BELOW THE BELT

Recently I’ve found Scotty and Kevin’s relationship on Brothers & Sisters to be a bit boring, but I did appreciate a recent episode where they talked about the online search process for surrogacy. I...

Today is the eleventh annual Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), a day when trans people and allies are encouraged to pause and remember the people who have died in the previous year for the simple crime of being trans (or even, in the case of one person on this year's list, loving a trans...

In spite of efforts made by anti-gay marriage advocates, New York State's highest court ruled unanimously against the challenge, which would have revoked the recognition of same-sex marriages performed outside of New York, as reported by the New York Times.In their majority ruling, four of the...

Historicizing HeterosexualityUntil recently, Le Petit Robert (the French equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary) defined “heterosexuals” as people who experience a normal sexual appetite for individuals of the opposite sex. Th...

Discouraging news regarding the newly trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) bill which was scheduled to receive a mark up from the House Committee on Education and Labor this wednesday has been put on indefinite hiatus...

After a month of avoiding my topics of expertise, I think it's best we just dive right into the geek jargon and misguided extrapolation of socio-sexual themes in picture books of men in tight underoos.A math professor whose name and likeness I've purged from memory to make room for obscure slang...

Rihanna speaks out about being beaten by her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, and her decision to go back to him, and later decision to leave him.I think it's good that she's speaking out on this topic. "F--- love." We hear so much that "love conquers all" etc, but it doesn't, and it shouldn't...

Not entirely shocking news comes out of Maine this morning. Maine voters approved a voter referendum repealing the gay-marriage legislation passed earlier this year by the Maine Legislature...

Nowadays, Halloween isn't much of a holiday for me; I rarely make special plans for it or bother to get a costume--and considering the average woman's costume--Sexy Ninja! Sexy Vacuum Cleaner Salesperson! Sexy First Lady!--that's maybe for the best...

Or, why I'm finally proud to be a Cubs fan (the last 101 years haven't given me much reason to be). From bitchmagazine.org.If you live in Chicago or are a Cubs fan, it's not news that the Ricketts family just bought the Chicago Cubs...

Jason (aka Queeriously) joins us from his geeky gay blog, Scarlet Betch:I have always loved fantasy. Be it high fantasy a la Tolkien or Lewis, or B-list magic pony fantasy of the Tamora Pierce variety. I also love gaming... so, naturally wherever the two shall meet I'm so there...

After coming out, many trans women go through what I call the “FAQ Hag period”, where large portions of our day are spent answering the inane and often times inexcusably intrusive questions from friends, relatives, classmates and the random “friends of friends” we added on Facebook without knowing...

Offensive much? Thoughts?Thanks to manonetheside for the tip./end genderblender

When it comes to the movement, as it has been dubbed, we forget and often times leave out our allies. We also forget when we come out that it’s not just us but our families that go through the crap that we do, especially if you live in a rural area like I did growing up. ...