List: QAF | Curated by Cal Desmond-Pearson

Jan 12, 2025
60 stories
QAFQueer As F**K
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An Injustice!
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Tomáš Herzán
La Otxoa: The Life of a Spanish LGBTQI+ Icon and the History of the Basque Gay Rights MovementA dive into the life of an iconic Spanish drag queen along with a brief overview of the history of the LGBTQI+ rights within her native…
Jul 2, 2024
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Jul 2, 2024
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Devon Price
An International, 16,000 Person Study Finds People Are More Prejudiced Against Trans Women Than…Are we ready to take transmisogyny seriously yet??
Nov 15, 2024
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Nov 15, 2024
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Prism & Pen
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Eleni Stephanides
Dancing Through the Years: The Lifelong Value of Queer FriendshipsNavigating the evolving landscape of social connections into adulthood as an LGBTQ+ person
Sep 11, 2024
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Sep 11, 2024
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Sarah Lamodi
‘For Adult Listeners Only,’ Male Effeminacy, and Stereotypical SubversionThe following is a paper written for my Queer Media on February 26, 2021.
Mar 30, 2021
Mar 30, 2021
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Prism & Pen
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James Patrick Nelson
How Many More Elections Before Queer  People Stop Being Political Scapegoats?Let’s put an end to generations of fear-mongering
Aug 18, 2024
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Aug 18, 2024
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Pink Hair & Pronouns
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Dana DuBois
The First Time My Child Requested a Binder…The evolution of their chest-wear requests followed their gender journey.
Jan 12, 2024
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Jan 12, 2024
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Purposeful Life
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Eric S Burdon
Why The Trans Community Is Hated So MuchHistory has a tendency to repeat itself.
Sep 26, 2023
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Sep 26, 2023
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The Memoirist
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Melissa Corrigan
An Average Sunday In Our Sinful LGBTQ HouseholdHang on to your knickers… evil abounds!
Aug 14, 2023
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Aug 14, 2023
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Elle Rose
Questions to Ask Yourself if You Think You Might Be AsexualToday is International Asexuality Day — a day for aces all over the world to celebrate their orientations and themselves. Asexuality, or…
Apr 6, 2022
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Apr 6, 2022
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Prism & Pen
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Eleni Stephanides
Beyond the Closet:  Reflections & Revelations from Two Decades of QueernessAs a teenager I never could have imagined that such a varied community of beautiful LGBTQ+ individuals awaited me later on
Jun 12, 2023
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Jun 12, 2023
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Prism & Pen
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Sieran Lane
Honest Talk About Cis Gay Men Who Aren’t Attracted to Trans MenI’m trans myself, but…
Jun 25, 2023
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Jun 25, 2023
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UX Collective
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Sabrina Fonseca
Designing forms for gender diversity and inclusionA little question is a big deal when it comes to shaping people’s experience with your product. How do we ask people for their gender in a…
Apr 25, 2017
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Apr 25, 2017
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Jack Molay
Lesbian refugees in Kenya teach us that the fight against homophobia and transphobia is a global…Nakafeero Swabulah and her lesbian activists in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya teach us that pro-LGBTQA rights activists face similar…
May 13, 2023
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May 13, 2023
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The Memoirist
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Lisa S. Gerard
The Five-Year-Old Gender Bender: Wide-Eyed, Heart Ache, My Head is SpinningI was shamed for using the wrong pronoun
Oct 30, 2022
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Oct 30, 2022
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The Autlaw
Gender Micro Labels Are Not HelpfulThere are too many and they make navigating gender identities a headache
Jul 22, 2022
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Jul 22, 2022
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Catherine Butler
How to be a Socialist Transphobe (but still feel good about yourself)Dear Jen de Critique,
Jun 7, 2021
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Jun 7, 2021
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Prism & Pen
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Logan Silkwood
Oops, I Retroactively Changed Your Sexuality by Coming Out as TransCis perceptions of attraction and what is medically possible can become a dangerous problem for trans people
Sep 15, 2022
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Sep 15, 2022
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Norm Julian
Out of the GrayA story of the wrong plane of existence — and the right one
Sep 7, 2021
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Sep 7, 2021
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Prism & Pen
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Kitty Whitemore
Trans Babies Are HilariousObservations from Aunty Kitty
Sep 3, 2022
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Sep 3, 2022
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