Category: LGBTQ+ Intersectional Experiences
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Why Women Rage: It has Nothing and Everything to do with You
A personal rant turns into a wider reckoning with misogyny, street harassment, and the exhausting daily calculations of being perceived as female. This week’s anger isn’t about one careless comment — it’s about a lifetime of reminders that women’s bodies are still treated as public property.
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What does the Northern Lights have to do with Gender?
Explore how place shapes gender identity through the All the Genders Photo Project. Inspired by the Northern Lights, this post introduces Northern Lights, Northern Lives—a book connecting personal stories, landscapes, and community across Alaska and the Yukon, revealing the deep ties between environment, identity, and human experience.
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Raising a Transgender Child in Rural Alaska: An Alaska Native Mother’s Story of Hardship and Hope
Book sneak preview: In rural Alaska, an Alaska Native mother fights for her transgender son’s safety, childhood, and future. Facing bullying, isolation, and community loss, she chooses strategically concealed visibility and unconditional support of her child. This intimate story reminds us why this work is important, as it explores resilience, Indigenous values, and the power…
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Gender Gems on Rum and Coffee: Raw Flavors of Scottish Queerness
Over rum, coffee, and a shifting Shetland dialect, an elder Scottish host shares unexpected stories about masculinity, femininity, and growing up constrained by labels. This quiet, funny, and tender encounter reveals how gender truths often surface not through theory, but through shared moments, storytelling, and a well-poured nightcap.
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Queerness and Gender Outside the Binary Above the Arctic Circle
Living north of the Arctic Circle, Desiree reflects on identity, sense of safety, and shedding imposed gender roles. From self-erasure to self-honesty, her story weaves queerness, nature, and resilience in rural Alaska – where survival, community, and becoming whole matter more than fitting into binaries.
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Lazarus Is Just Getting Started: Queer Joy, Music, and Living Without Limits in the D.C. area
Lazarus is a force of nature: equal parts charisma, creativity, and ambition. From DJ booths to dance floors, their story is about queer joy, bold self-expression, and smashing every mold placed in their path. This is a portrait of living loudly, fiercely, and unapologetically.
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Shua’s Journey: From Conservative Politics to Building Queer Community in D.C.
Shua’s story traces an unexpected path from conservative politics in the South to opening Spark Social House, one of D.C.’s newest queer-centered hubs. Our conversation explored her growth, her embrace of being a trans female and her ongoing search for safety, authenticity, and community in a shifting political climate.
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Redefining Masculinity and Gender Roles: Donny’s Nonbinary Story in D.C.
Donny shares their queer journey, nonbinary identity, and redefining masculinity on their own terms. Through relationships, self-reflection, and challenging gender roles, they explore emotional presence, authenticity, and the courage it takes to grow beyond what society expects.
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Bianca’s Story: A Trans Filipina-American Leader Building Community in Washington, DC
Bianca’s story follows her journey from Manila to DC as a trans Filipina-American advocate. She reflects on identity, culture, family, and building supportive spaces for trans and immigrant communities. Her work embodies resilience, joy, and the deep importance of community care.
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Gun Violence, Trauma, and Why I’m a Queer Crying Over Charlie Kirk’s Death
I didn’t expect to cry over Charlie Kirk’s death. But living with trauma in a country where gun violence is normalized, another violent death that pins the blame on trans people is terrifying. Healing isn’t just internal — we also need safer external environments for EVERYONE if we’re ever going to feel whole.