Category: 2020 Spring – Being an Activist
This is the Place: Building Utah’s 1 to 5 Club
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
By Shauna Brock In September of 2005, I crawled home to lick my wounds and start over after life...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Being an Activist
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist, Editor's Note
It’s been exciting for me to guest edit this issue because activism has been a consistent part of...
Read MoreAROUND THE WORLD: Anonymous, RUSSIA
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist, Around the World
I am from Russia and my country is homophobic. When thinking about Russia, it might not be the...
Read MoreActivism: The Moving Target
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
By Jenise Justice I would often laugh at my friend Lillie A. Estes (1956-2019), founder of the...
Read MoreMy Activism
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
Kate Michelle I joined the LGBTQ committee at my Catholic parish (a huge rarity) and I’m one...
Read MoreFinding the B in LGBTQ Activism
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
By Helen Parshall I think the process of writing this piece is a pretty good metaphor for being...
Read MoreLetters: Being an Activist
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
Dear BWQ, I just submitted my donation. I apologize that I couldn’t make as big of a donation as I...
Read MoreBi+ Community Organizer is More Like It
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
By Kim theBWordPoet When I first came out in 1999, I identified as lesbian. I became the President...
Read MoreMarching Isn’t the Only Way to Be Visible
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
By Kamille Washington I’m terrible at protests. Terrible. I have no patience for sign-making, I’m not a natural yeller, and big crowds send me into genuine panic. If the revolution calls for a march, I’m afraid I won’t be much...
Read MoreTo Bi, Or Not to Bi
Jun 17, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
By Mari Wrobi It was my partner’s first Pride. He was new to identifying as bisexual and excited...
Read MoreSimple poetry // to resist and to reveal // grim realities
Jun 16, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist, Poetry
By Martine Mussies (Cyborg Mermaid) For living on this planet, I pay “rent.” I contribute to the...
Read MoreI Have This Body for a Reason: Truly Diverse Well-Being for an And/Both/All World
Jun 16, 2021 | 2020 Spring - Being an Activist
By Laura-Marie River Victor Peace I feel in between, in many ways, enjoying liminal spaces...
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