Longreads: "My So-Called Ex-Gay Life."
What it was like for a teenager to go through “ex-gay” therapy—and how the movements associated with such practices have fallen apart:
After our initial meeting, I spoke with Nicolosi weekly by phone for more than three years, from the time I was 14 until I graduated high school. Like a rabbi…
(Source: lgrd.co)
The mannerisms that help define gender - the way in which people walk,swing their hips, gesture with their hands, move their mouths and eyes when they talk, take up space - are all based upon how non disabled people move…The construct of gender depends not only upon the male body and female body, but also on the non disabled body.
—Eli Clare, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation (via feministquotes)
This was a great read in one of my women’s studies courses.
(via newwavefeminism)
wnyc via The Boston Globe
The twin boys were identical in every way but one. Wyatt was a girl to the core, and now lives as one, with the help of a brave, loving family and a path-breaking doctor’s care.
just… inspiring. a good read.
(via jerriann)
Hollaback Girl
“iHollaback first started as a movement, then progressed to a blog and now is available at your fingertips. The movement works to end street harassment by having women and LGBTQ individuals share their stories, photos, and videos of unwanted attention they endure. Simply put, it’s a wall of shame.”
