What is Asexuality? Yasmin Benoit Challenges 7 Myths
What is asexuality? For years the definition of asexuality has been misconstrued, leading to incorrect assumptions and damaging stereotypes. Yasmin Benoit is an asexual model, writer and activist trying to bring asexuality and aromanticism into mainstream conversation. As someone who has been openly asexual for the majority of her life, and speaks about asexuality on […]
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Jomana Siddiqui of modernEID Talks Islamophobia and Being a Woman in Business
Jomana Siddiqui began her business, modernEID, in 2011 after observing a consumer gap in available Islamic-inspired festivity décor. However, during her nearly ten-year journey with the brand thus far, her business has also led her to experiences as well as observations about social equity gaps in society as a whole. I had the pleasure to engage […]
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6 Body Positive Bralettes Designed by Women of Color
Shopping for body-positive lingerie can sometimes make your head spin – clicking between a million open tabs from store to store, weighing up all the options (decision fatigue is real), hoping to find something that’s actually in your budget; and before you know it, you’ve sworn off lingerie forever and plan to live in onesies […]
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10 Books By Trans Authors That Will Change Your Life
Trans authors need to be celebrated. In the current sociopolitical climate, the global public hears a lot about transgender people without hearing anything directly from us. We, the transgender community, are a class of people historically both vilified and ignored; hyper-visible in terms of societal derision and exposure to violence, and yet invisible in mainstream […]
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A Guide to Having the Queerest Quarantine Possible
If you thought the pandemic was going to stop you from living your queerest life, you were wrong! Although it’s a blast to party at the beach and stop into a gay club afterwards, you can have just as much summer fun (or winter, depending on where in the world you are) from home. The […]
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This Fashion Editorial Explores Transgender Identities in Contemporary India
The Innate Tendencies is a fashion editorial based upon the unique relationship between the body and the clothing; the non-binary gender identity merges two into one, rather than detaches the clothing from the body. To be transgender, or to resonate with a set of transgender identities, can indicate an overlapping set of meanings that embodies the […]
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Gender Neutral & Organic: Beauty Brands of the Future
In a time when being gender-neutral or genderfluid can be part of one’s identity, beauty brands must reflect the needs and wants of society. Now, with the convenience of online shopping, more brands are having their chance to shine. For decades, The Pink Tax was a normalized part of marketing beauty products, but the demand […]
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Disabled Model Julian Gavino on Dealing with Ableism & Disability Pride
Julian Gavino shares his thoughts on internalized ableism, living in an ableist society and what disability pride means to him. July marks Disability Pride Month. I would venture to say you probably have never heard of it though. Well, to be honest with you, neither had I up until a year ago, and I, myself, […]
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LGBTQ+ Stories: Being Queer in Nairobi, Kenya
I’ve lived in Nairobi all my life. And right from high school, I always felt like an outcast. Sometimes I hated my femininity especially after I studied in an all-girls’ boarding high school. To them, being queer was always synonymous to disease. I can’t even count the number of times I was summoned by teachers […]
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The Lust of Two Gay Lovers Expressed in a Fashion Film
‘Oh my GOD i hate you, BUT i love you!’ is a story about two gay lovers lusting over each other’s beauty while also showcasing their ups & downs throughout their relationship, which outsiders can’t seem to understand. The two lovers run through Koreatown in Los Angeles to express their lusty ways and crazy love […]
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