THE STAR SPACE

You need to be able to speak from your heart, when you need to. Even if you can only speak your truth for 2% of the time, it still has....

I was taught, when I was a child, not to stand up to bullies, but to smile serenely, no matter what they did. "Turn the other cheek ...

Queerly Dearest, This is what I tell myself: You don't have to know how you identify today. You don't have to know what the world thinks, and if the labels a...

Queerly dearest, So, the tagline of The Good Men Project's website is "The conversation no one else is having." No, really ....

Queerly Dearest, When I was in my late teens, studying folklore, I quietly went to the Pagan club at my university. I loved it, but somehow

As an activist, I know that my body is perfect. As a person, it seems I'm not so sure. Since I came out as non-binary, I often hear a critic

Queerly dearest, My partner and I shared our truths yesterday. It was terrifying and beautiful, and it brought us closer. One of the hardest lessons I've lea...

Don't go to Hell, queerly dear. Don't go to Hell for anyone. Or, if Hell is filled with all that you love, perhaps consider choosing it....

Actually, queerful dearest, that's not quite true. The last psychic I saw, who was eerily accurate in many ways, told me, "Real estate would be a great caree...

Yes, in spite of plentiful hot flashes, I've stopped having periods. That's right. Periods no more....

Queerly Dearest, We've been worrying about our wind chimes. They were made by a local musician who decided to create chimes that sounded...

Queerful dearest, three week's ago, we went to Vegas, partly because we wanted to reaffirm our vows with Marylin Monroe. (Fear not! Grave-r

Folks, above is my second video piece! Below is the transcript of the prose poem. And right at the end of the post, you'll find links to Anita Moorjani's ama...

Content: This post includes being bullied because of non-normative gender presentation and suffering dissociation due to abuse. When I was young, I was into ...

It's hard to think of one hateful thing that doesn't depend on a binary (which, for those who are new to the word, is an either/or). "You shouldn't be here, ...

I’m fortunate to work with Dorie Clark, as her social media co-ordinator. It’s an honor, not least because of Dorie’s amazing books, including Entrepreneuria...

This post contains some revelations of personal abuse from Star's own mother, and a discussion of how the gender binary and myths of "unconditional mother lo...

Post content: The difficulties and wonders of coming out as non-binary are included in this emotional piece, which also mentions (in paragraph 5) my experien...

When you ship stuff to another country, it seems you have to gender it. See, we're moving back home to the USA, using a company called Seven Seas. So. Five p...

I have a British accent. I may not sound like Giles in Buffy, but you can bet your bottom ten pound note that everyone thinks I drink tea. When I first moved...