the umbrella of ignorance
I am currently in a safe, loving, intimate partnership with the human of my dreams, and it makes me want everyone to find love in their…
drag: a trans feminist perspective
Jesus Genderfucking Christ, so many things I can say about drag being both trans empowering and transmisogynistic/cissexist. Usually, when folks are praising drag, I try to…
the stories we do not tell
tw: anxiety, self-harm, cutting I was almost 15 when I started to cut myself. That July, a powerlessness I had felt for a long time became…
why i’m against gay marriage
(and straight marriage for that matter)
anti-trans feminists defend the patriarchy
the patriarchy hates trans women Anti-trans feminists say that the patriarchy wants them to redefine what a woman is to include transgender women. The patriarchy. Think…
far between: sara jade and candice
The Far Between project is an effort to document the stories of people whose lives are in some way connected to sexual and gender minorities and Mormonism. Their…
“why can’t we just be people?”
By Lucas CW: slurs, homoantagonism, assault, transantagonism, misgendering, dysphoria, suicide, overdose; references to sex work, alcoholism, death, and marijuana. I was eighteen years old when I…
you call me weird like it’s a bad thing
We live in a terrible world where so many members of marginalized groups are sexually assaulted, have hate crimes practiced against them, harassed by police, incarcerated,…
you don’t want me
**I know that individual members, leaders and even congregations want ME to be in the Church. I would like to thank them for their words of…
just a friendly reminder (from a trans* person)
Just a friendly reminder that some men have vulvas and some women have penises. Just a friendly reminder that there are more than two genders. Just…
a time to dance: art, celebration, and laughter in activism
“Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy. The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only…
part 7: building up a queer zion
This blog post is the last section of a seven part essay called “Finding the Queer Christ in Mormonism.” (You can read the first section of…
Young Mormon Feminists 