The Modern Queer

Progressive Sexuality:
The chronicles of a queer sex educator and her trusty side kick, social justice!

GoodVibes: How to Choose a Lubricant

loversintransition:

Lube is a wonderful thing — it reduces friction and adds slippery, feel-good fun to all kinds of play. With certain types of sexual activity (like anal sex), lube is a necessity. To find the perfect lube for you, take a few things into consideration: ingredients, what kind of activity you will be using it for and personal preference regarding consistency (cream, gel or a liquid).

See our Lubrication Information Chart for a handy list of lubes at a glance.

It's still legal to be fired for being trans in the following states:

transqueerwellness:


Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Note: it still happens in states not listed.

Also: zero recourse for being eliminated from the employment pool through denial of access to education or housing. or being eliminated at the interview because “what would the customers think???”

And yeah some of the states listed and not listed are “at will” or “right to work” employment states, which means you can be fired at any time for any reason, and no reason is required. so they can just fire you and NOT tell you it was because you came out as trans and you have little to no recourse.

I didn’t even mention things like: sky high unemployment and underemployment, legal harassment, and healthcare denial.

via projectqueer: via socialistexan:

The criminalization of black America

mmmajestic:

anticapitalist:

  • There are more African American adults under correctional control today — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began.
  • As of 2004, more African American men were disenfranchised (due to felon disenfranchisement laws) than in 1870, the year the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified, prohibiting laws that explicitly deny the right to vote on the basis of race.
  • A black child born today is less likely to be raised by both parents than a black child born during slavery. The recent disintegration of the African American family is due in large part to the mass imprisonment of black fathers.
  • If you take into account prisoners, a large majority of African American men in some urban areas have been labeled felons for life. (In the Chicago area, the figure is nearly 80%.) These men are part of a growing undercaste — not class, caste — permanently relegated, by law, to a second-class status. They can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in employment, housing, access to education, and public benefits, much as their grandparents and great-grandparents were during the Jim Crow era.

for people who want to read more accessible writing about the raced and economic contours of the prison industrial complex, check out Are Prisons Obsolete? By Angela Davis