Amber: Part 1
by: Caitlin Bergh Amber. She was the first person I was in love with who loved me back. She had brown hair that just barely grazed her shoulders; it was […]
Category Archives: LGBT
Why Is Talking to Women So Difficult?
by: Sarah Baran I identify as bisexual. I was back and forth about whether I was bisexual or lesbian for a nice long stretch of time — which was difficult […]
In Our Words In Review: Coming Out
by: The In Our Words Writing Staff It Can Be Scary Coming Out As Black and Gay by Zach Stafford This Is Because I Am Out: Notes On Visibility by […]
In Our Words In Review: Politics
by: The In Our Words Writing Staff Unite: A Resolution for Queers in 2012 by Derrick Clifton Women Are Corporations, Too: How Big Businesses Can Save Vaginas Everywhere by Mark Nott “Gay […]
In Our Words In Review: Faith and Humanism
by: The In Our Words Writing Staff As In Our Words approaches our first anniversary next month, we are taking this week to look back at the past year and […]
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It’s a Unicorn, Not a Throuple
by: David Chastity Guys we need to talk. Specifically, about this really terrible word everyone has suddenly decided they love: “thruple.” (Or is it “throuple?” God, I don’t even want […]
Where Does Identity Policing Come From?
by: Butch Wonders I bet we’ve all experienced at least one of the following: (1) Being told we don’t “belong” to a group we think we belong to. (2) Having […]
Get Over Yourselves, Homophobia Doesn’t Make You An Asshole
by: Carrie Kaufman “I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a real phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole.” That meme has been going around the internets for […]
Straight Up Queer
by: Ariana Barreto In the 90’s the label “queer” began as a negatively conotated slur/insult. It was originally meant as being different or weird. Much like other negative slurs have […]
Coconut Love: Tales of a Closeted Virgin
by: Caitlin Bergh When I was a sophomore in college, I was sitting in my room doing homework one afternoon when I overheard some friends in the hallway talking about […]
