Dr. Acquaviva believes trans patients should not have to educate their providers. She uses her experiences as a cisgender lesbian social worker who is often misgendered to help her fellow providers competently care for transgender patients. Continue reading Patients & Providers: Expect Excellence
Kameron had several close relationships throughout his young adulthood. Each friendship or partner led to a new breadcrumb about sexuality, gender, expression. It was through other people that Kameron was inspired to mold his own identity. Continue reading Featured Voices: Convergence
What happens when an introverted feminist academic tosses off her big black nerd glasses and succumbs to a brutal crush on a hard-rockin’ Texas boygirl? “Queer Rock Love” reminds us that our trials and tribulations can sometimes become powerful sources of community and connection. Continue reading Featured Voices: Welcome Moms and Dads! …And, Uh, Partners
This is the last installment as I tirelessly recount all the books I read last year. You can take Part 1 and Part 2, stitch it together with Part 3, and you’ve got the whole entire list! These should also appear in the ever-growing up-to-date LGBTQIA Reading List. LGBTQ-themed Fiction and such (Adult) Blue Boy, by Rakesh Satyal The author writes a fictional auto-biographical account … Continue reading Yearly LGBTQ Book Review, Part 3
As I mentioned in Part 1 of my year-end/year-start exhaustive book list-turned-reviews, this is quite long. At least I saved the better part for later, or however that saying goes. At this point, it’s worth mentioning that there is going to be a Part 3 as well, so brace yourselves. These have also been added to the ever-growing up-to-date LGBTQIA Reading List. LGBTQ-themed Fiction (YA … Continue reading Yearly LGBTQ Book Review, Part 2
Since it’s the New Year, people like to cop out of writing real blog posts by compiling a list. And I’m no different than the general population, except for the fact that I hardly cop out of writing a post because it ends up being something with substance anyway. So, here’s a list of the books I read last year (or as best I can … Continue reading Yearly LGBTQ Book Review, Part 1
Since I posted the not-so-comprehensive LGBTQIA Book List, I’ve done a fair amount of reading, and more excitingly, discovering. Here’s a rundown of all the new books I’ve come across that are definitely worth looking into. (Note that I’ve added the new ones to the soon-to-be-comprehensive LGBTQIA Book List.) I am J, by Cris Beam J is a half Jewish, half Puerto Rican, FTM transgender … Continue reading LGBTQIA Books Update
LGBTQIA Reading List LGBTQIA Books Being the curious cat (or mouse) that I am, my mind has ingested its fair share of books, ranging from theories of cultural evolutionary psychology to the neuroscience behind 3D depth perception, to the complexities of P=NP and and infinite dimensional vector spaces, to troubled teens questioning their sexuality and their gender. Yes, I am an addict, and YA Queer … Continue reading LGBTQIA Reading List
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