School work and learning the Quran took a backseat to pill popping and craving exotic boys
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School work and learning the Quran took a backseat to pill popping and craving exotic boys
Instead of punishment, let’s try understanding justice in queer and trans communities through an ethic of love
Growing up, I thought that purity was the only choice when it came to sex — until I began questioning what that meant
Why is science so obsessed with trying to find the cause of queerness?
My grandfather’s death taught me the depths of grief — and the importance of loving my unruly body
I stood out, and not in the way that Hollywood embraced
Life as our family knew it was about to change. But Zoë was a perfect name to start anew
I spent years grappling with my sexuality — until she helped me come out on my own terms
For years I shunned lipstick and eyeliner for fear that I was either too queer, or not feminine enough
How premature ovarian failure helped me accept my body and my queerness
What it’s like to return to a place where I never thought I could be myself
I came out, and we never talked about it again. But I know you’ve grown to love who I am
When you come into adulthood in a dark age, whatever you achieve always seems secondary to the bigger problems of the world
Were the assertive flavours and temperatures of Fudge Ribbon Pie a metaphor for my unacknowledged desires?
She chose this life with me over any other, and I’ll happily do what I can to make sure she doesn’t change her mind
As a trans teen, the only thing scarier than horror movies was that time of the month
I don’t fit the labels of ‘mom’ or ‘dad.’ It’s time society tackled the gendered expectations of parenthood
If these texts offer a framework for how we might embody queer desire, then they can also model for us how we might survive abuse, how we might make it home