There are few words that really make me cringe, as I’ve pretty much heard it all, but there’s one that still makes my skin crawl, and that’s the F word. No, no, not the four-letter word we hear every ...

Brecken Hunter Wellborn (he/him) is an educator and critic based in Dallas, Texas. He holds a Master of Arts in Critical Media Studies and teaches film studies. His writing and research areas include ...

Something not openly talked about or widely addressed in the LGBTQ+ community is how "internalized queerphobia" continues to cause challenges in the lives of LGBTQ+ people. We cannot talk about ...

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For entrepreneurs of color, the pursuit of success can often feel like an uphill battle. While fellow entrepreneurs are doing well, scaling their businesses, building their teams, and getting national ...

Internalized homophobia is our greatest obstacle as queer people. No one gets to the heart of that better than Rupaul, who asks contestants on his award winning television show, Rupaul’s Drag Race: ...

After controlling for depression, internalized stigma is negatively associated with lower levels of self-esteem and personal control of pain, a study shows. Internalized stigma refers to the ...

In my recent post “Is LGBTQ community infighting a sign we’re becoming our abusers?, I asserted that “we certainly can and should challenge one another when we disagree on views, actions, terminology, ...

It can be hard for teen girls with disabilities to reject the stereotypes they see in the media and in the able-bodied population. MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (WOMENSENEWS)—I didn’t find out I was autistic ...

A lack of self-acceptance can hurt you. It can also hurt your partner. More than 1,000 gay and bisexual men surveyed at gay venues in Atlanta were more likely to be both victims and perpetrators of ...