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Posted: October 30, 2020
Intersex people are born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that don’t fit into our societal constructs of male or female (the gender binary). The outdate and more offensive term you may have heard before is hermaphrodite. Some intersex people have a combination of reproductive anatomy,…
Posted: October 25, 2020
10/26 pic Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire. As we come to the end of Hispanic Heritage Month, I thought I would…
Posted: October 24, 2020
This coming week, October 25-31, is Ace Week, formerly Asexual Awareness Week. It is a week dedicated to raising awareness and understanding for those who are asexual and aromatic. Ace is an umbrella term for individuals who may identify in a variety of ways: Asexual…
Posted: October 21, 2020
These words are wise and cliché and true. But learning to let go of our desire to be understood is hard. Especially when our hurt separates us from our families and their understanding. Maybe that hurt is due to growing up in a chaotic, neglectful,…
Posted: October 19, 2020
National Spirit Day is a celebration that was started in 2010 by Brittany McMillan who wanted to take a stand against bullying and increase awareness for the issues faced by LGBTQIA+ youth. You may wonder why it matters or what the big deal is, but…
Posted: October 14, 2020
October 11 each year is National Coming Out Day. This is a day to raise awareness of issues faced by individuals within the LGBTQIA+ communities and to raise awareness that homophobia and transphobia and all the phobias thrive in silence. National Coming Out Day was…