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Cybercare: Survival Skills for Online Anxieties
Furry Fox Anxiety in Second Life In 2009, when I was living in San Francisco, one of my many part-time jobs was to sit in MSM (men who have sex with men), online chat rooms and talk to cis gay men...
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KOKUMO: I came to change
KOKUMO, portrait by Kiam Marcelo Junio As summer fades into the past, I want to relive one of the finer moments for community here in Chicago. On July 29, I went to Union Park with three friends. We...
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When Death Doubles Down
"Life is not linear!" This week I was shaken back into my past, my “pre-transition” past, when I learned that my significant other of 5 years died very suddenly. Death takes me off guard. Besides the...
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Transgendeer Organizing: All Politics is Local
Rural issues and queer tactics In honor of the elections, I will not focus on the presidential race — as I assume everyone knows how they will (or will not) be voting. However, I would like to focus...
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Remembering Lois Bates
Minister Lois Bates (1970-2011) Over the weekend my Facebook feed cued me to see that exactly one year ago, our communities lost an incredible leader, advocate, mentor, and dear friend to so many, Ms....
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HALE’S 2012 REDUX
Dear OP friends: Farewell 2012! We made it another year! After Chaz Bono’s debut on DWTS in 2011, I thought 2012 would be a major disappointment. Alas, I was so wrong. Although the holiday card (along...
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What Is Your Transgender Architecture?!
When I was a kid, I used to generate endless floor plans of my future dream home; there were usually several geometric-shaped decks and courtyards to promote outdoor living (and to celebrate right...
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In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion: It’s the Transgender Month of Action!
Every action makes a difference. March 1 marked the launch of the Transgender Month of Action and kicked off an historic campaign to educate and encourage unions to bargain for trans-inclusive...
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“NO HETERO!” Smashing Borders and SIRviving in Chicago
H. Melt (photo by Janie Stamm) Tonight I went to Young Chicago Authors to attend a book launch party for H. Melt’s SIRvival in the Second City: Transqueer Chicago Poems. I’ll get to the book itself in...
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Pregnant Males Infiltrate Chicago
Marketing Shame? Chicago Department of Public Health Reimagines Masculinity & Stigma What’s that you ask? Well, at first glance, you might suspect and maybe even celebrate that trans masculine...
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