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fashion

Hello, reader.  How’s life?  A good friend-housemate asked me about fashion.  He’s learning more how to sew.  He makes beautiful embroidery and quilts.  But now he wants to make clothes too. Oh, but what about gender?  He is a he/they trans enby person.  He doesn’t wanna wear a dress these days.  But maybe he wants… Read More »

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coming out once

“Wow!”  I said to Ming.  “Can you imagine coming out once?” Hey, reader.  How are you?  Have you come out, and if so, how many times?  I can’t even count mine on my hands. I was reading little bios of the board of a local org, and I read about the years that two board… Read More »

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how beautiful Ming is

Just in case you forgot how beautiful Ming is, here’s a picture of him in bed.  He was sleeping good, and his armpit is nice.  His beautiful brown hand, his dark elbow, his smooth chest, his serious sleep expression as he moved through dream world.  You’re welcome. Feeling grateful for all he does and is. … Read More »

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terfs

Hello, reader.  How are you?  Are you friends with any TERFs?  TERFs are trans-exclusionary radical feminists.  That’s the acronym. In my experience they’re old lesbians who are cranky about gender.  They might call transwomen “a man in a dress.”  They feel that woman-ness is an exclusive club they suffered to be in, so they get… Read More »

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gender over time

Hello, reader.  How are you?  How’s your gender?  A good friend told me they were curious how my thoughts have changed about gender over time.  So I’ll try writing about it. gender over time When I was a kid, I went to church and school.  The teacher would call us “boys and girls.”  This was… Read More »

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slutty lesbians

“Maybe we should do a ritual to summon some slutty lesbians,” my housemate friend suggested.  We had been talking about Sappho.  My friend told me that Sappho was the original lesbian.  Yes, OG. I said something about Sappho being slutty, and how the lesbians I’ve known were not slutty.  They’ve been straight laced and tame.… Read More »

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I’m here for the lesbians

“I’m here for the lesbians,” I told my dear housemate.  “Imma head to the lesbian exhibit.” We had entered the museum, all six of us, and were greeted by a visibly queer worker who wore an anti-TERF button.  They talked to me about museum admission rates, not mentioning the special SNAP rate. “Is there a… Read More »

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inappropriate

Hello, reader.  How are you doing?  This post may be inappropriate for some viewers.  Proceed with caution if you have an innocent mind.  Content warning: sex. tag team “Do you know what tag team means?” I asked Ming. We were lying in bed talking.  I’d just published the post on Noam Chomsky that mentions tag… Read More »

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this dyke

There’s a new song by Kimmortal–I love it.  It’s a sexy song called This Dyke. Wow!  I like the video.  But I adore the song by itself. The mood is so erotic and nice.  And I like the holy water.  Yes, sacred pleasure and connection with queer energy.  It’s healing. my femme Ming looks like… Read More »

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transgender day of remembrance

Hello, how are you doing?  Ming and I tabled zines at a transgender day of remembrance, here where we live now in Oregon.  Wow, it was intense. We make little altars wherever we go.  The only one who can protect me from sliding to death in my grief is the Mother of God.  I held… Read More »