Preaching for Pride Month
This piece is adapted from a sermon I wrote to preach at Sojourners UCC Church in Charlottesville on Sunday, June…
queerness
Coming out in Academia: After the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
This piece was originally I was trained to not come out. It wasn’t specifically about hiding my gender identity or…
So you’re trying to figure me out?
I am a divorced pansexual queer femme trauma survivor. I am a smart successful sensitive spiritual progressive Jew. I am…
Queer Identity: More Questions than Answers
I didn’t realize it would be so hard to be queer after I got married. Seems like it should have…
State your name and pronoun: Framing and Phrasing
This post is a follow-up to this one, which I wrote earlier this week. At the beginning of this month,…
My name is Mimi, and you can use “she” and “her” to refer to me
The first time I was asked to share my name and pronoun, I felt pretty upset. Why make gender…
Doing Femme
Yes, wearing makeup can be a feminist act. Wanting to appear feminine and femininely put-together can be a feminist desire….
Better, Bolder, Hotter
First: watch this video. Lyrics here. Rebecca Drysdale made this video for Dan Savage’s It Gets Better Project, and I…
The Gender Jungle Gym
What is gender? Without using gender categories like boy, girl, woman or man, the term is hard to define. Here’s…
Homophobic Bullying As a Sign and Symptom
Judith Warner just posted a blog about the topic I brought up two weeks ago — kids calling each other…