Reproductive Health and Teenage Pregnancy: Tips for Providers
Curious about updates to standards around contraception, reproductive health and teenage pregnancy care, and safer sex for adolescents? Here are my livetweeted notes + some slides from a webinar...
View ArticleHonoring MLK: Racial Justice and Social Work
Martin Luther King Jr. getting quoted out of context is one of my pet peeves. Thankfully, that did not happen on Tuesday, when I attended a panel on racial justice in honor of his legacy. The...
View ArticleOn Facebook Silence Regarding Charleston Shooting
I usually post a lot about current events on Facebook, and I have no qualms about bringing POC struggles into White spaces, but my Facebook friends list has a lot of POC and I’m going to be limiting...
View ArticleOrgasm Justice: Are You Entitled To Climax?
Header image source: Getty Images / Mic If you’re a woman and listen to Nicki Minaj and Amy Schumer, sounds like you should be! But is there more to the story? Read on to find out. My colleague Rachel...
View ArticleStop Saying “Poly” When You Mean “Polyamorous”
Quick clarification [Added 09/05/15]: Please read the full article before commenting. This post is primarily meant to explore the confused, defensive, and sometimes outright racist/sexist/etc....
View ArticleGot Feelings About Non-Monogamy? Time To Share!
Update: Since this event passed, you can find the archive of the Tweets and conversation here. The chat was on FIRE, and the amount of responses definitely gave us all a finger workout. Non-monogamy...
View ArticleDavid Bowie: Time to Mourn or Call Out?
Every other week, I co-lead an all-gender process and support group. Last night, one of our topics of discussion was, of course, David Bowie. Some of the people in the room felt displaced, distraught...
View Article3 Things I Unexpectedly Learned From Jehovah’s Witnesses to Honor Martin...
Many people know Jehovah’s Witnesses as “those people who come to your door to talk about the teachings of God and aren’t Mormons.” You may also know Jehovah’s Witnesses as “those people who don’t...
View Article12 Ways To Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility Year Round
If you didn’t know, today is Trans Day of Visibility, started in 2010 by Rachel Crandall and now spearheaded by Trans Student Educational Resources. Unlike Trans Day of Remembrance, a day of mourning,...
View ArticleA Queer Latinx Mourning After The Orlando Shooting
I was back in my homeland of Puerto Rico—the first time in two years—for a professional conference when I heard the news about the Orlando shooting. I sat around a table, ordering pancakes as big as my...
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