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In and out of the closet: Rejecting the heteronormative binary of “coming out”

As grating as “Old Town Road” and its endless stream of remixes has become, there was always... more

Being a bi grey asexual means continually redefining desire away from limiting social constructs

Somewhere over the rainbow: Reading the Pride symbol as a queering of the Bible

How Black Mirror’s “Striking Vipers” episode failed bisexual men & trans women

Reproductive justice advocacy requires more than being “pro-choice”

What do you do when childhood trauma makes you close off from the care you need to heal it?

On being queer and mourning the loss of straight male friendships

Coverage of sex work keeps making white women dangerous victims in the name of progress

Morehouse’s new policy accepting trans men misses the point by clinging to the gender binary

How biphobia impacts Black bisexual men’s health

Sexual assault programs must address racial power dynamics & acknowledge the history of racist lies about assault

How we failed Nigel Shelby and allowed the abuse he endured

5 tips for supporting a loved one who has survived sexual assault

Why racial disparities in U.S. maternal health are so terrible, and what you can do about it

Intergenerational trauma is gendered, and other life lessons from my Black mother & sister

Defending “Nipsey Hussle’s widow” and other hollow gestures for Black women

I grew up thinking that my body was blemished by Blackness

Chills down my spinal degeneration: Why we need Black queer disabled kink

In a world where my parents let me be as free as Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union let Zion

Delectable Negroes: On precarity, death, and the Black queer male body

How prison-based thinking warps a lack of empathy for “deserving” victims to harm the vulnerable

Columbus activist Amber Evans is still missing over a month after her disappearance

R. Kelly explodes in first public interview after arrest

HBO’s “Leaving Neverland” finally airs to fierce debate about sexual abuse, celebrity & race

Former Trump staffer Alva Johnson sues Trump for sexual harassment, pay discrimination

Instead of dismantling male-only military draft, judge rules women should be included

Police rule Black mom’s death accidental after “adult sleepover,” medical examiner says otherwise

Black queer people were never #allJussieSmollett

R. Kelly may soon be facing a new trial for sexually assaulting another 14-year-old girl

Jussie Smollett attack under new scrutiny after CPD won’t substantiate unnamed sources “staged” claim

Wear Your Voice campaign aims to correct how the body positivity movement fails women of color

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