lgbtq

The letters LGBTQ are just another way of saying that Love is Love.

My First Boyfriend Was a Total Heterophobe
I had the awkward pleasure of coming out of the closet as a gay man when I was 20 years old. Coming out was a terrifying experience for me, but I was two years into my undergraduate studies in music, and it didn't really surprise anyone that I was a man-on-man kinda bro. Plus, considering that most of the people I ran with were young arts majors, I didn't really deal with that much discrimination, so the process went fairly well.
By Sterling Bluford8 years ago in Humans
Do We Need Yet Another Hero?
It seems more and more celebrities and sports stars are coming out of the closet these days (some we may wish would stay in) — but it does lead you to ponder if we need them to?
By jonesyinc8 years ago in Humans
What the 'B' in 'LGBT Really Stands For
Here's the short version of my romantic history: I exclusively dated men until I was 20-years-old, when I fell in love one of my best female friends. She and I have now been together for nearly 11 years and are happily married. Despite the happy ending, suddenly realizing I wasn't straight was definitely a shock, and it took a lot of adjusting and reflecting to understand what it meant for me.
By Samantha Shoop-Volz8 years ago in Humans
Social Workers and The LGBT Community
The LGBT community, (also known as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) have been struggling for decades for the same rights as their heterosexual equals. Though the struggles have given many rewards, there is still a stigma surrounding the LGBT. It is through this stigma and hate that the LGBT lose their voices and it is our jobs as social workers to help them find their voices again.
By Seth Stecker8 years ago in Humans
"What's It Like Dating a Trans Man?"
So, dating a trans man always comes with a slew of questions like, "How do you have sex?" "What parts does he have?" "So, you're technically dating a girl?" and so on. The most asked question I get, hands down, is "What is it like dating a trans man?" This is where I begin to struggle. You see, that is like asking me what it is like dating women or dating men; I can't attest to what it is like dating an entire population of people! My answer usually consists of some form of, "I can't tell you what it is like dating trans people, but I can tell you what it is like dating Jesse, and the ups and downs we have had because of him being transgender." The thing is, my transgender partner experiences things that no other transgender person may experience. Dating Jesse has opened my eyes to so many experiences, some including what transgender people experience, and some being totally outside the realm of transgender issues and problems.
By Lynn LaCount8 years ago in Humans
Best LGBTQ Films of All Time
As a non-binary pansexual, I can honestly say that Hollywood always feels a bit skewed. It's almost always "the guy gets the girl."
By Skunk Uzeki8 years ago in Humans
Queer
The term Queer used to be used with malicious intent. Many older people in the LGBT+ Community see the term as still having the malicious intent behind it, however that is not the case any more. No longer is the word an insult. The Community is bringing it back, using it for good, using it as an inclusive term.
By Isobel B8 years ago in Humans
Arthur, Martha, and What Does It Matter?
I grew up in the 80s and 90s, already a bygone era prior to the birth of many adults today. Aside from lamenting the loss of my youth, it really is easy to see that it was a different age.
By Katy Preen8 years ago in Humans
The First Five Years of My Transition
Trans Terms: Trans guy - Someone transitioning from female to male FTM - Female to male Trans - Transgender T - Testosterone
By Maxwell H8 years ago in Humans
What to Say When You Aren't Sure of Someones Gender Identity
You just meet someone, and they seem very nice. Their voice isn't too deep or too high. They have short hair, but not too short. Their height isn't too tall or too short. Their engendered clothes hide their body shape. You have no idea how to gender them.
By Isobel B8 years ago in Humans
Partner's Transition
My name is Isobel. I am a 20-year-old artist going to university for a BA in sociology. I am an artist, an animal lover, a vegetarian (and I have been since the womb), lazy, sometimes bitchy, and also very caring. I live in a smaller town with not much to do other than stay home with my cats, go outside for a walk, and deal with the debilitating cold weather that comes with living in Northern Ontario... so basically, I hide in my house curled up under a blanket all winter. I live with my partner who is kind, caring, intelligent, emotional, motivated, sweet, hard working, an animal lover, a great cook, creative, loves to read, a great writer, the best at giving hugs, is warm, loving, oh and he is transgender. Through living it and research I have done for my sociology class on gender, I have come to learn that many people realize that transitioning is BIG for the person going through the transition, and I am not saying it isn't. They are changing their whole life around! My partner is going from female identifying and presenting to the world as feminine, to male identifying and presenting to the world as masculine. He will be going on testosterone injections and going through surgery. It is a really big, stressful, and exciting ordeal! However, not many people realize that their partner also goes through a transition. I have only started to experience changes in myself and my identity once my partner came out the world as male. I start to look at myself in a new, strange, and different light. I see my partner as being who they always have been, I just call them by a different name and pronoun. No biggie. Looking in on myself, I feel completely different. I feel lost. Not to say that I am not happy, I am just left confused. My partner was female when we first started dating. My partner was female for eight months out of our relationship. I was in a homosexual relationship for eight months. I was seen as a lesbian—although I identify as pansexual. (For those of you who don't know, lesbian means girls who like girls and pansexual means people who like anyone no matter the gender.) My identity became solid. I was used to the world seeing me as a lesbian, I embraced it. It became part of me. Now, everything has changed. I don't know how to act, or dress, or walk. I used to act butch, dress butch, and walk like I didn't have a care in the world. Now I feel I can't dress butch because it will make my partner look less manly, I have to act more feminine because then my partner will look more manly... My identity has changed... and I am not sure what it has become. I can barely walk around without questioning if I am walking feminine enough, or speaking in a high enough voice. The stress is tearing me apart. But no one understands, and no one will because the way people look at it, I am not transitioning, I am not being affected by my partners transition. "The only one affected by a transition is the person transitioning," or so I am told. I can only imagine how the next few years are going to affect me. I love my partner with everything I have, and I will not leave them because of this. This is not their fault; I just have to find a new identity. I have to transition.
By Isobel B8 years ago in Humans
What My Heart Tells Me
I’m quite a private person, ironically. “ironic” because I’m a Youtuber, artist, and actor and I am in the business of public disclosure, and I’m part of the generation that shares everything! Literally everything! From what you do in the morning, to what you ate the other day. Aside from my daily social posts that allow glimpses into my life, I tend to keep to my thoughts, and words to myself-relatively speaking. I am getting better at voicing or sharing my opinions, but for the most part- I keep to myself. Now, if you get me around the few people I trust, and the few people I know, I’ll say just about anything that comes to mind. Anything! And that is not an understatement! I mean- just the other day I asked some friends: “if a frozen watermelon is still a watermelon? Or is it an ice melon?” So, don’t try me, lol. I’ll let my mind spill its contents like a cup with no lid, whether it makes sense or applicable to the moment or not. I’ll dish it all out.
By Liam Trefry8 years ago in Humans