Today I bring you a conversation with feminist, sex-positive, queer comedian/musicians Rachel Lark (Savage Love Podcast) and Kate Willett (Comedy Central, Viceland) of the “Dude Bra Tour.” Check the video to get a taste and read about their mission below. FULL DISCLOSURE: I’m opening for these broads this Saturday, June 18 at Curious Comedy, which […]
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My Girlfriend and I Visited North Carolina (And We Did Not Get Beaten Up and We Even Got to Go to the Bathroom!)
WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND Mary Anne suggested I accompany her to Charlotte, North Carolina, to meet her family and help move her childhood things out of her dad’s garage, I somehow wasn’t listening to the “North Carolina” part. The only place in the South I’d been was New Orleans, where I had sex with a woman […]
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Queer Bars May Be Disappearing—But They’re Still Important
Rachel Robinson The shooter targeted a nightclub where people came together to be with friends, to dance and to sing, and to live. The place where they were attacked was more than a nightclub—it is a place of solidarity and empowerment. —Barack Obama Late Saturday night—or early Sunday morning—just as a deranged human being was […]
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After A First-Ever “Non-Binary” Gender Ruling, the Oregon DMV May Change Its ID Rules
Jamie Shupe A Portlander who convinced a judge to change their legal gender to “non-binary” last week might’ve won the first such ruling in the nation’s history. Add it doesn’t look like the change Jamie Shupe spurred will stop there. In the wake of the ruling [PDF] by Multnomah County Circuit Judge Amy Holmes Hehn, […]
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Everything as Fuck: The LGBT Community Taught Me to Know Myself
What is there to say at this point? About guns, fear, homophobia, and Islamophobia? It feels hopeless, I feel helpless—and it didn’t even happen to me, except in the way that it happened to everyone. The realization is sinking in that we live in a country, right now, where there’s nothing stopping anyone from committing […]
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Get Out There and Fight
Hello Dan Savage. My name is Peter and I’ve been a longtime fan of your podcast and comments in the media. I’ve also been very involved with the Human Rights Campaign and their work to getting the Equality Act passed. I’m 21 and only recently out of the closet. I opened up about my sexuality […]
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The Orlando Shooter Might Have Been a Twisted Closet Case
What he said: The self-loathing-gay and ISIS-inspired-jihadist theories of this attack are not mutually exclusive.— Josh Barro (@jbarro) June 14, 2016 A person can be a violently self-loathing closet case and a devout-if-demented “believer.” The former all but requires the latter. To blame gayness for the harm done to gay people by a gay person […]
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Required Reading: Being Queer and Muslim in America
A view from the ground at the vigil outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn on Monday evening. SB The Village Voice’s Raillan Brooks (who, full disclosure, is a close friend) on the Orlando shooting: In the early morning hours of June 12, 2016, a 29-year-old man entered Pulse, an Orlando gay club hosting an “Upscale […]
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50 Dead In Worst Mass Shooting in US History — Gunman Opened Fire In Crowded Gay Nightclub In Orlando
Shutterstock UPDATE: A vigil for the victims of the Orlando massacre will take place tonight (Sunday June 12) at 7 pm, at NW Couch and Broadway, as well as one at Salmon Street Springs at Waterfront Park (1020 SW Naito) at 8:15 pm. Another vigil will follow this Thursday organized by Pride NW and the […]
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A Local Judge Just Ruled A Portlander’s Legal Gender Could be “Non-Binary.” That’s Probably A National First
A Portland judge made apparent national history today, when she issued an order that a transgender Portlander’s gender identity should be legally changed from “female” to “non-binary.” Jamie Shupe filed a petition in April, asking that Multnomah County Circuit Court grant a request for the gender change. According to the website the Daily Dot, which […]
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Portland Just Approved Two Multi-Stall Gender-Neutral Restrooms on City Property. That Might Be a Big Deal.
An example of the new signage you’ll see in city-owned buildings. As expected, Portland City Council this morning voted to ensure the city joins the ranks of progressive places all over the country making restrooms more-accessible to people, regardless of their gender. In a 3-0 vote (commissioners Steve Novick and Dan Saltzman were gone), a […]
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Starting Tonight: The Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival!
Summer is coming, and while you may be excited to numb your brain with glossy explosions at the nearest multiplex, maybe try to make it work a little bit first? Lucky for all of you, QDoc—the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival—takes over the Hollywood Theatre this weekend, bringing a dozen options for stimulating minds and […]