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If Only We Could Remember: Being Queer and Indigenous in the South

Posted on November 15, 2017

A photo of queer indigenous activist Eydka Chilomé.

I am an unapologetic queer indigenous femme woman, activist, artist, and educator with hair on my legs and under my armpits. I currently live in a place called Texas where I bear witness to police killings, klan/neo-nazi rallies, confederate flags, and trump propaganda—essentially white supremacy wrapped in the violently-appropriated indigenous Mexican aesthetic of the “cowboy.” Today, the u.s. South yells the same war cry that my ancestors have heard over and over again—a proud declaration of settler colonialism. …

A Seat at The Table: Justifying Queer Femme Identity

Posted on June 25, 2017

Justifying Queer Femme Visibility: Photo of queer femme and Spectrum South co-founder and editor-in-chief, Megan Smith.

I often say that femmes are—to quote Garbage—the queerest of the queer. We walk a lonely line between passing in, but not belonging to the straight world, and belonging to, but being invisible in the queer world. …

The Road to Truth: Finding Strength as a Queer Parent

Posted on June 12, 2017

A photo of queer woman Laura McGuire at Axelrad Beer Garden in Houston

I am a queer woman, Dianic witch, feminist, femme, multiracial woman, and southerner. I was born in Tennessee, grew up largely in Florida, and now proudly call Texas home. I am a certified sexuality educator, doula, yoga instructor, and a mom to two amazing kids. Needless to say, I am never bored! But while I can now claim these identities as my own, I spent most of my life trying incredibly hard to be someone else.…

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If Only We Could Remember: Being Queer and Indigenous in the South

A Seat at The Table: Justifying Queer Femme Identity

The Road to Truth: Finding Strength as a Queer Parent

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