How to Be a Good Wingwoman: Lessons from a Queer Woman of Color
- Published in: Love & Relationships, The Scene
One queer woman of color dishes on the how to’s of being a good wing woman. …
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Film Review of SPIDER LILIES: The Bittersweet Love Story of Two Taiwanese Lesbians
- Published in: Film, Film Reviews
Spider Lillies follows the heart-wrenching love story of two Taiwanese women as they overcome adversity and allow themselves to give into their feelings for each other. …
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Queer, Black Geeks, Unite! Moya Bailey Leads Women of Color Digital Skill-Sharing Collective, Shawty Got Skillz
Digital humanities dissident, Moya Bailey, has sculpted a yellow brick road in cyberspace for women of color. This summer she will travel to Detroit, along with her collective, Shawty Got Skillz, to conduct a three-hour workshop at the 14th annual Allied Media Conference. As the ‘founder and co-conspirator’ of Quirky Black Girls, blogger for the…
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LGBT Rights and the Black Panthers: The Queer Revolution Begins with Self Love
- Published in: Empowerment & Spirituality, Featured, History: Past, Present, and Future
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self –preservation and that is an act of political warfare. ~Audre Lorde…
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Black, Greek, and Lesbian: One Black Woman’s Story on Being Out as a Sorority Girl
- Published in: Activist Interviews, Coming Out, Interviews, Race, Culture, and Ethnicity, Sex & Sexuality
An out and proud Black lesbian speaks candidly about being out Black and queer within a Black sorority. …
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Spotlight: Li Yuchen – Asian Pop Culture Icon Challenges Gender Norms in China
- Published in: Asian Invasion, Entertainment & Culture, Music, The Gender Spectrum
Spotlight on Li Yuchun, on of China’s first masculine of center female celebrities, using media to change the conversation around gender/sexuality in the country…
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Season 2 of The Glee Project Premieres: Inclusiveness Overload or Diversity Win?
- Published in: Entertainment & Culture, TV Shows
The Glee Project’s cast includes a blind African American man, a disabled woman, a bi-racial trans man, a lesbian, and in all, four people of color. Is this inclusiveness overload or the kind of diversity Glee desperately needs?…
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She Plays (Too) Well With Others: When Your Friend’s Parents Think You’re “Recruiting”
- Published in: Coming Out, Featured, Love & Relationships, Race, Culture, and Ethnicity
How one high school girl dealt with being outed to a friend’s queerphobic mom. …
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AMPLIFY: Black Girl Dangerous Offering Writing Workshops to Queer and Trans POC
- Published in: Amplify!, Announcements, Media 101, Media Workshops, Trainings and Institutes
The most dangerous thing to white supremacy is not just a black grrl reading a book but a black grrl writing a book. …
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A Lesbian Latina’s Adventures with Interracial Relationships: To Speak or Not to Speak Spanish?
- Published in: Featured, Latinidad, Love & Relationships
When I was in college, I dated white-women because English-speaking queer women was “all there was.” And while I didn’t mind then, the truth is… I do now. I don’t want to explain every single story, conversation or joke. When I have to constantly interpret, things gets lost in translation –including our connection, but mainly my sanity. …
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