Greta Schiller, “Before Stonewall”
“I made a whole film, Paris Was a Woman, about lesbians in Paris between the wars. Now we have the internet, and the communication on the web, and people can fly places, and you can live...
Category: LGBTQ+
5 things I’m watching to celebrate Pride this year
Y’all ready to watch something besides a race of drag for LGBTQ+ Pride this year? Not gonna lie, each year Pride gets harder and harder. When your community is being decimated and there are several...
Straight Pride is nonsense
Nobody likes to feel left out. But sometimes, things are just not right for us. I wouldn’t attend a meeting for Black and minority ethnic adults, and I wouldn’t expect a non-disabled person to...
Will Azerbaijan’s LGBTQ Crackdown Affect its E.U. Relations?
A new wave of arrests targeting the LGBTQ community in Azerbaijan has brought renewed attention to the country’s poor human rights record. On April 1, as many as 15 gay and transgender people were...
Can Killing Eve still upend bisexual tropes?
So, overall I loved Killing Eve’s first season but I had to admit I was left a little meh and underwhelmed by its embracing the “psycho lesbian” trope without any real commentary. Which sucks,...
If LGBT issues are confusing to kids, that’s why they belong in schools
When there’s something that children find confusing, the role of a teacher is to explain it in a way that they can comprehend. Maths, for instance, is ever-so confusing and every teacher from when...
“Feminist” transphobia and the Christian right
Occasionally, there are awkward moments in activism, and one of those is finding out that you appear to be on the same side as campaigners who should hate you. The homophobes or the anti-abortionists...
How can we begin to define sexuality if words aren’t enough?
Sexuality, according to the dictionary, is defined as “a person’s sexual orientation or preference”. Seven years ago, pop ballad and slow R&B artist Frank Ocean opened up about his...
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s Sketchtasy Might Be the Best Novel of Fall 2018
First, a confession: I am not totally sure how to start this review. On its surface, the job of a book reviewer is simple: describe the book, perhaps situate it in some sort of context (genre,...
Call Her Ganda is an indictment of Western imperialism, transphobia, and injustice
PJ Raval’s Call Her Ganda is a film I’ve been raving about since catching it at Hot Docs last spring. It’s the story of Jennifer Laude – Filipina, trans and a sometime sex worker – whose...