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I am very sorry to let readers know that the motion to fully include trans kids in Minnesota school athletics has been tabled until December. This is necessary to follow FEDERAL LAW. But a bunch of loud pretend Christians have managed to make enough noise to put it off. I try not to say thatContinue reading “Tabled”

Here is an email I just sent. If you are a local who supports trans* kids in our schools, please know a concerted effort to deny these kids participation in school sports as the gender they identify is underway by the right-wing Child Protection League. If you’d like to write them but are at aContinue reading “Open Letter to the Minnesota State High School League”

I found this deeply moving, and related to it so entirely, that I want to write reams and reams and reams about it. Instead, I am beyond words: The fact is that all women are targets of gender policing. We’re punished when we don’t conform to femininity, because we’ve stepped outside of our “place.” We’reContinue reading “On My Butchness: from The Toast”

Have a story about bisexuality you’d like to share? The Bi+ Story Project has gone live! Our stories matter. These stories and surveys will be collected for research purposes, to combat bi invisibility, and possibly for a documentary on bisexuality in the future. Please share and contribute if you’d like! http://www.bistoryproject.org/

It’s Bisexual Visibility Day! I was going to make a joke about this, like: “for the zero point one of you who doesn’t know I’m a queer,” but this is rather serious, actually. Because our culture generally assumes monogamy (and is generally correct), when we settle down with long-term partners people then assume we areContinue reading “This is what a bisexual looks like”

Put on your gi Put on your gi Put on your gi Put on your gi Put on your gi Put on your gi Put on your gi Put on your gi Get in the car close the door put on your seatbelt put on your seatbelt put on your seatbelt please exit the vehicleContinue reading “My parenting this morning:”

OH MY GOD you guys Mary Rickert, World Fantasy Award winner, brilliant short-story writer and novelist, and deeply kind and helpful soul is offering help with people’s manuscripts for a ridiculously low fee!!! If you’ve ever wanted a pro to look over your work and give you pointers, she is the REAL DEAL. What anContinue reading “Aspiring writer looking for mentoring/feedback?”

WHAAAAAT THIS IS WONDERFUL!!!! Christopher Barzak In all the hustle and bustle that lead up to the release of “Jamie Marks is Dead” I failed to report a fantastic bit of news that occurred in mid-July. As I’d mentioned in an earlier post back in May, my short story collection Before and Afterlives had been nominatedContinue reading “Before and Afterlives and The Shirley Jackson Award”

YES! Naomi Kritzer has started her election coverage! In-state people: she is extraordinarily helpful. Out-of-state people: she is HILARIOUS. I have linked to her first one (hit ‘back’ if you want to see her ‘oops I flaked out on a primary’ post, too): http://naomikritzer.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/election-2014-senate/ YOU’RE WELCOME!!!