By: Cameron Palmer, SFU Student Content warning: conversion therapy and queerphobia. The first time I watched But I’m a Cheerleader (BIAC), I was a passionate “ally” of my high school gay-straight alliance club. Celebrating queer identities and making straight people the butt of the joke was controversial in the ‘90s, but even in 2014, watching it for our club’s first movie screening was the first time I saw a romcom that centered queer experiences. While Mean Girls and Clueless went down as household names, BIAC is a hidden gem in mainstream culture. As a hilarious, self-aware satire that tackles growing…
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By: Kelly Chia, Peak Associate Sing the Moon Down by Loki [caption id="attachment_116053" align="alignnone" width="350"] Courtesy of Loki[/caption] Sing the Moon Down is an adorable queer webcomic featuring a witch named Sam and a werewolf named Santiago. Sam moves into…
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Written by: Gene Cole, Gabrielle McLaren, Winona Young People who wanna bring out the big kinks on the first date Don’t get me wrong, kinks can be a hell of a time. Lots of people love to be a little…
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Last week, an issue was hastily slathered onto the news involving a trans woman’s troubles while she — Shadi Petosky — went through security at an airport in Florida. As she made her way through the full body scanner, labelled…
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