Hey, Feminists!

Jan 12 Hey, Feminists!

Posted by Rayne in Columns & Articles, Gender, News & Opinion

Lego my girly Legos! On January 4th, SexFeed reported on a line of Legos for little girls. It started with a bit of research. Lego dedicated four years to learning all about little girls and what they expect from their building blocks. And what they came up with might surprise you. Or not. I wasn’t overly surprised. Turns...

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Gender Abnormal

Jan 03 Gender Abnormal

Posted by AndroAngel in Gender, Sexuality

What do men like? What do women like? Is it okay for men to knit? Should women really work on cars? Tell me, what is our society’s hang up with genitalia? We’re so focused on what’s between other people’s legs that we don’t even seem to care about what’s between their ears. I’ve already written about how I identify and...

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How I Learned to Love My Genitals

Nov 25 How I Learned to Love My Genitals

Posted by AndroAngel in Gender, Sexuality

Once upon a time, I didn’t realize it was okay to be anything but a man or a woman. I didn’t even realize that it was okay for me to want to be anything but the gender that matched my genitals. Even then, though, I suspected that I wasn’t a girl. That was a long time ago, and for many years, I tried to be a girl, then later a...

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On Stereotypes about Men

Mar 15 On Stereotypes about Men

Posted by Gabe in Gender, Sexuality

A couple posts back, I mentioned N, a new girl I was dating. It actually didn’t work out, and the reasons for that gave me a lot to think about. One major reason that has given me a lot to chew on, was that it seemed like she really didn’t like men very much. She had formerly identified as a lesbian, and though she’s been...

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On What’s In a Name

Feb 18 On What’s In a Name

Posted by Gabe in Gender, LGBQT

Sometimes people ask me what my birth name was. Or, if they’re really ignorant, they ask me what my “real” name is. Now, for years, I’ve just refused to answer because I simply didn’t want to. I didn’t like saying my former name. I didn’t like other people knowing it, and I certainly didn’t like hearing it. So...

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Transtastic: On Visiting the Va-jay-jay Doctor

Feb 04 Transtastic: On Visiting the Va-jay-jay Doctor

Posted by Gabe in Gender, LGBQT, Sexuality

Like many trans men, the idea of going to a gynecologist flips me out. I can’t speak for everyone with body dysphoria, but for me, the prospect of having a doctor poke around down there doesn’t really sound like a lot of fun. I mean, for that matter, I don’t know many people period who think a visit to the gynecologist is...

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Bisexuality

Jan 25 Bisexuality

Posted by Mistress Kay in Gender, LGBQT, Sexuality

Bisexuality. Such a small word to fit in my entire perspective on my sexuality. Until I started into sex blogging, I never knew there was such a myriad of different words to describe sexuality: bisexuality, queer, pansexual, heteroflexible, and so many others.  Bisexual seems like such a small word to describe something that is so...

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Transtastic: On Intimacy

Jan 19 Transtastic: On Intimacy

Posted by Gabe in Gender, LGBQT, Sexuality

After my last column, where I talked about how you shouldn’t ask trans people intimate questions as if it’s no big deal, I’ve been thinking a lot this week about this whole issue of intimacy and what questions are okay to ask. I’ve been thinking specifically about what I consider intimate information about me, in contrast to...

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My Father’s Gift

Jan 11 My Father’s Gift

Posted by Adriana in Family, Gender

I am a bastard. I don’t have a father. Let me explain, as much as I can. You see, I have never met my father nor do I know his name. What I do know is that my mother, for whatever reason, cannot tell me the truth. After her numerous and ever changing stories about this man’s identity, I realized this and stopped asking. In some...

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Part Time Transsexual

Sep 24 Part Time Transsexual

Posted by oliver Hyde in Body Image, Gender, Sex and Sexuality

Part-time Transsexual oliverHyde I have body image issues, but they’re not what you might think. I am genderqueer, and a very gender-fluid genderqueer at that.  There are some days where I feel like a girl, some days where I feel like a boy, and some days where I feel in between. The days where I feel like a girl kind of rock...

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Loving a Transgendered Parent: For the First Time

This week, I went on vacation to Disney World with my family. Unlike countless family vacations in the past, my dad didn’t come with us on this trip. This time, my second mom came with us. For the first time in her life, my MTF trans-parent was able to live as a woman, full-time, with the full acceptance of her family. For the...

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Age and Gender

Gender is, if anything, complicated. There are innumerable elements one could cite: masculinity/femininity, aggressiveness, clothing, speech, color preferences, body modification—the list goes on. But one element, I feel, is underexplored: age. Usually, we talk about two genders: men and women. If we are in the queer community, we...

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