Today I was asked a common question- how can you be heterosexual but not straight? How can you be homosexual, but not identify as gay? What does that mean? Well, let’s back up. To be fair, I use in everyday life a language usually saved for queer spaces. Words your everyday straight-acting gay… [Read more…]
May 9, 2011
I believe that language shapes culture as much as culture shapes language, and that when we are at a loss for words to describe ourselves, we risk losing parts of ourselves. Surely they are lost in translation. Whether we know ourselves or not, does anyone else? How can we as queer people express identities… [Read more…]
December 7, 2010
Alright, so I know it’s a little late- Brokeback Mountain came out in 2005. But I avoided watching it until recently, my response to media hype invariably Scrooge-like. Now, I love queer film. I’m practically a collector. Expecting the dramatic gay love story it has the reputation of having, I checked it out, ready for… [Read more…]
November 23, 2010
I think the “It Gets Better” project is positive. I think it means well. But I also see that for some of us, a large some of us, it is potentially as dangerous as all the mean schoolmates in the world. I see happy metropolitan gay men of privilege telling young gays and lesbians that… [Read more…]
November 4, 2010
Sorry I haven’t posted anything in awhile- my attempt at college/adult responsibility and my uncanny ability to lose laptop power cords has prevented me from accessing the internet or my computer. That being said, here is something wonderful that I, as a die-hard faggot nerd and trekkie, adore. Amidst the suicide and suffering of late,… [Read more…]
October 13, 2010
“A queer has two options available to hir: stop being queer, or live as a warrior.”’ I’ve begun to think in dualisms, which historically I hate, since returning to a normative world. A queer person may either stop being queer, live as a warrior, or leave mainstream society altogether, live in a place like Short… [Read more…]
September 14, 2010
TRIGGER WARNING: violence, queerphobia, discrimination, rape language This week I want to give you an example of a day in the life of someone who presents themself the way I do. This is how genderfuckery is met in our ‘progressive’ Canadian society… Americans take note: if you live in an American city, the social climate… [Read more…]
August 17, 2010
Yesterday (Sunday, August 15th) was Divers/Cité, a.k.a. Gay Pride in Montreal. To queers, what I’m going to say will sound like beating a dead horse, but to some I know this is worth publishing. I know that most fags enjoy the clubbing events (be they foamy or topless) without thinking about where the money comes… [Read more…]
July 20, 2010
This weekend was fantastic. I spent five days in Montreal, Quebec. Every time I visit Montreal I have an absolutely fantastic time. When visiting previous roommates (darlings, the lot of them) they said of my writing a blog, “Where do you find the anger to write? It’s hard to be angry from Montreal”. It’s true,… [Read more…]
July 13, 2010
When I read a book I tend to google it to find out what others have gotten from it. Before I read a book, I like to have an idea of what others thought about it. Yes, it’s true; I am a googleing whore. Steve Jobs has me putty in his nutty hands. When… [Read more…]
July 5, 2010
Recently, a friend of mine (and friend of the community) was denied service at a barbershop in the Glebe. For those who have never known the duldrums of Ottawa, Ontario, the Glebe is the wealthy, young, yuppie area South of downtown. Jade (as sie will be referred to) does NOT have a lot of hair.… [Read more…]
June 9, 2010
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