HeyJaredMychel Vandover
I am a queer, sex favorable greysexual, biromantic, biaesthetic, transfeminine non-binary person whose pronouns are she/they. I write about politics, religion, queerness, and pop culture. I also host two podcasts: Queer PoliFaith and Queerly Popular.
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That would be a H-E-L-L to the no from me! (opens the original)
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You might remember that I wrote about gerrymandering a few months and I said the following:First off, let me say that I absolutely despise gerrymandering. I find it to be unethical, immoral, and completely undemocratic. Gerrymandering is a way for politicians to ensure that they remain in office and that their party has more power than the other party. I think the US should completely ban all gerrymandering and make it so that only independent commissions can create maps and that each district m
You owe no one your identity (opens the original)
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I love romance books. More specifically, I love queer romance books. I will be honest and say that all of the romance books I read have men or enbies who were identified as male at birth. One type of romance I am particularly fond of is a romance involving a prince. Honestly, I am not sure why. I just find them particularly fun. Right now, I am reading a tetralogy involving 4 European princes1 who decide that they want to live a “normal” life. In the first three books,<a class="footnote-anchor"
What to do when you are torn.... (opens the original)
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I know I have written a lot in the past about voting not being a cure-all, but a method of harm reduction, and I truly believe that. But over the last few months, my faith in that particular belief has been tested by the many Democrats who have supported anti-trans laws or used transphobic language or rhetoric.<img class="embedded-post-publication-logo" src="https://sub
Respecting someone's identity and their choices (opens the original)
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What do I do with this? (opens the original)
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I woke up this morning (Saturday the 29th) to see that Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by ICE because he “chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws”.1 This news gave me two very contradictory feelings. The first was the feeling that this was funny and that he deserved it. Yiannopoulos has been a cheerleader for the deportation of people from the United States. So seeing him get hoisted on his own petard is satisfying and sorta funny. The other reaction was that ICE shou
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