I’ve already written about how much fun I had at Momentum. Somehow, in the middle of all of the presentations, events, and conversations, Cunning Minx and I found a few minutes to sit down and chat. This interview first posted on Polyamory Weekly and is reposted here, with permission. Click on the play button below […]

I wrote this for the Momentum Conference anthology, to accompany my presentation at the event. What does “queer” mean? One of the things about the word queer that fascinates me is how many meanings it has. It can be used as an adjective, a pejorative, a noun, an identity, a sexual orientation, and as a […]

I found this on Tumblr and I’m just passing it on. See below for info and links. I’m currently working on my senior thesis, a critique of queer theory and queer studies that focuses on the ways in which these disciplines presume a singular queer person/experience, which ultimately centers white gay men and subsequently erases […]

Have you noticed how often the word “family” or the term “family-friendly” gets used? And have you given any attention to what it has come to mean? The newsfeeds have been all a-buzz today with the story of Leisha Hailey getting kicked off a Southwest Airlines plane when she kissed her girlfriend. According to the […]

This past weekend, San Francisco hosted the 41st LGBT Pride Parade and as I was walking down Market St., I noticed how much Pride has changed since I first went to it, back in 1990. Each year, more and more of my friends share the same observation with me: “There sure are a lot of […]

Two articles came through my in-box the other day. I found one of them rather thought-provoking and the other quite irritating. But they both had one thing in common. Well, actually, more than one thing, but they had one thing in common that I found especially difficult. They were both using gender-essentialist language to talk […]

This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. An article on the Stranger.com asks the question “why are so many gay kids killing themselves?” And the answer is that queer kids have always been at higher risk for suicide, drug abuse, depression, and sexual assault. For example, queer kids comprise up to 30% of […]