i am hugo or huga (no pronouns / they / them), identifying myself as queer, trans- & beyond-the-binary. i was born (in 1989) and raised in (the land colonially known
Writers Ricky Tucker and Karmen Michael Smith discuss the intersections of the Black church and Ball Culture, bell hooks, Beyoncé (of course), and books that need to be written.
A Black, straight man disrupts his notion of allyship and masculinity when he encounters the Ballroom communities in Toronto and New York.
One hot summer day a group of passionate friends and family congregate at Jersey city hall to protect a historic landmark for the House/Ball community, and America at large.
The formative theorists in Kim TallBear’s life are not just humans; they are also the landscapes and waterscapes of the places she inhabits. She writes how this is especially important for Peoples who are formed co-constitutively with place. Read on to see how she relates this to non-monogamy.
In this letter to Kim Tallbear, Simon(e) van Saarloos explores non-monogamy’s connection to place, examining the relationship between time, failure, and expertise.
Past intolerances return to haunt a tormented woman in a review of Georgia Oakley’s new film Blue Jean.
Must the artist struggle in order to create works that move the culture? Writer Ricky Tucker explores this question with Charly Dominguez, NYC artist and Ballroom community organizer.
The origins of “pato” in Queer Boricua lexicon.
When LGBTI+ people occupy physical spaces alongside other social groups in struggle, a solidarity network becomes possible. That is dirsek teması.
When a translator borrowed the term “gender” from English, the Bulgarian conservative right found a new word to weaponize.
Anna T. reads the Dictionary of the Queer International and tells us how it moves her.
