BREAKING: The Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage this June. Arguments begin in April.
A study like this comes out a couple times a year and it can get exhausting to constantly realize how rocky the landscape is for bi women — a combination of poor mental health outcomes, shame, lack of resources and overt social prejudice and erasure look massively overwhelming.
But the first step is talking about it — studies like this are vital, even if they all say the same depressing thing, because they force people to confront the real impacts of biphobia and discrimination.
In 2013, LeslieAnn Manning was raped by another inmate while incarcerated in a men’s prison. Now, she’s bringing a lawsuit against the Sullivan Correctional Facility for their “deliberate indifference” in failing to prevent her assault.
While I’m strongly in favor not being shitty to trans people, not being a jerk does not an ally make. You can’t half-ass your way to allyhood. I don’t have the option to only be trans when it’s convenient and safe, so if you’re really interested in progress for our community, you have to jump in with both feet.
We must see our communities as having a greater stake in the safety of our queer siblings. I refuse to settle for statistics and sad news stories. Community response and action is the foundation of survival for marginalized communities, and it always has been.
I don’t really like generalizing about queer women — we’re all different, we’re like rainbow snowflakes, some of us have never even seen The L Word. But I will make an exception for this statement: get a bunch of us in a room for long enough and we will start talking about whether two cisgender women will ever be able to produce a biological child together.
This day is a total blank space in my memory but I am 99% sure nothing sexy happened.
I don’t feel right ascribing to culturally normative ideals for my own gender, and once I was allowed to set fire to the rain that poured them down on me, I was finally able to live as myself.
I’m proud of who I am and what I’ve accomplished. Being transsexual does not diminish my value as a person. Fuck you, and the things you say, for making me feel like it does.
Nicole via The Things You Say
Take a snow day with Heather and bring your favorite movies, BECAUSE IT’S TIME FOR THE FRIDAY OPEN THREAD!
Leelah was in crisis. The message that (maybe) it would get better literally did nothing to save her. Just as it is unlikely to save any trans girl currently struggling with the same problems.
Here’s your 2015 Queer Lady TV epic infographic! Learn more about what’s coming up for us on the small screen on Autostraddle.
We heard KStew was spotted canoodling on a beach with her “gal pal.” Here’s what we think probably went down.
