Archive for September, 2014

Maya Songbird

Maya Songbird

“If you have ever had to rebirth a gazillion times in one carnation. This song is for you,” is the love note tucked in Maya Songbird’s “Live Again.” The song is part of her #MayAmra collaboration, which also includes “Little…

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Our Names Are Real: On Facebook’s “Real Names” Policy

Our community ain’t havin’ it. Many of us in the LGBTQ community are pushing back against Facebook’s renewed enforcement of the “real names” policy. Facebook stipulates that a personal account holder must use “your real name as it would be…

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Bisexual Awareness Week

Why Bisexuality Awareness Week?

Why is there a Bisexual Awareness Week? The reasons are as infinite as the varieties of bisexual experience: Because June Jordan said, “I am a cultural pluralist. And, as sexuality is a biological, psychological, and interpersonal factor of cultural experience,…

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Jobriath

Jobriath’s “Space Clown”

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Never the Hurricane

Never the Hurricane: Letter to A Younger Queer Me

“I’ve had the wind knocked out of me, but never the hurricane.” ― Jeffrey McDaniel I can’t give you inspiration. That’s what I think you want; it’s what I fear you want. I have been avoiding your eyes. I have been…

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Vicci Martinez

Vicci Martinez

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Queer Geographies

Queer Geographies: Beirut, Tijuana, Copenhagen

Queer Geographies: Beirut, Tijuana, Copenhagen is one of our Indiegogo campaign perks; One+Love’s mapping features even get a nod in this collection of essays. Here’s Lasse Lau — a visual artist, filmmaker, and the book’s lead editor — on why…

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Queer Rebels

Queer Rebels: Intergenerational QTPOC Art for the Future

Need some inspiration for a queer-rebellious weekend? Look no further than the Queer Rebels themselves, KB Boyce and Celeste Chan. From their bios: “KB Boyce is a Two-Spirit musician whose adventures have brought them from teenage punk band appearances at…

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liberace

Liberace

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Meshell Ndegeocello

Meshell Ndegeocello’s “Shopping for Jazz”

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