Category: Gender and Sexuality

San Jose Poet/Artist/Activist and East Side's Queer Extraordinaire Yosimar Reyes gives his 5 tips for queer boys (with art from artist/activist Julio Salgado currently running a project called UndocuQueer.)

When Cesar told his sister Stephanie that he met a "Tahitian girl" on the internet, she began her investigation into this international chatting experience.

I always knew I was queer. And when I learned what my church thought of people like me, I started making trouble.

Journalist and author Fariba Nawa shares her journey through Afghanistan with the book Opium Nation.

San Jose Poet Yosimar Reyes writes about the first time he was called "joto", a spanish word that is often used derogatory towards folks that identify with queerness, two-spirit, LBTQQI.

Jean Melesaine reviews the film "Pariah" directed by Dee Rees. The film is based on a Brooklyn teenager who juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Feministing.com features our very own Jean Melesaine. She speaks on how she found her way to her life calling of helping others and being a voice for people of color. Anna Sterling of feministing.com interviews Jean and gives us insight to one of the Bay's hardest souls, and the struggles that she has overcome.

The Brown Boi Project releases a new guide for transgendered men of color. Drawing from the experiences of a diverse set of cotributors fro across the country, the publication is a groundbreaking tool for communities to heal and be heard.

San Jose Poet/Artist/Activist Yosimar Reyes premieres his new segment of "Queer Conversations" with lgbtq folks from San Jose and the greater Bay Area. In this episode, he sits down with 16-year-old Vanessa to talk about coming out, identity, and what the terms "jump off" and "homie hopper" means ...