Identity
Over The Moon
Welcome to my series if it's your first time, welcome back to my series if it's not your first time! The story so far... This series gives LGBTQIA+ people's perspectives on Tarot cards. Tarot is a set of symbols added on to playing cards, depicting a spiritual journey, used for meditation or fortune telling. Catch up with the characters we've met so far by clicking on these links for The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Empress, The Emperor, The Hierophant, The Lovers, The Chariot, Strength, The Hermit, the Wheel of Fortune, Justice, the Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, the Devil, the Tower, and the Star. The version that's thought of as the basic traditional Tarot, from which the myriad of decks are influenced and inspired, was drawn by mixed race bisexual lady Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith, whose insights I'm sure made it into this art commission given her by straight white men. So I asked LGBTQIA+ Tarot users online to give me their viewpoints on the cards, and the result is this series!
By Steph Cole3 years ago in Pride
The first time
I’ll keep this day, hands bound under floorboards of memory. In a locked room, too scared to open, until the curve of your neck gave me courage. This moment - a defining event...a civil war won, the fall of Vicksburg, there will only ever be a before and after this coming together.
By Netherland Poetry3 years ago in Pride
A Timeline of my Transition
Hi there! I'm Danny, a non-binary writer and parent. In 2022, I began microdosing testosterone. This means taking less than the standard dose of 50-100 mg weekly. A microdose or low dose of testosterone is considered to be around 20 mg weekly. There's not much research out there on microdosing and its effects on AFAB people, so I decided to write down my experiences for those who are considering doing it themselves, or just looking for more information.
By choreomania3 years ago in Pride
Tower Blockage
If you're new here: This is a blog series giving LGBTQIA+ people's perspectives on the Tarot cards. Tarot is a set of symbols added on to a deck of playing cards, depicting a spiritual journey, to be used for meditation or fortune telling. Catch up with the characters we've met on the journey so far by clicking on these links for the Fool, the Magician, the High Priestess, the Empress, the Emperor, the Hierophant, the Lovers, the Chariot, Strength, the Hermit, the Wheel of Fortune, Justice, The Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, and the Devil. The particular version that's thought of today as the basic traditional Tarot, from which the myriad of decks are influenced and inspired, was drawn by mixed race bisexual lady Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith, whose insights I'm sure made it into this art commission given her by straight white men, whatever their expectations of her might have been. So I've asked LGBTQIA+ Tarot users in online groups to give me their viewpoints on the cards, and the result is this series of blogs.
By Steph Cole3 years ago in Pride
Pronoun Badges: Supporting Gender Identity in the Workplace
However, according to Totaljobs, 60% of transgender employees have suffered workplace discrimination. The same study revealed over half of trans workers felt they had to hide the fact they are trans from their co-workers.
By Adam Johnson3 years ago in Pride
Bearded (Demi) Lady
If you try to picture someone who has a beard, would you automatically imagine a man? It wouldn’t be surprising or even wrong if you did. Facial hair, however, is just one of the numerous things that are unnecessarily gendered and labeled as something that is masculine and can only be masculine. By society’s standards, a beard is something that is exclusively for men while biological women do not have hair on their face or chest.
By Sarah Rhoden3 years ago in Pride
We Shouldn't Care If Someone's "Faking" Being Queer For Attention
There is this odd narrative that gay, bi, and trans people are just being queer for attention. For the past couple of years, there has been a lot of discourse around the concept of "transtrenders" (i.e., people who allegedly aren't "real" trans individuals and are just identifying as such for attention). Before this, countless straight people claimed this same thing for gay and bi people. We were "just being dramatic" or "going through a phase."
By Alex Mell-Taylor3 years ago in Pride
Book Review: Shannon Molloy’s FOURTEEN
If you have been following my pages you will have probably noticed that there are a few subjects that I have a keen interest in; two of which are Australian books which feature LGBTQI themes or characters, along with real life LGBTQI histories of people who grew up gay in rural Australia, just like I did.
By Mark 'Ponyboy' Peters3 years ago in Pride
