Paul, Jamie

Jamie Paul

MANAGING Editor

Jamie Paul is a writer and editor based in Greater Philadelphia. He's the Managing Editor at Queer Majority, Contributing Editor at Bi.org, and the Founding Editor of American Dreaming. He graduated with an aptly-named BS in film from Drexel University in 2008 and has a background in business. Jamie's interests include reading, ice hockey, pasta, British comedy, history, philosophy, and touching grass.

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Articles by Jamie Paul

Can 80% of Society Really Be Irredeemable Transphobes?

Society is far from the anti-trans hellscape activists portray it as, but if we follow the road they’ve started down, eventually it will be.

How to Fix What Ails Trans Activism

Where radical activism caused only anti-LGBT backlash, liberal-minded trans activism must do the work of persuasion and compromise.

The Secret Double Lives of LGBT Iranians: An Interview With Majid Parsa

When same-sex love can spell death, gay and bi Iranians party like there’s no tomorrow.

Simply Unerasable: The End of Gay Biphobia

Gay and lesbian communities may never fully outgrow their biphobia, but bi people will outgrow their reliance on gay and lesbian communities.

A Puritan’s History of the United States

From the pilgrims to the culture wars, Americans owe their star-spangled urge to become heretic-hunting, purity-obsessed sexual busybodies to the Puritans.

Swallowed by the Machine: An Interview With Ewan Morrison

Ewan Morrison’s sci-fi thriller, For Emma, takes AI and the crisis of meaning to their most horrifying logical conclusions.

The Conspiracist Rorschach of Queer Majority

Your guide to the bizarre world of Queer Majority conspiracy theories.

The Kindred Spirits of Queer Witchcraft

Today’s witchy subcultures are queer as hell — but how queer was historical witchcraft really?

Lying Bi Omission: Hollywood’s Retconned Bisexuals

Blockbusters have more bi characters than ever, but you’d never know it from watching the movies.

The Doomsayers Were Wrong About Same-Sex Marriage

20 years of data paint an unambiguous picture: when LGBT people win, everyone wins.

When It Comes to Free Speech, Elon Musk Is a Cissy

Elon Musk rode into Twitter headquarters like a conquering free speech warrior. But all he did was choose different targets for censorship.

The Phantom “Queer” Menace

Critics are convinced that the rise in LGBTQ+ identification is driven by the TQ+, but that’s not what the data says.

Is The Rainbow Mafia Turning Everyone Gay?

28% of Gen Z is LGBT. Has being queer become a craze or is there more going on?

The Summer That Sings in Maestro

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic takes a few liberties, but it hits all the right notes on the Maestro’s bisexuality.

Bi Fruitful and Multiply: The Genetics of Bisexuality

Some critics think that younger generations are more bi because it’s trendy. New research shows otherwise.

The Youth Sex Drought Is Not Evenly Distributed

The data shows that young straight people are having less sex than ever — but bi folks are doing better. What explains this divide?

Brazil is Wrong To Imprison Homophobes

Asking people to choose between free speech and LGBT rights is a disaster in the making.

The Culture Wars Come For Sex Research

Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey has been dead for generations, but he still lives rent-free in Republicans’ minds.

Florida's War on Pride

A new law in Florida is forcing Pride parades back into the closet.

Banning Anne Frank's Diary, in the Name of Freedom

Hysteria over Anne Frank’s bisexuality shows the religious right’s true colors.

Queer is Cool: What Was Once Stigmatized Has Become Aspirational

First, they oppress you, then they tolerate you, then they celebrate you, then you become boring, and then you win.

Why Not Both: Could Bisexuality Be the Norm?

As the data keeps rolling in, humanity just keeps getting more bi.

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. And to All of Us

“We could use some more sex saints right about now.”

Beholden to the Mob

Writers and content creators set out to capture an audience. In so doing, the audience captures them.

What We All Do in the Shadows

“Vampires may have no reflection, but they are a reflection of us.”

Let the Cops March At Pride

As the LGBT community becomes mainstream, why steal defeat from the jaws of victory?

Overturning Roe and the GOP's Continued Descent Into Extremism

With Roe v. Wade struck down, is marriage equality next?

Elon Musk, Twitter, and the Value of Fuck You Money

Love him or hate him, Elon Musk might just be what Twitter needs right now.

“OK Groomer” and the Dangers of Crying Wolf

The left says everyone’s racist. The right says everyone’s a groomer. And words continue to take a beating.

Misunderstanding Peter Tatchell

Peter Tatchell believes that as LGBT rights are accepted, fewer people will feel the need to assert a gay or straight identity. Why do some activists see that as bad news?