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Greg Louganis on Back on Board Documentary, Mentorship, Living With HIV and Gay Communities

April 23, 2013by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

By: Randall Jenson While award-winning Olympic diver Greg Louganis has made a jump back into the public spotlight as a diving coach on the ABC reality television show Splash, he is […]

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Health, HIV/AIDS, identity, Interviews
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Coming Out Again: Reaching, Building, Educating, Doing.

January 8, 2013by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Joe Varisco  About a month ago I found out that I am HIV positive. Adaptation, embrace change. I found that in speaking this news I was liberated and empowered […]

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Awareness, Body Positivity, Coming Out, Family, Gay, Health, HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Life, Men, Personal
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On the Right Track: How to Cure Emotional Blah-ness

September 26, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Joshua Isaacson You know that feeling when you just have way too many emotions running rampant throughout your mind and even body? That’s me right about now. I’m coining […]

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Advice, Health, Life
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I Have Rights Too: Why I Refuse to Vote Republican in November

September 25, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Lindsey Gavel When I was in high school, I started menstruating. I was a late bloomer, to be honest. But from day one, my cycles were abnormal. I was […]

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Health, Personal, Politics, War on Women, Women
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A Month of Self-Care and a Fresh Green Field

September 20, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: ellie june navidson Content disclaimer: this is about (recovering from) trauma. Last night i was at an art opening and i ran into someone who really hurt me in […]

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Health, LGBT, Life, Trans
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Gendercide Disguised As Fetal Healthcare

August 30, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Cassandra Warren  I recently read a short article summarizing the findings from a paper in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Forum for Ethical and Legal Debate, which […]

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Activism, Awareness, Butch, Equality, Gender, Health, Homophobia, Lesbian, LGBT, News, Social Justice, Women
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Slasher Style Ethics: The Conservative Discussion of Rape

August 30, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Johnny Gall There’s no reason for me to rehash why exactly the comments of Todd Akin are awful and extremely offensive to rape victims everywhere, and indeed to anyone […]

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Activism, Awareness, Commentary, Health, LGBT, Politics, Reproductive Rights, Sex, War on Women, Women
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HuffPo and the Changing Iconograpy of the Abortion Debate

August 29, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Emily Heist Moss Yowza, kinda smacks you in the face, doesn’t it? I’m not a huge fan of journalistic sensationalism, of which this most certainly suffers, but sometimes the […]

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Activism, Awareness, Commentary, Feminism, Health, Lady Business, LGBT, Opinion, Politics, Race, Rape Culture, Reproductive Rights, Sex, Social Justice, Society, War on Women, Women
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Mirror’s Remnants: Moving Beyond an Eating Disorder

August 29, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Michael Overman For many, the topic of eating disorders is a difficult one, especially if one has been diagnosed or suffered from symptoms of one. Fortunately or unfortunately, most […]

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Body Positivity, Family, Fitness, Health, LGBT, Life, Memoir, Personal, Religion, Society
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Transcending: The Fat, The Skinny and the Truth

August 24, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Troy It was only recently that I discovered that 0g trans fats did not actually mean that I wouldn’t become fat and trans. Not that I am fat, but […]

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Body Positivity, Fitness, Gay, Health, LGBT, Life, Memoir, Personal, Society

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