The College of Staten Island is a university that was once 2 different universities with different versions of queer life! While this isn’t a full history, It is one that I took my time researc...
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The Boys in the Band is such an important piece of queer media, so I will be talking about the impact it had on the culture of the queer community Back row: Laurence Luckinbill as Hank, Keit...
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Today’s person is Mabel Hampton, a person who was active in the community from the 20s all the way until her death in 1989. You may know this face from history, you may not. But this is Mabel ...
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I was pissed that non-trans queer folks have been sending hate and being incredibly rude t trans people so this is an education session to explain the importance of intersectionality and the hist...
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In light of the news that Lia Thomas will not be participating in this year’s Olympic Games, let’s talk about a tennis star who fought for and won her chance to play in the U.S. Open. It se...
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Lynn Conway is not a household name, but if you use a smartphone or anything that uses a microchip, you have her to thank!!! She is the OG Trans Femme Programmer! Earlier this week, we lost an ...
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Staten Island’s queer history is more recent than other cities, but the impact that the community had on visibility is immesurable. Special Thanks to Emilie Tippins for this contribution! So,...
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Today’s #30DaysofPride is an icon who has been vocal for the visibility and respect of trans-Nonbinary people and has written many books, poetry collections and other stuff about the experience...
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Disclaimer: if I use They and s/he in the same sentence, assume I’m talking about the same person. “Pauli Murray’s personal writings about her gender identity and sexuality have been a rec...
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I wrote this in September while I was recovering from FFS. I loved the ending of Sex Education and I can tell you it’s a great story. A lot of fan service in the last season but because of the ...
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Today I was called an Autogynephile by a moderately famous trans woman who was super transphobic and basically spouting all this bullshit about how trans women can’t breast feed and how the per...
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This was written by me last year after Dyke March when my friends and I were waiting for a table and a group of shitheads who were in a truck drove down MacDougal Street and started shouting slur...
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This was written a few months before my egg cracked. So I will not be editing any of this essay as I think it is funny that I am interested to see how my writing was just before discovering my tr...
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This year’s #30DaysofPride is a different kind of year because I’m going to talk about icons but it’s going to be personal because I talk about a bunch of different people but I barely talk...
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spooniestrong : > gahdamnpunk > : > > >> So many people wouldn’t have asthma in the first place if it >> wasn’t for these corporations…Shifting blame from act...
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This was written 10 years ago! This is so damn funny. Too bad Seamus didn’t know that she was really trans. Because now she’s living her best life as Finnoula… Allow me to re-introduce my...
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Today’s #30DaysofPride is going to be talking about Pinkwashing during the Gaza Genocide and how Queering the Map has really put into focus that what is happening in Palestine right now is affe...
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It’s pride Month 2024! You know what that means. It’s time for another edition of 30 days of pride! A daily series where I highlight a person in queer history who deserves the recognition! T...
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So I’m celebrating the release weekend of the TATWD movie by sharing a pre-transition me. I spent a lot of time planning a Nerdfighter gathering for NYC before the Turtles All the Way Down Book...
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