Queer

19 Feb 2019

Meet The 46 Year Old School Teacher Who Became A Drag Queen

There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress who thinks he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a difference,

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25 Jan 2019

8 Things Straight People Can Do to Support LGBTQ Folks Right Now

No one can deny that LGBTQ individuals have had a tough go of things under the current presidential administration. With the Supreme Court voting to allow a ban on transgender soldiers who have served their country bravely, the situation appears grim for those in the LGBTQ community and their allies.

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12 Jun 2018

BECCA BLACKWELL ISN’T HERE FOR YOUR GENDER STEREOTYPE BULLSHIT

Becca Blackwell is a proud enigma. An actor/writer/performer that defies gender labels and would rather be called them or they instead her or him. Becca returns to Joe’s Pub in Manhattan following their sold-out performance in February. You can catch their one person show They, Themself and Schmerm June 24th

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06 Jun 2018

What It’s Like Being Married to a Nonbinary Person in a Binary World

Guest Post by Max Silver We live in a world conditioned to believe there are only two genders: man and woman, boy and girl. Likewise, our minds are geared towards binary thinking-patterns. Everything is right or wrong, odd or even, yes or no, up or down, black or white. The

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19 Jun 2017

A Straight Person’s Guide for Attending Pride

Hooray! It’s Pride Month in San Francisco. The rainbow flags are flying proudly on Market Street, queer people are coming from all over the world to experience our friendly, little city and it seems like there might be fornicating gay unicorns around every corner. If you’re a straight person who wants

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15 Jun 2017

Lez Swim: Diving In at an LBT Pool Party

By Rebecca Rush Lez Get Together! It’s #Pride month, and with it, our responsibility as progressive coast dwellers to carry the message: Lez is not less, gay is not gross, trans is not troubled, and bisexuality is real. After living a life of suppression, being  ‘straight enough to pass’ became

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20 Jun 2016

The Queer Urban Orchestra Are Guardians of the Gay-laxy

Brent Reno is one of my best friends. He and his then boyfriend (they’re all still friends!)  were some of my first New York friends. It was instant the connect Brent & I had, maybe it’s because we are both southerners surrounded by Yankees. But mostly I think it’s because he

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