Out In The Bay

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‘Faux Queen: A Life in Drag’

Monique Jenkinson, a.k.a. Fauxnique, was the first cisgender woman to win the Miss Trannyshack Pageant in 2003, raising many glittered eyebrows in consternation and launching a performance career that has taken her around the globe.…Read more

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Author Dwayne Ratleff on ‘Dancing to the Lyrics’

Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black, poor and gay in 1960s Baltimore. As a youngster, his loving grandma taught him: “Don’t explain yourself, be yourself.” Ratleff has written an impressive, insightful, award-winning novel – a memoir really…Read more

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Utah prof: ‘Gender is queer for everyone’

According to author and academic Kathryn Bond Stockton, “gender is queer for everyone.” She doesn’t mean "queer" only in the LGBTQIA+ sense -- she means the dictionary definition: strange. “Gender is strange,” she writes,” even…Read more

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Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships

Quick, what's your sexuality? Most of us know roughly where we fall on the Kinsey scale that goes from zero (totally straight) to six (flaming faggot or butchest of dykes). But have you considered another…Read more

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A transgender experience in song and talk

When musician and educator Nick Lawrence shared his story with me, I understood "transgender" like never before. His album "I Am a Man" is about his personal journey. In original songs and in our intimate…Read more

Remembering Heklina & Stefan

‘Faux Queen: A Life in Drag’

Author Dwayne Ratleff on ‘Dancing to the Lyrics’

Utah prof: ‘Gender is queer for everyone’

Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships

A transgender experience in song and talk

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