I have thought long and hard about this piece. The author's story is powerful. I agree fully with everything the author says about the terrible damage we do to children by enforcing the gender binary, I agree with everything they say about how the kind of conventional masculinity that our society demands of men is…

Why must we always judge women on their value based on their sex appeal? I happen to think she's incredibly sexy. But who really cares? Can she sing? Is the song appealing? Mission accomplished.

May I suggest that you let her decide around who she wants to be out to in the family, and how she handles that? I have a gay friend married to another woman, and although her parents have been mostly accepting, they have forbidden her to tell her grandparents, going so far as to strongly imply the news will literally…

I could use some advice/ encouragement.
At the beginning of summer, my 14 year old daughter came out. My husband and I are both fully accepting and supportive. Truthfully, we are closer now she came out. She had been distancing herself and was extremely moody. Since she came out, she wants to spend more time with us,…

To answer #1 as a fairly serious racing cyclist: You pull it all up and let the spandex hold it there. For aggressive racing positions most of your weight should be on the protrusions of the pelvis just on either side of the perineum/taint. If you're so inclined you can GIS "cyclist junk" and see how it's handled…

1) Your underwear will hold them up and otu of the way. You can end up sitting on the base of the scrotum (which is just skin really, it's the contents that are super sensitive), which doesn't really hurt that much. If you accidentally sat on a testicle you'd adjust yourself rather quickly.

Completely beside the point, but her lipstick is amazing.

"We [men] are getting blamed for this kid's mental problems."
Dude, no, we're not. But a lot of us are getting blamed for the kind of everyday behavior that may differ from what this kid in degree but not in kind. Have you ever been really nice to a girl you wanted to sleep with, only to get pissed at her when you're…

Were all slave owners mentally ill? Were white people who lynched black people mentally ill? By and large, I am guessing not. They were people who were brought up in a culture that taught them they were entitled to get their way, that they had rights and other humans didn't

Insert superficial opinion: I think DeLaria is sexy especially when she wears her glasses.

The scene in Mermaids, where he surprises the girls with the "under the sea" effect for their bedroom, is one of my all-time favorites. RIP Lou Landsky.

I think it's important to point out that this a series of photos by queers for queers. I think that in itself is the reason you notice the long winded identity labels. Most if not none of these people would go much futher than 'lesbian', gay, bisexual, 'trans man', etc. normally when speaking of their identity in…

"unless they're lesbian-feminists, in which case, whatever, they'll die soon enough.

Yowch.
I have a betta, and he has that labyrinth gland I think it's called so he must have air available and can't have a solid lid on his tank :(

Sigh. Didn't we just have a conversation about microaggression?

It hurts more for (many, but not all) lesbians because same-sex relationships (and especially lesbian relationships) are not valued in the same way as straight relationships. Heterosexual relationships are seen as being valuable and real, while lesbian relationships are not seen as being equally valuable. Lesbian…