Its pride month again! Last year I wrote this post explaining why Pride is still celebrated. I stand by what I said there, but over the past year I have grown, as has my experience. This year for pride month I will be getting a little more personal, not because I feel the need to … Continue reading On bi-erasure and coming out
Yesterday I participated in the second annual women's march. It was powerful, empowering and inspirational, but I didn't want to be there. A protest for human rights should not be an annual event. Still, we came together and we marched. Thousands of people gathered around 11 at the Park Strip. After hearing from a few … Continue reading On the women’s march
Recently I attended a kind of top secret research project about LGBTQ+ sex ed. It taught basic sex ed info (STI and pregnancy prevention, violence prevention, etc) and talked about self-advocacy (which I talk about in this blog post). As most of you know, I'm super passionate about sex ed, especially when its inclusive. This project … Continue reading On LGBTQ+ sex ed
First off, apologies for the long hiatus. These past few months have been an undertaking, bringing me to the subject I want to talk about: self advocacy. In short, self advocacy is the ability to advocate, or stand up for oneself and ones own beliefs. I think it runs much deeper than that. For me, … Continue reading On self advocacy
As most of us know, June is LGBTQ+ Pride month. The first official pride celebrations started in 1970 in honor of the 1969 Stonewall Riots. The first pride march, called the Christopher Street Liberation Day March took place in 1970. Since then, the movement has expanded to week long festivals all over the world. Since … Continue reading On pride month
Traditionally, gender is binary, or split into two options: he and she. Gender fluidity, agender, intersex, and other non-binary identities challenge this idea. The idea that gender is more of a spectrum with masculinity and one end and femininity at the other is becoming more accepted. For society to be inclusive and respectful to all identities … Continue reading On pronouns
Consensual nonmonogamy is the practice or desire of having multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all parties involved. Recently there has been a push for nonmonogamy to be recognized as a sexual identity, so let's talk about what exactly it means. To start, some definitions of common terms: Closed relationship: This is the 'traditional' … Continue reading On consentual nonmonogamy
Intersectional feminism is a phrase that has been thrown around a lot recently. It can be a confusing concept, but it's important to understand. Intersectionality is a theory or study of intersecting social identities and how they relate to systems of oppression or discrimination. Translation: things like race, orientation, identity, etc create a bunch of … Continue reading On intersectionality
Part of my goal is to get some comprehensive, inclusive sex ed out there. Based off my experience in a high school health class, I can assume that most teens, at least in Alaska, aren't getting the information they need. I was taught a week long lesson of abstinence only sex ed and was a list of contraceptives and … Continue reading On inclusive sex ed
Early this year, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that in addition to repealing the Affordable Care Act, Congress is also working towards defunding Planned Parenthood. While no definitive steps have been shared, it is assumed that this will happen by blocking clinics that provide abortion in addition to general women’s health from receiving federal funds. … Continue reading On the defunding of Planned Parenthood
