Feature cover image taken from @tryquinn on Instagram. Hey, you can’t blame a girl, especially when one of the hottest actors to grace a TV screen just hopped on Quinn for their newest series: Yes, Chef, where a romance blooms between a head chef (Hatosy) and his new sous chef (you!). Didn’t that get your […]
Read More Talk Dirty to Me Shawn Hatosy!Hello everyone! Today I wanted to talk about sex… Sexuality that is. Sexuality has become a more mainstream topic after the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage. I wanted to talk about my experience with sexuality, both in my personal and romantic life. This is just my personal experience with sexuality, […]
Read More Let’s Talk About Sex(uality)!On November 16th, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that aims to expand protections for the LGBTQ+ community. Bill S.5325/A.6193 requires utility companies to allow customers to use their preferred names and pronouns. This bill was crafted in response to an uptick in attacks on LGBTQ+ rights and protections around the country. Governor […]
Read More Push and pull on legislation for lgbtq+ protectionsColorado is changing LGBTQ+ lives. They have announced a new plan to incorporate gender-affirming care as an essential health care benefit. This is a huge win for the LGBTQ+ community. It has not been an easy road to getting equality in healthcare and we are still very far away from that but it is always […]
Read More Colorado is changing health care for the LGBTQ+ communityI am a pastor’s daughter that identifies as a lesbian. Fun, right? Here’s my story, get ready for the ride of a lifetime… literally. I grew up in a household that never even mentioned the concept of same-sex marriage (or at least never mentioned in a positive manner). I was homeschooled for the beginning years […]
Read More gay and internally homophobic?Learn more about the book club WAKE UP on JMUs campus, creating conversations around race and identity.
Read More JMU WAKE UP: Intersections of Whiteness and IdentityLearn about the vulnerabilities the LGBTQ+ population face during this pandemic and have endured as a community
Read More How COVID-19 is Affecting the Queer CommunityIt doesn’t. That’s the point. I don’t want you to look at me and think I am x. Because to you, if I am x, then I must be y. If I am y, I should probably do z, and if I don’t… that is wrong?
This piece is a personal insight on non-binary identities.
Dear Future Father-In-Law, Surprise! I bet you did not think you would be getting a letter from me, did you? Well, that is just how I am, full of surprises. I wanted to start this letter off by saying thank you. Thank you for being truly awful when talking about me and how you “don’t […]
Read More An Open Letter to My Transphobic (Future) Father-In-LawThe laws created echo the continuous struggles of women and other marginalized groups. Laws are the culmination and the realization that our patriarchal society has created from its inception. The laws that have been created by our society came into being during the revolutionary war and the subsequent creation of the Declaration of Independence. These […]
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