The Lavender Menance
When I was in eight grade, I started getting into feminism. I was reading Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique when I got to the part about the “lavender menace.” Without thinking I grabbed a sharpie,...
View ArticleHigh 5! It’s 2013
Happy New Year! Did you know the high five was invented by Glenn Burke, the first openly gay major league baseball player? According to ESPN.com the high five was birthed late in the 1977 Dodgers...
View ArticleDuck Duck Punch at 7th Street Entry Tonight!
We’ll have an interview with Duck Duck Punch up on TQAN in the coming weeks. Come check them out at the entry tonight.
View ArticleAn Interview with Duck Duck Punch
Duck Duck Punch & Friends on the set of RGB. photo credit: Davin Haukebo-Bol The other day while I was at work a friend of mine had me watch Duck Duck Punch‘s first video, RGB. The...
View ArticleThe Queerest Super Bowl Ever? It’s Not That Simple
Trigger Warning: Homophobia, misogyny, transmisogyny and sex trafficking This week, the internet happens to be all a-twitter about a marked change among pro-athletes “coming out” in support of LGBTQ...
View ArticleHave YOU Changed Your Profile Picture For Marriage Equality?
Maybe I’m only Facebook friends with homies (it’s possible), but my entire timeline turned red and pink last week with equal signs in support of marriage equality as the Supreme Court discussed the...
View ArticleSpeeches from Minnesota’s Historic Vote for the Freedom to Marry
By a vote of 75-59, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed the freedom to marry for same-sex couples yesterday afternoon, Thursday May 9, 2013. Prior to the vote, there were a number of moving...
View ArticleHappy Place
I’m not sure if the world is getting more terrible or if I’m just getting more sensitive. Lately I’ve taken to listening to NPR for hours a day, which might be part of my problem. I find myself sitting...
View ArticlePride Dance Party 2013!
It’s Pride weekend and we have so much to celebrate! DOMA got struck down, Gay marriage is back in CA now that Prop 8 is dismissed, and you no longer need to have sex reassignment surgery to change...
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