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Letters to Queer Youth Challenge Winners
When I was growing up, I knew that I was different from those around me. I was a “tomboy” who secretly thought I looked so pretty in dresses. I never understood how girls around found guys hot, yet I wanted to be one. Sometimes I’d wear my dad’s button-down shirts, or pack. And sometimes I loved getting my hair done. I strived to find where I fit into, and yet my existence was always fluid. If only I knew that was okay, normal, valid.
By Oneg In The Arctic5 days ago in Pride
Oops, I Did It Again with My Internalized Homophobia
“Let’s watch a DVD,” she says. “How about The Birdcage?” Oh shit. Ugh, drag queens. Female impersonators. Why do they always show this side of gay life? This is certainly not helping the cause.
By Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life!!5 days ago in Pride
Three Straight Friends Asked Why I Took So Long to Come Out of the Closet
Three sets of straight-guy eyes turn, boring into me, genuinely intrigued. Dudes were perplexed. Wait, what had I said to make them so focused and interested? It was like the classic record-scratch moment, as if the music and conversation in the lively bar went silent and the entire room had turned its attention to me.
By Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life!!6 days ago in Pride
Day 20 of My 40 Day Fast: The First Trans-Woman I Met Never Left Me. Content Warning.
I’m in the thick of it now, but excited to have reached the halfway point of my fasting journey because now it feels like I'm inching towards the finish line. You can read about why I’m doing this fast by clicking on the story below.
By Neelam Sharma7 days ago in Pride
We’ve always been here
As someone who identifies as non-binary, it’s hard for me not to roll my eyes everytime someone claims that gender non-conforming folks are something “new”. There are people who genuinely think some liberal woke up one day and invented a whole wide range of gender identities. That millennials just decided one day to be different. The truth is that these gender complex identities have existed for centuries. We are nothing new, and have existed alongside cisgender folks from the very beginnings of man.
By Josey Pickering10 days ago in Pride
Track Rivalry: US Sprinter's Victory Inspires Jamaican Challenge
Jamaicans are no stranger to the track and field rivalry as ESPN commentator Shannon Sharpe got in the celebratory mood on Monday 24th June, 2024 with the victory of US sprintor Sha'Carri Richardson. During ESPN's quick take recap. Sha'Carri clocked an impressive 10.71 winning the 100m at day 2 of the US Olympic trials to embrace her qualifying stats for the Paris Olympics.
By Lethargic Joe10 days ago in Pride