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Covers:  LGBTQ culture, LGBTQ news, LGBTQ history, parenting, pregnancy, social justice, TV, sexual health, politics, books, mental health
Writer/speaker on queer history. Author of QUEER, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE + RAINBOW REVOLUTIONARIES + KIND LIKE MARSHA + A CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO PRIDE
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LGBTQIA+ Books Are Under Attack as More Bills and Bans Take Them Out of Libraries and Classrooms-...

LGBTQIA+ Books Are Under Attack as More Bills and Bans Take Them Out of Libraries and Classrooms-...

Parents — School boards are becoming political playgrounds as the increase of book bans threatens to take LGBTQIA+ resources and representation out of the hands of students.
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20 years ago, these brides made LGBTQ history. Where are they now?

20 years ago, these brides made LGBTQ history. Where are they now?

The Lily — It was 1998 in Amsterdam, and Helene Faasen's friend kept insisting she had the perfect match for a blind date. But Faasen, then 32, was hesitant about her friend's confidence in the match. "It was basically on the criteria that we were both lesbian and short," Faasen remembers, speaking over Zoom from her home in Maastricht, a town in the southern Netherlands.
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I Freaking Love That People Are Dressing Up for Their COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments

I Freaking Love That People Are Dressing Up for Their COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments

Cosmopolitan — "I just wanted to celebrate the joyousness of the occasion and I wanted to bring some joy to people that have been working long hours."
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The Queer Truth Behind Eleanor Roosevelt's Feminism

The Queer Truth Behind Eleanor Roosevelt's Feminism

NewNowNext — One of the most famous sapphic women in American history isn't even remembered for having a female life partner, probably because she was married to the President of the United States while with her.
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Untold stories of the Queer South

Untold stories of the Queer South

Scalawag — The nine items below are a sampling of the IHP collection housed in different sites. They tell moments from queer Southern history, glimpses into a culture that Sullivan says "may not look like San Francisco's or New York's, but is rich, diverse, and old."
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Mauree Turner, the first nonbinary and first Muslim legislator in Oklahoma, is all about communit...

Mauree Turner, the first nonbinary and first Muslim legislator in Oklahoma, is all about communit...

Mic — Growing up in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Mauree Turner set their sights on becoming a veterinarian. But things took a turn, and instead, last week they were elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the first Muslim and first nonbinary person ever to serve in that body.
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Sarah McBride ran a boundary-breaking campaign, and she's not done yet

Sarah McBride ran a boundary-breaking campaign, and she's not done yet

Mic — Following her win last Tuesday, McBride will be sworn in as the country’s first openly transgender state senator in January 2021. She’ll instantly become the highest-ranking transgender public official nationwide.
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Meet all 21 openly trans candidates running for office this fall

Meet all 21 openly trans candidates running for office this fall

Mic — There has been a steady increase every year in trans officials; in 2016 there were only six and now there are 43. Mic reached out to all 21 candidates who come from different regions, generations, and parties, but who are all working to make sure that number keeps increasing, in 2020 and beyond.
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Does travel mean going into the closet? LGBTQ+ tourists face tough choices

Does travel mean going into the closet? LGBTQ+ tourists face tough choices

National Geographic — There’s safety and comfort to consider—but resources for queer travelers make planning easier.
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Discrimination against gay men who can't donate organs is arbitrary, archaic — and deadly

Discrimination against gay men who can't donate organs is arbitrary, archaic — and deadly

NBC News — The federal government has the power to save lives by finally ending a harmful prohibition that is not only based in stigma, but perpetuates it.
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How Bigfoot is helping me cope with quarantine

How Bigfoot is helping me cope with quarantine

NBC News — COVID-19 quarantine was lonely and isolating. Then Bigfoot stepped in. Navigating the eerily empty streets of the neighboring towns reminded me of an apocalyptic horror movie. But instead of a zombie, I spotted Sasquatch.
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When the Forms Don't Fit Your Family

When the Forms Don't Fit Your Family

The New York Times — The majority of American families don't fit the married mom-and-dad model, so why does heteronormative paperwork persist? I've already signed dozens of forms for my two children just three years into parenthood, and each one adds to my building frustration, pain and exhaustion.
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Can We Talk About 'Bluey'? I Have Strong Opinions About This Show

Can We Talk About 'Bluey'? I Have Strong Opinions About This Show

Scary Mommy — When my parenting style became more of a survival style at the start of quarantine five months ago, TV time became a bigger part of my preschooler's life than I would have hoped in The Before Times. What I didn't expect was for one of the shows on the heaven-sent Disney+ to be as much as a therapist to me as Mom Tiger.
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Inside the World of At-Home Inseminations

Inside the World of At-Home Inseminations

Healthline — Knowing your options can help you make the right decisions on your fertility journey. This is why at-home insemination worked for us.
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When Conceiving Is Complicated: How Infertility Impacts Intimacy

When Conceiving Is Complicated: How Infertility Impacts Intimacy

Healthline — Sometimes the act of getting pregnant ends up having very little to do with sex. For some same-sex couples, single parents by choice, couples experiencing infertility, and trans folks, conceiving can pose a challenge to their intimacy. Couples and counselors share tips on dealing with these challenges.
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The trans doctor who helped flatten the curve a century ago

The trans doctor who helped flatten the curve a century ago

Xtra — Dr. Alan Hart’s groundbreaking use of X-ray in the 1920s helped save the lives of patients with Tuberculosis, a reminder of the LGBTQ2 doctors at the frontlines of public health crises
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12 Monuments Honoring LGBTQ Heroes You Never Knew Existed

12 Monuments Honoring LGBTQ Heroes You Never Knew Existed

Fodor's Travel — History has often hidden LGBTQ people's contributions to society, but thankfully these 12 locations around the world honor those influencers with their own monuments. From Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin to Eleanor Roosevelt in NYC, these memorials across three continents help to show that LGBTQ history is everywhere.
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In Han Dynasty China, Bisexuality Was the Norm | JSTOR Daily

In Han Dynasty China, Bisexuality Was the Norm | JSTOR Daily

JSTOR Daily — It was places like China that first accepted queerness, recording it in their history, though slower to adopt equality and cultural acceptance in modern times. Cut sleeves, bitten peaches, and pillow trees may be legends of centuries ago, but they are still part of the global story of queer pride.
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A Bi Advocacy Group Claimed Copyright Over the Bi Pride Flag. Activists Were Outraged

A Bi Advocacy Group Claimed Copyright Over the Bi Pride Flag. Activists Were Outraged

them. — The bisexual community is reeling after the advocacy organization BiNet USA claimed to be the sole copyright owner over the bi pride flag and colors.
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Is Your Pride Canceled? How Prides Around the World Are Handling the Pandemic - Tagg Magazine

Is Your Pride Canceled? How Prides Around the World Are Handling the Pandemic - Tagg Magazine

Tagg Magazine — For 50 years, Prides around the world have been bringing throngs to the streets without fail. No threats, hate, or weather has stopped the annual deluge of rainbows...until now.
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I Chose to Breastfeed, My Wife Didn't. Here's What I Learned.

I Chose to Breastfeed, My Wife Didn't. Here's What I Learned.

Romper — I gave birth to our first child two weeks before Trump's election. She arrived three weeks early, which led in part to our breastfeeding struggles.
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100 Years Ago, This Lesbian Doctor Helped Contain NYC's Typhoid Epidemic

100 Years Ago, This Lesbian Doctor Helped Contain NYC's Typhoid Epidemic

them. — Remembering Dr. Sara Josephine Baker, a pioneering public health professional who changed the course of medical history.
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Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?

Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?

Xtra — Phyllis Lyon was a U.S. lesbian pioneer. But with fewer self-identified lesbians than ever, what is the future of the term?
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Meet the Medical Fetishists Supplying Hospitals With Masks and Scrubs

Meet the Medical Fetishists Supplying Hospitals With Masks and Scrubs

NewNowNext — In her Austin, Texas, dungeon, Mistress O used to dress as a medical professional and dominate her paying "patients." Now she spends her time sewing masks for real-life medical professionals. As governors and hospitals scramble to procure masks and gloves during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, surprising sectors around the world have been contributing supplies.
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