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Pixie Stormcrow is one of my favorite erotic romance writers. She publishes books on wattpad and amazon (as well as other online retailers). I’ve read The Will to Serve and Bound by Red. Both were so innovative and like nothing I’ve seen before in the erotica genre. I’m so thrilled Pixie agreed to let me […]… Continue reading Breaking Gender Stereotypes in the Romance Genre: An Interview with Indie Author Pixie Stormcrow — Jyvur Entropy’s Book Jam

Photo: Ted Eytan via Flickr The coronavirus pandemic has put the LGBTQ community at increased risk for severe illness and death if they develop COVID-19. A lifetime of systemic discrimination and poorer health outcomes can make older LGBTQ people especially vulnerable, according to LGBT advocates. Response to the pandemic has created even greater isolation, increased […]… Continue reading COVID-19 is hitting older LGBTQ adults especially hard — Healthy and Happy

Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel came together in a different world. The women fell in love in 1947, when norms around living openly as a gay person in the United States were far from what they are today. Though essentially inseparable from the moment they met, Donahue and Henschel kept their true relationship a secret […]… Continue reading New top story from Time: The Story Behind Netflix’s Late-in-Life Coming-Out Documentary A Secret Love — technopc

For Lesbian Visibility Week, A Lesbian and Her Laptop will be releasing a series of 8 lesbian guest posts all week long! This post by Chelsea Jones, delves into the intersection of lesbian, ace, and trans identities. Read all identity posts here. First, there was silence. A long, uncomfortable silence, as thoughts were born and… Continue reading Lesbian Visibility: Doors Unlocked And Open — a lesbian and her laptop

[ad_1] LGBT rights campaigners have voiced concern after the government’s equalities minister said she wanted to protect under-18s from “irreversible” decisions about their gender. Liz Truss‘s comments came as she announced that the government’s long-awaited response to a consultation on reform of transgender rights legislation, which closed in 2018, will be delivered by the summer.… Continue reading LGBT+ campaigners concerned over government plan to protect under-18s from ‘irreversible’ gender decisions — VPN Promotion

LGBTQ-owned businesses improvise to stay afloat amid COVID-19 pandemic April 22, 2020 at 1:35 pm EDT | by Chris Johnson LGBTQ-owned businesses improvise to stay afloat amid COVID-19 pandemic Share Tweet Email Share Lucas Mendieta (left) and Nathan Perry are the owners of Cutting Edge Elite in New York. (Photo courtesy Cutting Edge Elite) With […]… Continue reading LGBTQ-owned businesses improvise to stay afloat amid COVID-19 pandemic — befarmed.wordpress.com

As late as the 1950s, no one associated American political parties with gender. The Democrats and Republicans remained doggedly male for decades after women entered the system. Then, starting in the ‘60s and’70s, men and women developed different voting tendencies, and party programs gradually converged with men’s and women’s preferences on the issues. By the […]… Continue reading Gendering American Politics (Part II, 1980-1994) — Fear and Anger

Today I read an article by Melissa Harrison and Margaret E. Montoya called ‘Voices/Voces in the Borderlands: A Colloquy on Re/Constructing Identities in Re/Constructed Legal Spaces.’ I came across it when looking for articles on autoethnography in law, an approach to research and writing that intrigues me, since it allows self-reflection and the autobiographical “I” […]… Continue reading Legal Education in The Borderlands — Catalyze your story, speak your truth