Tag: community
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How To: Get Out There
I’ve been experimenting with a lot of different blog article themes lately, and this time around I wanted to write a guide! It’s easy for me to just write up on theory and try to convince people to implement that into their lives, but that’s not as effective as just giving straight instructions on what…
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The Myths of Activism
Activism is a word that gets thrown around radqueer circles a lot, it’s a concept that our community latches onto, hoping that someday “activism” will save us. We see a lot of people (including myself, admittedly) calling themselves activists, and they wear that title like a badge of honor, garnering respect from people in the…
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Something’s Gotta Change
What is the fediverse? Most people would say that it’s just social media, a place where people can run microblogging instances that all federate with each other, and where people can post cat videos, selfies, and “the weekend.” But to radqueers, paraphiles, and MAPs, it’s community.
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Life Being Doxxed
It’s not usual for me to post more than once a month, but someone on my org’s Tumblr sent an anonymous ask wanting to know what it was like being doxxed and how it’s affected my life, and it didn’t seem appropriate to post there so I figured I’d post it here, since it seemed…
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Turning Point
Last week we held my organization, Beyond the Plus’, first monthly socials, and there was a lot to unpack. In a good way!
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Divisions & Unity
I know it’s not like me to push out so many blog posts in succession, but this is a topic important to me that I wanted to write about and that I talk about a lot: division.
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The Importance of Community
Last night I met up with someone who had never met other MAPs before, but it wasn’t just us, it was with my other friends too. Someone who felt alone a day ago now has friends that they can talk to about anything, people they can go to the bar with, or go to the…
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Happy (Late) Alice Day
Alice Day was yesterday, and I forgot to make a post about it. I guess I was just too busy to remember, but busy doing what? Hosting an Alice Day picnic of course!
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Our Stonewall
I’ve heard time and time again that MAPs need a “stonewall”. Stonewall refers to a series of riots against law enforcement who were pestering gays back decades ago, and it had a lasting impact as a pivotal gay rights event. People say we need ours, but no one wants to throw the first brick because…