Category: 2016 Summer – Labels
From the Editor: Labels
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, This month’s theme is Labels, a subject I spend considerable time pondering. I am a campus speaker, and one of my workshops is Choosing to Label: What’s in a Name. I could have filled this entire issue with my...
Read MoreLabel me with a B
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Rev. Francesca Bongiorno Fortunato I’ve been calling myself bisexual since I was eleven years...
Read MoreQueer: My Non-Label Label
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles
By L.B. Klein Like many folks who navigate the world as a woman, labels have always been assigned...
Read MoreAround the World: An Interview with Esperanza Monteiro, Madrid, Spain
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Around the World, Articles
Esperanza, 38, has been an activist since 1997, when she was a student at the Universidad...
Read MoreColor Wheel (or How I Figured Out I Was Genderfluid)
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles, Poetry
By Stella I am in second gradeI have the biggest crush on my teacherHe is kind and niceIn my...
Read MoreAt the Intersection of Bisexual & Latina
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Katherine Garcia I grew up in Puerto Rico and moved to the States with my family when I was...
Read MoreA Word for That
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles, Poetry
By Courtney Carola There’s a woman, with blonde hair that looks so soft, I long to run my fingers...
Read MoreShoe Society
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Why Not Both Co Why Not Both Co is a duo incorporating humor and inclusivity through online...
Read MoreLabel Drag
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Lila Hartelius The space between feeling and utterance is the chasm we try to weave together...
Read MoreThe Matter of Labels
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Keira Edwards-Huolohan I started with the label straight. Then, when I found out that you could...
Read MoreFour Times Labels Mattered & One Time They Didn’t
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles, Poetry
By S.H.G. One I meet you through a mutual friend. She’s only in town for a few days so she invites...
Read MoreIdentity & Play: My Life in Labels
Aug 3, 2016 | 2016 Summer - Labels, Articles
By Michele Spring-Moore When I co-founded a social/support group for bisexual women in my Western New York hometown in the late 1980s, the statement I heard most often at meetings was, “I hate labels!” This surprised me, as I’d...
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