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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Jul 30, 2026

The reports and video footage flooding social media were chillingly clear. A white van had mounted the pedestrian path in Tiergarten, right near the main stage at the Brandenburg Gate, driving straight into the crowd at speed before slamming into a tree. https://medium.com/prismnpen/queer-blood-on-tiergarten-cobblestones-what-berlin-pride-reminded-us-of-38e40898f0b7?sk=bf2e2bde82e691a5d6a79de768324760 #LGBTQ #Berlin #BerlinPride #Politics

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Jul 19, 2026

Rapinoe hadn’t committed a heinous crime, nor had she associated herself with a radical political movement or a religious cult. She didn’t utter some scandalous, ill-considered statement. All she’s guilty of is using her First Amendment right to make personal statements in support of the trans community. https://medium.com/prismnpen/a-i-presents-a-threat-to-lgbtqia-folks-3d942979a9b8?sk=4b6332cc207e72d6dcfaafe67bb4f349 #LGBTQ #USPolitics #AI

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Jul 15, 2026

For years, decades actually, I’ve let my family off the hook for votes that hurt me as a #gay person. Those days are over. Love has to be shown. https://medium.com/prismnpen/if-you-love-someone-lgbt-quit-throwing-them-under-the-bus-fe26cefc8dd5?sk=407f0a4d7e92bd7a9215698bd8b104bd #LGBTQ #USPolitics #HumanRights

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Jul 08, 2026

The Supreme Court have turned back the clock on modern gender science and reintroduced the segregational logic of the Plessy v. Ferguson, an 1896 ruling which legally justified “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites. https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-us-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-transgender-segregation-in-sports-944cdbc7be2e?sk=376ab84e095e7ec8d4a9441233995bfe #LGBTQ #USPolitics #Transgender #Sports #Segregation

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Jul 05, 2026

Asexual people are almost by definition completely innocuous, and #asexuality shouldn’t bother anyone because it literally is just about not experiencing sexual attraction the same way non-asexuals do. This shouldn’t be something that encourages major angry reactions from people, and yet here we are. https://medium.com/prismnpen/asexuals-belong-at-pride-despite-what-certain-anti-trans-influencers-say-42b3b1b695ca?sk=62f78b1199140a415fbbe0a24adb2923 #LGBTQ #Pride

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Jun 28, 2026

This is a #gay story. Gay men were allowed to die because the government had decided that gay men did not count. That is the specific, documented, unambiguous truth of what happened. https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-aids-crisis-wasnt-a-failure-of-government-or-media-it-was-a-decision-b4cb38124608?sk=c6bb107dc3992df695e80c9fb445164c #LGBTQ #USPolitics #AIDS #Bigotry #Pandemic

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · May 07, 2026

The deacons told Dad they couldn’t be responsible for what might happen if he continued bringing Black folks to our White church. Even at 12, I recognized the violent threat barely hiding in their words.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/i-grew-up-in-a-sexist-racist-homophobic-world-thats-rushing-back-bd9ad73738bf?sk=7f837c909d2730b8efc8b74ba82758ed

#LGBTQ #HIstory #Bigotry #USPolitics

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · May 06, 2026

Recent industry reporting points to a decline in #LGBTQ+ representation across television, with entire characters and storylines disappearing altogether.
But the disappearance is not neutral, it follows a pattern.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-quiet-return-of-lesbian-erasure-6743bd79500f?sk=fd57f316895d5f76346d3bd085e162dc

#Lesbian #Queer #Representation

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · May 01, 2026

I make a coffee, walk shirtless into the garden, sit down in one of the chairs and let my flat, hairy chest get some sun. And as a good journalist, I open my news app — just in time to find out that I am now, legally, a woman.
Happy Birthday to me, I guess.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/no-mans-land-how-i-feel-as-a-trans-man-in-the-uk-in-2026-953665cd59e1

#LGBTQ #Transgender #UKPolitics #Gender

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Apr 11, 2026

Normally I leave a comment, but this one merits a full article, especially given the stakes and how things have heated up in the last year regarding trans rights. As with everything else I’ve seen from Tara, she misses the forest for the trees. From what I can tell, she isn’t even on the same battlefield.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/lets-make-sure-we-re-all-in-the-correct-fight-for-trans-rights-and-beyond-adc6a1284cf5?sk=5945a84975113f02cace59685b2fc32b

#LGBTQ #Transgender #Politics #TransRights #CallOutPost #QueerWriters

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Feb 23, 2026

If his question wasn’t enough to prime the pump for a lively, particularly memorable conversation, my retort did the trick:
“When,” I parried, “did you decide to be straight?”
This counter query was what provoked his incredulous “What?” And our verbal jousting was off to the races.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/when-did-you-decide-you-were-straight-7f83ff970f01?sk=6d141afe5ed28a00c05a0cbb6e85ff7d

#LGBTQ #Gay #Straight #Dialogue

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Feb 23, 2026

My mother told me how much, as a 1980s kid, I loved He-Man. For most of my life, I believed that to be true until I really thought about it.
Why does He-Man mean nothing to me now, but I can’t watch She-Ra transform without feeling goosebumps?
https://medium.com/prismnpen/pronoun-princess-my-first-trans-role-model-was-she-ra-ceb4e3808535?sk=e2db984dd1eb7b242a52d5a9d1a43301

#LGBTQ #Transgender #Identity #SheRa

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Prism & Pen @prismnpen@stranger.social · Feb 23, 2026

It’s not just about me hiding, about me suppressing my trans identity.
It’s about so much more. There is so much I want to say, so much I want to complain about. I want to be able to tell someone that I’m not doing well and I just want to be hugged for it. None of that is possible right now.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/im-transgender-true-happiness-starts-with-your-true-self-74a52afa7671?sk=8cafbcf8aa38d19262d3c244e9ae52af

#LGBTQ #Transgender #MentalHealth #Friendship

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