer and trans employees so poorly. (shared with permission) (and as for the concern that covering trans healthcare is too expensive for a “small” company like Dar ..read more

whenindoubtapplymoreglitter: thatpettyblackgirl: http://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/episode-11-johnson-wicker/ https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2014/07/02/op-ed-remembering-our-queer-history-and-wishing-happy-birthday-sylvia-rivera source: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/opinion/first-punch-at-stonewall.html source: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/riverarisingandstronger.html https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqmym3/how-the-mafia-once-controlled-the-new-york-gay-scene-616 Best thing I’ve read about Stonewall and Pride on this website ..read more

bi-trans-alliance: (source ..read more

A Graphic Novel Considers How to Raise a Feminist ..read more

Elgin Charles Is Ready to 'Hold His Head up High' as a Bisexual Man ..read more