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When Trans People Oppress Other Trans People

When Trans People Oppress Other Trans People

Seeking freedom in the oppression of others is harmful and futile

Kaylin Hamilton

Sep 17

Two Librarians Fired Over Autism-Awareness Display, Because Rainbow

Two Librarians Fired Over Autism-Awareness Display, Because Rainbow

Can we please call off the hate? This is out of hand.

Sep 16

Canada’s Conservatives Have Become the New MAGA Republicans

Canada’s Conservatives Have Become the New MAGA Republicans

Canada is not immune from U.S. style anti-trans culture wars

Sep 11

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“My Body, My Choice! Unless You’re Trans” Say Canada’s Conservatives

“My Body, My Choice! Unless You’re Trans” Say Canada’s Conservatives

Canadian Conservatives appear confused when dreamy thoughts of American-style anti-vax liberty crash headfirst into the reality of medical…

Sep 20

Transphobia is a Bellybutton Mirror

Transphobia is a Bellybutton Mirror

On the Tucker ’n’ Carlos Show, insights from Naomi Klein’s ‘Doppelganger’

Tucker Lieberman

Sep 20

Artifact of the Dawn: Side-Effects (A Queer Sci-Fi Adventure)

Artifact of the Dawn: Side-Effects (A Queer Sci-Fi Adventure)

Episode 83: Ardyn and Jevan experience some very painful side-effects of their pair-bonding.

Sep 20

Gay Old Disco Times

Gay Old Disco Times

A remembering of being gay during the 70’s and 80's

Michael Horvich (he, him)

Sep 19

I Had a Crush on a Lesbian Who Wouldn’t Date Me Until I Revealed I’m Trans

I Had a Crush on a Lesbian Who Wouldn’t Date Me Until I Revealed I’m Trans

As a closeted trans woman, it was a dream come true

Sep 19

It’s Not Just LGBTQ People’s Duty to Come Out and Change the World

It’s Not Just LGBTQ People’s Duty to Come Out and Change the World

The importance of allyship and why educating the masses on right from wrong is everybody’s responsibility.

Natalie S. Ohio

Sep 18

September Almost Killed Me: Ten Years Later, it Made Me Stronger

September Almost Killed Me: Ten Years Later, it Made Me Stronger

Two events separated by a wild decade

Sep 18

Did I Really Want to Die Hiding in the Closet?

Did I Really Want to Die Hiding in the Closet?

Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

Sep 18

Artifact of the Dawn: The Bonding (A Queer Sci-Fi Adventure)

Artifact of the Dawn: The Bonding (A Queer Sci-Fi Adventure)

Episode 82: The happy day of the Bonding Ceremony arrives.

Sep 18

Diversity Is Beauty & Strength

Diversity Is Beauty & Strength

Prism & Pen Weekly — Sept 17, 2023.

Sep 17

Waylon Payne’s Gay Strength and Mine

Waylon Payne’s Gay Strength and Mine

Growing stronger through pain and music

Sep 17

Global Right-Wing Movement Fights To Suppress LGBTQ Rights

Global Right-Wing Movement Fights To Suppress LGBTQ Rights

It is frightening to even consider.

Sep 17

Coming Out Forced Me Into A Box. Everyone Invalidated My Identity.

Coming Out Forced Me Into A Box. Everyone Invalidated My Identity.

My definitions for myself weren’t enough.

The Accidental Monster

Sep 17

What the LGBTQ Book Banners Get Wrong

What the LGBTQ Book Banners Get Wrong

Queer books don’t make people gay but they do foster self-acceptance

Sep 16

Saskatchewan Proposes Suspending Charter Rights of Trans Minorities

Saskatchewan Proposes Suspending Charter Rights of Trans Minorities

The law of unintended consequences? We were warned this would happen.

Sep 16

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger: The Transgender Crucible

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger: The Transgender Crucible

My reality indisputable.

Sep 16

I Suffer All Gay Men

I Suffer All Gay Men

As informed by the Buddhist practice of Tonglen

Michael Horvich (he, him)

Sep 16

In the Face of Death and Canadian Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotry, I Feel So Helpless

In the Face of Death and Canadian Anti-LGBTQ+ Bigotry, I Feel So Helpless

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger?

Esther Spurrill-Jones

Sep 15

Artifact of the Dawn: Preparations (A Queer Sci-Fi Adventure)

Artifact of the Dawn: Preparations (A Queer Sci-Fi Adventure)

Episode 81: Everyone helps make the final preparations for Ardyn and Jevan’s Bonding Ceremony.

Sep 15

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger, the Queer Version

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger, the Queer Version

A Prism & Pen writers prompt

Sep 14

My Gay Uncle Mendel’s Serious Brothel Business

My Gay Uncle Mendel’s Serious Brothel Business

Coconut Grove in 1970 Meets Buffalo at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

Text and image creator Matthew Bamberg

Sep 14

I’m Gay. I Hated ‘Red, White & Royal Blue.’ But My Dying Christian Dad?

I’m Gay. I Hated ‘Red, White & Royal Blue.’ But My Dying Christian Dad?

On rom-coms, fantasy, personal fulfillment, and my fear of aging

Sep 13

Canadian Anti-Trans Fear Mongers: Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

Canadian Anti-Trans Fear Mongers: Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

The economy takes a backseat to grievance politics

Sep 13

Artifact of the Dawn: Expectations (A Queer Sci-Fi Adventure)

Artifact of the Dawn: Expectations (A Queer Sci-Fi Adventure)

Episode 80: Mathias visits Ardyn and Jevan before the Bonding Ceremony to discuss incorporating Ardyn’s culture into ritual.

Sep 13

Whiskers of Wisdom— Lessons on Attachment Healing from Two Beloved Feline Friends

Whiskers of Wisdom— Lessons on Attachment Healing from Two Beloved Feline Friends

Their bond shows safety is a climate created by two people (or animals), rather than a fixed state

Eleni Stephanides

Sep 12

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