Advocacy
The First Time I Came Out To A Stranger
I have never been good at picking up. I joke that I should trademark my flirting style as "Epileptic Cat"; it's tragic and awkward, and I am more likely to fall off of something in the process than not. However, I will recover as if nothing happened and give you a piercing stare that will make you forget anything you just witnessed 5 to 15 seconds prior. Suave? If I want to be. Graceful? If you're looking at just the right time (it will be the 3rd or 4th time I've done the same thing, just so I can make sure you saw me being graceful). Witty? Oh goodness yes; if you like really messed up, sarcastic, dark humor, quoted mostly from Archer, Rick and Morty, Lord of The Rings (Oh come on; "a little late for trimming the verge"?! *snerk*), or you like your Shakespeare in original Klingon (*makes note* - this is the 2nd decade you've promised yourself you'd learn some Shakespeare in original Klingon - get your shit together).
By Erika Savage4 years ago in Pride
Q-TIP that S@#T!!!!
It was a disheartening January/February in 2019 when the Jussie Smollett “incident’ added to frictions in the Chicago Police Department and communities. I have beloved family members and friends who are part of the LGBTQ community. Smollett’s guilty verdict in December 2021 of felony disorderly conduct for staging a fake hate crime seemed to have set strides towards LGBTQ acceptance back 10 years hypothetically.
By Tii Danjel4 years ago in Pride
A sense of Clarity
It's strange "coming out", especially when, at least to myself, I was never "in" per se. I've never really subscribed to the whole notion of coming out as I never felt that it was anyone else's business but my own, who or how I dated. Ultimately because deep down I always knew; I always knew that I held an attraction for both the opposite and same-sex, and everthing both inbetween and outside of, and I always knew (at least since I was around the age of 12) that I never felt comfortable as a girl, as a woman.
By Jester Hewitt4 years ago in Pride
The Dangers of Non-Transgender Affirming Health Care: A Microcosm of a Culturally Incompetent System
NOTE: The following information will be updated as more information presents itself. Additionally, the text below utilizes a slur that has been reclaimed by the LGBTQ+ community. With this publication, it my intention to elucidate the conversation of transgender welfare and the painful realities that persist within today's medical and political climates.
By Jalia Maléy Brodie4 years ago in Pride
YOUR QUEER HUB DISPLACES LGBTQ LOCALS
I was slow to accept the psychic death happening to the only place I’ve ever called home - the city of San Francisco. The ghost of what it used to be haunting the hollow, empty buildings awaiting renovation or summer guests. Now in another state, and from a distance - I can’t look away - no matter how heartbreaking.
By Sophie Garcia4 years ago in Pride
Craig Puranen Wilson
I am updating this to include it in the Vocal Home Town Heroes Challenge. and the Represnted Challenge. Craig was an amazing person who brought so many people together, encouraged and helped people who need it, and is the subject of and upcoming film aimed at promoting a positive, caring image of Newcastle. I have been interviewed for the film, and will possibly be performing a song I wrote unspired by Craig / Sheena when we lost him/her. The challenge is sponsored by The Mentor Group.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Pride
