In this personal essay, Allie Zenwirth falls in love within the confines of an all-male Chasidic school.
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The Boy Who Wasn’t My Boyfriend
Allie Zenwirth falls in love within the confines of an all-male Chasidic school.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Boy Who Wasn’t My Boyfriend
Allie Zenwirth falls in love within the confines of an all-male Chasidic school.
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The Trans Parent Whose Journey Inspired a Television Show
Her father’s gender transition was the impetus behind Jill Soloway’s show.
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Are You Sitting Down?
In this excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, She Wants It: Desire, Power and Toppling the Patriarchy, “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway recalls the incident that led to the Amazon Prime series: her father coming out to her as transgender.
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Semi-Fluid States: The Rigid Line of Straightness
In the fourth installment of her series on #Dating_While_Woke, Minda Honey interrogates her sexuality and questions the future of straight-by-default.
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Semi-Fluid States: The Rigid Line of Straightness
Minda Honey interrogates her sexuality and questions the future of straight-by-default.
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Why Do Men Fight?: An Interview with Thomas Page McBee
“When I started asking myself questions about my own notions of masculinity. I just felt so limited, so suddenly afraid of becoming the kind of man I’d grown up in fear of.”
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Twenty-five Years After Breaking Brandon Teena’s Story: An Apology
Journalist Donna Minkowitz realizes 25 years later she was victim to her own internalized homophobia and ignorance on trans issues when she broke the story of Brandon Teena, subject of Boys Don’t Cry.
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Gabrielle Bellot on Reclaiming Her Womanhood
In this intimate and moving essay, Gabrielle Bellot decides she needs to stop allowing others to define her.