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People Like Me

Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ launched my journey as a gay sexual outlaw

Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ launched my journey as a gay sexual outlaw

I wanted to be one who was called the American gigolo

By Dale Corvino • December 11, 2018 at 7:02 am EDT
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When abuse and bullying are normalized

When abuse and bullying are normalized

The alleged sexual assault at St Michael’s College School made me reconsider what happened to me at school

By Gordon Nore • December 10, 2018 at 11:10 am EDT
Opinion

Why can’t Kevin Hart simply say he’s sorry?

Why can’t Kevin Hart simply say he’s sorry?

The comedian’s refusal to apologize for homophobic comments reveals toxic masculinity at work

By Eternity Martis • December 7, 2018 at 5:57 pm EDT
Love Like Mine

One love story told two ways

One love story told two ways

“I think I’m trans, too,” I said. “That’s okay,” he said, “I know.”

By Dylan Morrison, Rowan Morrison • December 4, 2018 at 6:01 pm EDT
People Like Me

Coming out with Ellen DeGeneres

Coming out with Ellen DeGeneres

I found my own courage when Ellen Morgan came out as gay

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HIV/AIDS

A friend, an uncle, a lover: Three people reflect on loved ones lost to AIDS

A friend, an uncle, a lover: Three people reflect on loved ones lost to AIDS

Stories from friends, family and lovers of the departed—people who continue to remember and fight to never forget

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Finding my place with Fun Home

Finding my place with Fun Home

I had been looking for someone like me for years

By Melanie Woods • November 28, 2018 at 10:53 am EDT
HIV/AIDS

22 iconic pop culture moments that changed the world’s perception of HIV/AIDS

22 iconic pop culture moments that changed the world’s perception of HIV/AIDS
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You thought your coming out story was complicated?

You thought your coming out story was complicated?

I was a lesbian who turned straight overnight. Then my husband came out as a trans woman.

By Lindsay • November 23, 2018 at 10:08 am EDT
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Why silencing trans art endangers trans lives

Why silencing trans art endangers trans lives

This unspecified threat that cis people express in relation to trans art is resulting in that trans art being censored

By Katie Sly • November 20, 2018 at 3:20 pm EDT
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Here, now and always: remembering transgender people every day

Here, now and always: remembering transgender people every day

Trans is here and it is here to stay

By Terrence Abrahams • November 19, 2018 at 4:30 pm EDT
People Like Me

Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl

Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl

A possibility for trans love that is rarely realized

By Gwen Benaway • November 16, 2018 at 11:33 am EDT
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Culture

Long live the radical brown queerness of Freddie Mercury

Long live the radical brown queerness of Freddie Mercury

Despite its coyness, the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody can’t erase the legacy of the Queen frontman who taught the world to rock

By Eternity Martis • November 14, 2018 at 2:02 pm EDT
People Like Me

Everything Sucks! stared into my bisexual soul

Everything Sucks! stared into my bisexual soul

With the look between Emaline and Kate, everything made sense to me

By Rachel Chen • November 13, 2018 at 4:13 pm EDT
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How Tumblr helped me find community and love

How Tumblr helped me find community and love

We found each other in the endless wastes of the internet

By Deidre Olsen • November 12, 2018 at 4:23 pm EDT
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Naked Heart festival gets real about success and struggles for queer and trans writers

Naked Heart festival gets real about success and struggles for queer and trans writers

The Toronto literary festival is in its fourth year

By Andrea Zanin • November 9, 2018 at 3:34 pm EDT
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He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger

He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger

Discovering myself with the Thundercats

By Andrew Wheeler • November 2, 2018 at 2:56 pm EDT
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Walking the queer tightrope with Janelle Monáe

Walking the queer tightrope with Janelle Monáe

Being queer doesn’t mean any one specific thing

By Mary Ann Thomas • October 30, 2018 at 3:19 pm EDT
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