Quinn Rhodes (he/him)

@onqueerstreet
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Freelance journalist and sex nerd. Bi #trans guy writing about shame, queer culture, and how capitalism is incompatible with sexual liberation.

You can subscribe to Genderbent, my newsletter exploring gender and transmasculity, at https://www.genderbent.co.uk/.

You can read smut and listen to #AudioPorn on my very #nsfw #SexBlog at https://onqueerstreet.com/.

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Latest articlehttps://www.gaytimes.com/life/love-sex/what-is-t4t-trans-for-trans-dating/

Mostly unrelated, but how on earth is the word MENSTRUAL triggering safe search?!

(Feat. @404mediaco.)

It turns out you can't say the word 'genitals' on LinkedIn...

[Edit: @neil has pointed out that I also use the word 'fucked', which could be the actually issue here.]

Which sticker should I put on the front of my new notebook?
Patreon have denied my appeal to reinstate my account after they deleted it for violating their community guidelines by creating written porn zines! Merry Christmas to me, I guess.

TODAY: The Dyke Project are organising a phone and email blockade on Wes Streeting between 12-5pm in response to him indefinitely extending the ban on puberty blockers for trans youth – leaving them without life-saving healthcare

If you're based in the UK, PLEASE try to find some time today to send an email or make a call. Mass involvement is crucial.

Phone and email script (plus more info) here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vJkrd8S5jTp_klTVSYSbtmxiLVokZnca_LeuhjFlc9Y/edit?tab=t.0

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDeOxfRMeQG/

Drop the Ban - Phone & Email Blockade 12/12/24

WES STREETING PHONE & EMAIL BLOCKADE - Thursday 12th December 2024 Call on Wes Streeting to drop the ban on puberty blockers! Yesterday, the government permanently banned puberty blockers for trans youth under 18 - one day after Northern Ireland. The ban will remain in place and not be revie...

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Today's cruising the internet section includes:
– writing by Frankie de la Cretaz and Jem Collins,
– a podcast hosted by Amelia Lander-Cavallo and co-produced by
Adam Zmith & Leeanne Coyle,
– books by Sofie Hagen and Tatenda Shamiso,
– a brilliant Instagram reel by Ellen Jones (plus a link to pre-order her book!), and
– art by Louie Läuger!

I’m very excited to announce the launch of Gender Neutral Urinal Press!

October 2024 marked SEVEN YEARS of me writing about sex, and to celebrate I made a zine. Or rather, I finally got my shit and am ready to send out the first batch of Porn By Post zines. Porn By Post is going to be a series of mini zines – containing a piece of erotica not published online – mailed directly to you every two months. (🍆📮)

I forced myself to go for a walk in the rain and now feel infinitely better. (Though very wet and muddy.) 🍂

I'm writing about DENTAL DAMS for Gay Times, and I want to talk to folks who use them (or would if they were more easily available) as part of their safer sex practices!

Do you have strong feelings about dental dams and their inclusion in discussions around STIs and safer sex, and would you be for answering some questions for me? If so, please email quinn@quinnrhodes.co.uk. (And if this isn't you, I'd really appreciate you boosting this post!)

#GaySex #SaferSex #OralSex

I’m speaking at Bi Pride 2024 on Saturday! I’m so excited to be moderating BISEXUAL EDUCATION, a discussion about the state of sex education right now and how bisexuality is and/or should be incorporated into sex ed.

Joining me on the panel are some incredible bi folks: Leanne Yau, Joni Ayton-Kent, Hugo Vaillancourt, and Dr Emma Chan. If you’re in (or near) London, please come and join us - and if you’re not, all of the #BiPrideUK2024 panels and performances are being live-streamed!

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Mostly unrelated, but how on earth is the word MENSTRUAL triggering safe search?!

(Feat. @404mediaco.)

@onqueerstreet @404mediaco

So alpha macho he men don't get squicked by accident.

@onqueerstreet @404mediaco the fuck?

Kids shouldn't learn about something that will happen to half of them while still children?
@onqueerstreet @404mediaco They buy their keyword lists from companies that employ underpaid data entry staff in low-income countries with a system of values that is incompatible with the West?
@onqueerstreet
Way back when people like Emma Goldman were writing frankly about reproductive healthcare and getting Comstocked, people providing back street care or mail-order nostrums would use terms like "menstrual irregularity" instead of "unwanted pregnancy". Could be the search terms lists are looking back in time to predict what alternatives people might find for banned terms
@404mediaco