If you haven’t heard this term before, you’re probably searching for a definition, or generating one of your own. I will explain what I mean by this below, but there are a few things which I think are important to say first. I have written Read More …
If you read my column (which you should, although the fact that you are reading these words right now is somewhat indicative that you do), there is a small chance that you’ve thought to yourself “who is this mysterious womxn?” and “where else can I Read More …
Most of my life I’ve been a stealth nerd. I was a solitary punk kid, with patched jeans and a bad attitude. Most people would never have guessed that I owned more Dungeons and Dragons books than albums (or that I owned a Rurouni Kenshin Read More …
Not long ago, one of my friends tagged me in a post about screen printing shirts which say “My Crippled is Queer / My Queer is Crippled.” And it got me thinking, how would someone who wasn’t part of the very specific community of disabled Read More …
About eight months ago, I was on a date at a little coffee shop near my house with a girl I met on Tinder. It’s worth mentioning I don’t go on dates much: I have two committed partners, so there isn’t always time for new Read More …
It’s this time of year that I always feel most disconnected from the queer community. I know that seems backwards, June being LGBTQ+ Pride Month and all, but honestly, that’s exactly the problem. Even as a young genderweird teen with no idea how I identified, Read More …
I have this list of restaurants, corner stores, and coffee shops I’m no longer willing to walk into. It goes like this: some days my depression is a cold sweat I can’t shower off. Some days I don’t feel like putting in the effort, so Read More …