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You were wrong about me

I was talking to a close friend I’ve known since I was a teenager this week, and I noted that I was about to reach a significant milestone in my Ph.D. program. She commented that it was amazing because when she met me, my dyslexia was so bad that I couldn’t write a decipherable sentence. […]

The psychology of Texas fascism

Yesterday, I learned that a Trumpist gunman was menacing people a few blocks from a school off of Wallisville Road. The gunman said that he was trying to provoke a reaction: The gunman picked the Sonoma Subdivision where the median home costs more than a quarter million. Built in 2005, the subdivision is located in […]

Warning: Houston Klan Culture

This afternoon, a couple were accosted in Southwest Houston by what appears to be an incel harassing and threatening them with Nazi/KKK hate.

A Cure for the Generational Trauma of Klan Culture

The KKK would pass out fliers with caricatures of non-heteronormative people, warning the public that people like me were dangerous. I remember the KKK marching in the streets carrying signs that instructed the adults around me to “frag a fag” in order to “save our children.” I also remember when a popular Houston mayoral candidate, Louie Welch said that the best way to address the HIV epidemic would be to “shoot the queers.”

Putin didn’t Count on American Racism

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It’s ironic that the thing that’s going to bring Putin, Tumpism, and Brexitism to its knees is the very racism it was built upon. When Putin attacked Syria, the West really didn’t seem to care, I think, because we were mostly talking about the murder & suffering of brown people & Muslims. When Putin attacked […]

The KKK, Passing, Race, & Gender

I grew up at a time when the KKK and evangelical leadership teamed up to fight against queer employment equality. I grew up during a time when the KKK would pass out fliers with caricatures of effeminate gay men warning the public that people like that were vile and dangerous

Another cool thing

You know, it’s a cool thing to wake up and find something like this in the morning. It helps to offset the Q-level ranting that I tend to get from people who are convinced that I’m being paid by George Soros to trick all the little children into deciding to not be cisgender anymore.

Cool thing to wake up to

Unfortunately, my contact form was misconfigured and did not send the sender’s email. I fondly remember everything this person describes and am so very happy to hear that she is doing well! Thank you for contacting me and for letting me know how you’re doing!

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