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Scarleteen Mix #8: Strut Your Stuff
Big day? Fighting with insecurity? Got a hot date? ARE the hot date? Starting a new project, school or job? Going to do something where everyone's watching? Coming out? Just got tested or asked for what you really, really wanted in bed for the first time?
This Place
I’ve changed dramatically because of this place that never insisted I change. This place where it didn’t matter how—or even if—I was sexual gave me sexuality as something I could live. Sex became something I could know about, talk about, do, enjoy and choose. My body became livable. Imagine that.
Is My Friend Faking Her Sexual Orientation?
Anonymous asks:
I’m an almost sixteen year old bisexual girl. My sexuality took me a while to come to terms with, but I didn’t fully realize it until this year, after I broke up with my first boyfriend. It’s been quite the ride, from horribly puzzling feelings about my ex best-friend to weird thoughts and dreams that made me feel wrong, especially since I live in a conservative household....
Sexuality in Color: Japan's Terrible Anti-Trans Court Ruling
On Friday, the Japanese Supreme Court voted to uphold a law that requires transgender people to be sterilized before their
We Won't Let Anyone Slip Through the Holes in the Grates
A young writer powerfully talks about what it's felt like to experience some of the blatant and painful anti-trans bias and rights violations of the Trump administration.
Passing as What? All About Passing Privilege
What do trans people mean when they talk about "passing privilege"? And is it always a privilege?
Sexuality in Color: Where “Latinx” came from (and where it might go)
Is "Latinx" just some weird made-up thing from the internet? How do marginalized communities reshape language to define themselves?
We love you so much, we made you a mixtape.
We made a few of them, actually. And we're going to keep making a couple of them to share with you over every month, because some of us love making mixes and all of us love all of you!
Disability and Dating: I'm Sexy, Seated, and Single Forever
It took a long time for me to come to terms with my singledom, but now that I'm here, I couldn't be happier.