After so many months without live theater, music, and dance, shows and tours are finally starting to return, much to the delight of folks that love live performances and were not able to attend or …
A Call for Action on Trans Day of Visibility from a Young Trans Southerner
This year, Transgender Day Of Visibility feels timely and extremely necessary. Trans people, and trans youth especially, have been in the news constantly in the past few months – but mostly due to the wave …
Q&A: Cora Webb from We Are Family Sounds Off on Pushing Back Against Regressive Legislation in South Carolina
South Carolina’s 2021 legislative session has been a harsh reminder that complacency is dangerous when dealing with harmful and discriminatory legislation. Just in the past few weeks, a near-total abortion ban passed both chambers of …
A Young Nonbinary Southerner’s Hopes for the Country on Inauguration Day
For the entirety of Donald Trump’s presidential administration, I have been afraid and angry. Afraid that protections afforded to marginalized people in past years would be reversed by Congress or the President himself, afraid of …
Q&A: Angela Chen Talks About Asexuality, Representation, and Her New Book, Ace
Asexuality is still misunderstood by many people both inside and outside of the LGBTQ+ community. It is sometimes called an “invisible” identity, in part due to its lack of representation in media. A new book …
Q&A with Maia Kobabe, Cartoonist and Author of ‘Gender Queer,’ on Non-Binary Identity, Art, and More
While LGBTQ+ media representation has greatly improved over the past few years, one area that is still severely lacking is trans representation, especially non-binary stories. As a young trans person without many adult non-binary role …
Telehealth Hormone Medication Service Plume Seeks to Fill a Major Need for Transgender Patients Nationwide
Gender-affirming healthcare for trans people can be a lifesaving resource. Unfortunately, access to gender-affirming care continues to remain an uphill battle for many who seek treatments such as gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), or hormone replacement …
Southern Equality Book Club: Q&A with Saeed Jones, Author of How We Fight for Our Lives
If you have been struggling to focus on anything recently, you are not alone. With so much going on in the world – from a global pandemic to a long overdue reckoning about anti-Black racism …
How I Led my GSA to Take Down an Anti-LGBTQ State Law in South Carolina
Note: This piece was written by Eli Bundy, a rising junior at a high school in South Carolina. They are the president of their school’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance, which served as the named plaintiff …
