In the previous article on asexuality, this often invisible and misunderstood sexuality has been explained. If you don’t know a lot about asexuality already, make sure to read that article first! Now, we’ll go a bit more in-depth into the misconceptions that come along with the invisibility of asexuality. This invisibility is being fed by […]
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You don’t like all those labels and flags. You find it extremely overflowing. It makes you roll your eyes. You don’t understand why I cry because of what you say. You say I can just be a U, unique. Everybody can be a U. You say I don’t need labelling to be myself. You say […]
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Asexuality is an underrecognized sexual minority. There is a serious lack of both awareness and acceptance of asexual identities by the general public. What is asexuality actually and how does it differ from celibacy? How do asexual people function in a hyper-sexualized Western society? The lack of research on asexuality fosters the stigmatization of asexual […]
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All series and films reviewed below can be found on Netflix. There are no big spoilers in the reviews, as I merely focus on the parts on pansexuality. All of them are definitely recommended. PODCAST VERSION reading time: 10 min Cable girls (Las chicas del cable) Cable girls takes place in Madrid in the first […]
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PODCAST LINK What are biphobia, panerasure and monosexism? Bi and pansexuality are both a non-monosexual identity, and seem very similar. Even bi/pansexuals seem to use the labels freely depending on the situation. But there are some differences, mainly in terms of stigma and prejudices. The stigma on non-monosexual identities is more severe than on lesbian/gay […]
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Time to read: 10 min.Author: Maysa Mariposa. Podcast version Pansexuality: fluidity, stigma and mental health What is pansexuality? What does it mean? What are the prejudices and stigmatic beliefs about people who define themselves as pansexual? And what are the consequences of (interiorized) stigma on their mental and sexual health? Pansexuality is a little known, […]
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ESSAY Reading time: 20minAuthor: Evelien Feys This essay was written in response to this post about ‘comphet’. ‘Comphet’ is a contraction of ‘compulsory heterosexuality’. In contemporary (mostly online) discourse, it refers to the idea that heterosexuality is so self-evident and expected that lesbians can be convinced that they are actually into men. These women are […]
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This article is based on a text written by a variety of authors on the topic of compulsory heterosexuality, with an extra note of the editor of this blog on the validity of all sexualities and how they can change throughout your life. The full master document provides a very good overview of the most […]
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Author: Evelien Feys.Time: 10 min You have probably noticed that in many forms of the acronym, be it LGBT+, LGBTQ+ or LGBTQIA+, there is a ‘+’ at the end of it. This post will give you some more information on why people put it there and what it can mean. So what does the + […]
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There has been some controversy surrounding the question whether straight actors can or should play LGBT roles. The answers have been very short and very simple: usually it’s something along the lines of “yes, it is called acting”. But this question is actually a very complex one, and sassy one-liners really don’t do the job […]
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