If you asked someone raised in the Catholic Church about their feelings toward the religion, you would probably hear a lot of resentment. The only response I can give that question is, “It’s complicated.”
Welcome to Straight Talk, Queer Thoughts, The Press’ new podcast exploring gender and sexuality. In our first episode, hosts Vik Pepaj and Christiana Hadjipavlis discuss TERFs — or trans-exclusionary radical feminists.
News articles with biased sources and opinion columns presenting no factual evidence — this is the content The Times is putting out. Placing these articles under the banner of such a prestigious news organization gives them credibility and presents them as evidence to transphobic legislators.
Welcome to Unlabeled, The Press’ new podcast exploring gender and sexuality unbound by labels. In our first episode, hosts Samantha Aguirre and Antonio Mochmann discuss how labels inform our identities with guests Dmitry Khrabrov, Komal Grewal and Jenna Zaza.
The rainbow cast across the machzorim — that’s what this story is about. On Sept. 16, 2022, Yeshiva University banned the only student-run LGBT club on its campus. This is not their first fight. YU’s queer students have been struggling for an officially sanctioned place to belong for over a decade.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on June 8 that all 64 SUNY campuses will enact a chosen name and pronoun policy in order to respect and reflect the identities of transgender, gender nonconforming and nonbinary students.
Abbott, Paxton and other supporters of anti-LGBTQ policies pose their efforts as pleas to protect children from “abuse.” In reality, preventing children from gaining access to gender-affirming experiences that improve their quality of life would be truly abusive.
Everybody’s coming out is different. Queer realization can hit you like a bus or creep up over time — maybe even a combination of both. There is no right way to go about it.
Merely existing is insufficient. Resurrections argues that complacency and watching events unfold without acting is spiritually fatal. We lock away our desires and trauma ostensibly to free ourselves, but inevitably trapping ourselves in another prison. In the movie’s words: “Are memories turned into fiction any less real?”