JRV Majesty interview Kiam Marcelo Junio
by: Joe Varisco-JRV Majesty Joe Varisco interviewed recent recipient of the Chances: Mark Aguhar Memorial Grant. Kiam Marcelo Junio is a multidisciplinary artist living in Chicago, IL. He works in […]
Tag Archives: genderqueer
My Body, My Clothes, My Health: How I Learned Not to Hate Myself
by: Khai Devon I feel it’s fair that I give you, dear reader, a warning. This is a very open, forward, personal piece of writing about my relationship to my […]
Non-Binary Problems: How The “Breastfeeding Man” Challenges Societal Gender Roles
by: Khai Devon Normally, when I write about (or read about) the struggles of trans people for full acceptance, it is about the struggles of binary-identified trans people to be […]
What We Said At SlutWalk
by: Clarisse Thorn and Nico Lang Preface: This is the text that we read at SlutWalk Chicago, the sex-positive anti-rape march that was held over the weekend. The march started at […]
See Me As I Am: On Preferring Gender Neutral Pronouns
by: Khai Devon I prefer gender-neutral pronouns. Gender-neutral pronouns are my preference. Please use gender-neutral pronouns when you are referring to me in the third person. I’m not a she. […]
Why Aren’t All Butches Trans?
by Butch Wonders Here are three excerpts from reader emails and comments this month: “I wish I was born a man, but I don’t want to be trans. What gives?” […]
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 […]
Entering the Secret Society: When I Decided to Grow Out My Armpit Hair
by: Cassandra Warren About two years ago my personal goal was to become more creative — in an “artsy way” I would explain to people. So, I signed up for […]
Stigmatization, Low Income Contribute to Unequal Access to Health Care for LGBT People
by: Jamie Anne Royce Presenters highlighted identity stigmatization and low income as barriers to health care for LGBT people at the 2012 LGBT Student Health Symposium, organized byHoward Brown Health Center, […]
I’m Sorry The Internet Outed Me: An Open Letter to My Mother
by: Khai Devon Dear Mom, I’m sorry that you had to find out like this. I know I told you that you probably wouldn’t like what I had to say, […]
