The Censored Canvas: Queer Art in the Age of Online Censorship

As culture migrates to digital spaces, the two most dreaded words for queer artists are “community guidelines.”

12 AF Slava, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 Yentl, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 1000 CloudsDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Slava Mogutin, C - Homophobic Conspiracies, C - Porn Tycoon, C - Cannon Fodder

My Body and Other Adventures: My Pregnancy in Movies

What Gattaca, Venom, Bridget Jones, and Mad Max taught me about my pregnancy.

My Body and Other Adventu, Talia Squires, 12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 YentlDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Talia Squires, My Body and Other Adventures, C - Lying Bi

The Cruising Grounds of Tsai Ming-liang’s Slow Cinema

Amid the neon wash of urbanscapes thrumming with erotic energy, Tsai Ming-liang reveals the queerness beneath the surface of all things.

12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 Whiz Bam, 12 YentlDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Travis Jeppesen

Yentl, the Wonderfully Queer Yeshiva Boy

The unlikely tale of how a cross-dressing Jewish girl from the Old World inspired a Cuban-American lesbian in the New World.

12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 TSAI MING, 12 Whiz BamDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Anna Margarita Albelo, C - Pick Me

Whiz Bam!: The Video Gays That Made Me

For a gay teen in the 90s St. Louis, this queer video store was a top pick.

12 1000 Clouds, 12 AF Slava, 12 Censored Canvas, 12 Cinema Taiwan, 12 Joker, 12 MBOA, 12 TIB Erotica, 12 TSAI MING, 12 YentlDiana RamosJuly 1, 2024ISSUE12, Bradford Nordeen

The Messy Truths About False Rape Allegations

The online kangaroo court of public opinion is where due process and women’s safety go to die.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosJune 28, 2024Currents, Chris Ferguson

The Hypocrisy and Homophobia of Anti-Surrogacy Radicals

How far-right homophobia and radfem misandry have teamed up, once again, to stop the gays from having families.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosJune 13, 2024Currents, Daniel DeStefano, C - Can SAH Dads

The Common Ground We Dare Not Speak

In a time of supposedly universal polarization, highlighting common ground is a revolutionary act.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMay 24, 2024Currents, Chris Ferguson, C - Conspiracy, C - Academia Assholes, C - Liberal Socialism

Is Feminism Starting To Resemble the Religious Right?

Is Gen Z’s revolt against sex an act of rebellion or just conservative prudery?

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMay 17, 2024Currents, Sophie Saint Thomas, C - Anti-Surrogacy, C - QUERFS, Featured, C - Porn Tycoon, C - Polarized and Lonely, C - GamerGate

The Long, Whitewashed History of Communist Homophobia

Many activists insist that LGBT rights are an extension of communist ideology, but history says otherwise.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMay 9, 2024Currents, Alexander Von Sternberg, C - Karim, C - Homophobic Conspiracies, C - Donetsk

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.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMay 3, 2024Currents, Jamie Paul, C - Swallowed Machine

The Manic Pixie Bi Boys

In the 2000s, male writers dreamed up a trope of the ultimate fantasy woman. Now, female writers are creating their version.

Talia Squires, H - CultureDiana RamosApril 26, 2024Currents, Talia Squires, C - Cinderella, C - Leo Grande, C - Maestro, C - Shadows, C - Lying Bi, C - Pick Me, Featured, C - Zeudi, C - Two and a Half Men

LGBT Culture Wars: America’s Most Dangerous Export

American culture wars get halfway around the world before civil dialogue can get its pants on.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosApril 19, 2024Currents, Frances An, C - DnD Woke, C - Untapped

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.

H - Ideas, H - ScienceDiana RamosApril 9, 2024Currents, Jamie Paul

Easter, Trans Visibility, and the Death of Grace

The manufactured controversy over President Joe Biden recognizing Trans Visibility on Easter reveals the spiritual rot at the core of the culture wars.

H - NewsDiana RamosApril 3, 2024Currents, John Hyde, C - Cissy, C - Pope Francis

The Right-Wing Groomers Who Call Everyone Groomers

When it comes to the right-wing “groomer” police, methinks they doth protest too much.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosApril 1, 2024Currents, Joshua Eakle, C - Salty Boys, Featured OCT, C - Groomer Litmus, C - Two and a Half Men, C - Kremlin

Oh, Canada… A Liberal Immigrant’s Lament

The Canada my parents moved us to 50 years ago was a bastion of liberal freedom. Now it’s beginning to remind me of the country we fled.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMarch 20, 2024Currents, Obaid Omer, C - Alberta

Off the Reservation: The Navajo Nation’s LGBT Refugees

The Navajo Nation were once driven off their lands. Now, LGBT Navajos are being driven off by their own homophobes.

H - PoliticsDiana RamosMarch 15, 2024Currents, Timothy Wood

Does the Bible Bash Gays?

A theologian’s guide to the Bible’s stance on gay and bi sex.

H - Ideas, H - CultureDiana RamosMarch 8, 2024Currents, Robert M. Price, C - Easter, C - Ugandan, C - Pope Francis

Boutique Bogeymen: The Incel Panic and the Failure of Empathy

Incels have become one of the most reviled groups in affluent circles, but how dangerous are they really?

H - Ideas, H - CultureDiana RamosFebruary 23, 2024Currents, Chris Ferguson, C - DnD Woke, C - Olly Murs, C - GamerGate

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