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Keeping Stonewall Alive: 10 LGBTQ Latin@s that make us proud
Today marks the anniversary of beginning of the Stonewall Riots, six days that are considered by many LGBTQ historian as the beginning of the modern LGBTQ Liberation movement. And while today may be well known throughout the LGBQ community, what isn’t well known is that it was a trans Latina — Sylvia Rivera — who with one bottle sparked it [...]
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Transtastic: Life on the Side of Fabulous
“Trans* individuals are constantly asked to adapt to their surroundings. I am always aware of my perceived gender/gender expression. In a conservative, cissexist work environment I am required to painfully adapt or be continuously misgendered, which is incredibly triggering and dysphoric, not to mention exhausting. I ask myself these questions: What are my pronouns worth? What would I give up [...]
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On Actually Keeping Queer Queer: A response to Cherrie Moraga
Cherríe Moraga’s essay, entitled “Still Loving in the (Still) War Years: On Keeping Queer Queer,” is a two-part essay that was first published in 2009. The first part is a brilliantly written critique on the mainstream gay rights movement’s focus on marriage equality. The second part is a misguided and misinformed attack on the trans* community in general and the [...]
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