Though I knew about “women disguising themselves as men in order to fight” I knew very little about the sacrifices of Trans soldiers.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/transgender-civil-war-hero-albert-cashier-c557c53970fa
#LGBTQ #Transgender #QueerHistory #History #CivilWar #AlbertCashier
#Asexual people have always existed. But in a world obsessed with sex, their existence gets continually erased — sometimes through silence, sometimes through mockery, and sometimes through loud and proud ignorance.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/asexuality-is-real-why-does-that-make-people-uncomfortable-3f3458041899?sk=be763120e51e32dcf692f8a75277335f
As a #bisexual person “hiding” in what looks like a heterosexual marriage, I realize that I’ll need to constantly out myself whenever I want someone to know the real me.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/my-bisexual-manifesto-6ee2ce713fba?sk=e435511dadefb514c77cc3bb96a39ac2
Teenage years hit me like a train. I wasn’t ready. So you could imagine how my world came crashing down when my dad said, “Rohan, you have to like women. What will your cousin say? What will mom say?”
https://medium.com/prismnpen/what-does-a-gay-teenager-say-to-the-world-c58aaf917f6b
You had to ruin everything, didn’t you? With just a few weeks to go, I almost made it out unscathed and undetected. None of you had a clue what was underneath.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-den-of-the-lion-gay-masking-in-an-unconventional-high-school-spy-story-0b694894a5d7?sk=9afc95bde23060a4c18bc7cdcb643f51
I couldn’t believe I was on a train in New York City, one of the most liberal places in the world, and someone was saying the word fruity, right to my face. I had to assume he still didn’t realize he was talking to a gay person.
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Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen how people getting mad at and criticizing games for apparently “going woke” has become an industry in and of itself.
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Hitting that key and launching my creation out into the universe was tough. But after spending several years shopping around for an agent and getting no one to bite it became clear that this was the only way to get it out there.
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I needed a Fairy Godmother ASAP, better yet a big sister. My therapist recommended the latter. In the beginning, I had no idea how to be the woman I shouted to the world that I am. How can one be a woman and not know how to be a woman? But I was!
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Less than 72 hours after asking for my hand in marriage, he broke things off with me. One fight, our first and only, and that was that. He soon moved on to the best friend he swore I never needed to worry about.
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