, are much more modern and only acquired their current meanings in the last century. in the 1860s, bisexual originally referred to bodies that exhibited female and male characteristics, so it was a stand-in for our modern term intersex —and it was only 50 years later that people began to...
The House of Hidden Meanings: a Memoirby RuPaul (5th) Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchises, RuPaul’s ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both ...
With their signature prose, at turns bold, muscular, and luminous, Shayla Lawson travels the world to explore deeper meanings held within love, time, and the self. Through encounters with a gorgeous gondolier in Venice, an ex-husband in the Netherlands, and a lost love on New Year’s Eve...
In this chapter, I review the literature on asexuality and its implications for parenting research and LGBTQ-parent families. First, I explain the meanings of asexuality through a review of its competing definitions and the evolving vocabulary of sexual and romantic dispositions within the asexual ...
Like any community, the LGBTQ+ world is full of terms, phrases, slang, acronyms and abbreviations – and it’s not always obvious what thir meanings are at first glance. That’s where the PinkNews Ultimate LGBTQ+ Glossary comes in. We’ve attempted to gather simple definitions for every es...
Definitions Butch: a subtype of lesbian identity that is more focused on masculine characteristics; thought to prioritize their partners’ sexual pleasures over their own. Femme: a subtype of lesbian identity that is characterized by an outspoken, defiant, and courageous personality; advocate for ...
With their signature prose, at turns bold, muscular, and luminous, Shayla Lawson travels the world to explore deeper meanings held within love, time, and the self. Through encounters with a gorgeous gondolier in Venice, an ex-husband in the Netherlands, and a lost love on New Year’s Eve...
However, we fully acknowledge that the meanings of these words to those in the community differ significantly, and we further recognize the important scholarship about the unique experiences of various sexual minorities (Black et al. 2002; Doan 2007; Gieseking 2020; Hemmings 2002; Nash and Gorman...
Discussions of these threats can become a part of contemporary political discourse, and lead to passage of and/or changes in laws and policies [33,34]. Throughout most of the world, emerging and evolving definitions of sexuality and gender—and wider acceptance of these conceptualizations—are ...