LGBT Valentine’s Day often remains unseen
Valentine’s Day has historically been a heteronormative holiday that exploits human intimacy in order to sell commodities. Allowing LGBT people to openly celebrate this holiday …
Posts tagged queer
Coming out in the hills of Appalachia
The final Dr. Bert C. Bach Creative Writing Initiative reading of the year was held on Nov. 12 at the Reece Museum as debut poet Savannah …
2018 midterm elections show America’s lean for change
In a close race for the Senate and the House, the nation spoke up for the change it wanted to see. Though the Republicans expanded …
Fourth Wave Feminist Movement now underway
Since American feminism’s foundations began, critics and society at large have skewed the connotation of what feminism is and strives to become as progress is …
LGBTQ lexicons the public needs to know
With the upcoming TriPride event in Johnson City, everyone is encouraged to come out and see the parade and participate in the fun-filled activities. For …
‘Carmilla’: From web series to film, a review
In 2014 a small Canadian production company teamed up with the Kotex brand to produce a little web series that would soon grow an international …
Slam poet’s reading elicits emotional response
Editor’s note: Poet Andrea Gibson identifies as gender-queer. Gender-queer individuals do not adhere to the he or she pronouns and instead choose to adhere to the pronoun they. The East …
Get In Formation with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson
As a part of the Queer in Appalachia series, sponsored by the ETSU Department of Women’s Studies, ETSU alumna and multi-rights activist Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson …