Gender shouldn't be put into black and white boxes of boys and girls when it's much more complex than genitals. In many cultures there has been a third gender for many generations and the third gender…
LGBTQ
I believe in the power of community. People can help each other by being a positive influence and even more importantly by coming together and making our voices heard. Out of all the groups I'm in, th…
The LGBT community had been misrepresented and denied their rights in America, most notably, in the late 1970's. Around this time, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California, was…
Do you ever wonder what it's like to be in the shoes of someone who is a part of the LGBTQ+ community? Do you ever think about what they go through, what they have to face, to feel as if they belong? …
I believe that anyone should have the right to marry, same-sex or not. I believe that the point of marriage is love, and to have same-sex marriage be illegal just because it's between people of the sa…
Some people don't identify as male or female, these are typically called "LGBT Gender Identities." Such as genderfluid, non-binary, genderqueer, and agender. I'm going to go over non-binary and agende…
The mid-90s saw a rise of LGBTQ+ stories in mainstream media. From Brokeback Mountain to Paris is Burning, authentic queer stories challenged heteronormativity and the gender binary. In a country stil…
After watching a documentary about Stonewall Inn I wanted to learn more about LGBTQ+ history. So I read the book And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality by Mark Segal. This memoir focus…
