The Language of Sexuality & Gender

Language around sexuality and gender has evolved to make people in queer communities feel safe and connect. Gay, non-binary, and other people all over the spectrum reflect on the terminology they use to identify with their queerness.

Language around sexuality and gender has evolved to make people in queer communities fe... more

Curated byLauren Passell, Hark Editor

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Voguing Isn't Just a Dance. It's a Language

Community leader Ronald Murray talks about how voguing has impacted our culture, where it came from and how it allows queer culture to exist, and the ways that ballroom culture uses body movements to tell a story.

Voguing Isn't Just a Dance. It's a Language

TEDx Shorts

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The Queer History of YASSS QUEEN with Ilana Glazer

Ilana Wexler had one catch phrase: YAAS QUEEN. And though she brought the term to a wider, and perhaps whiter audience, she didn't coin it. Politically Re-Active talks with the Broad City star about how the show navigated cultural appropriation.

The Queer History of YASSS QUEEN with Ilana Glazer

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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Needlework's Tie to Reclaiming Queer Slang

In researching needlework, queer contemporary artist Daniel Fountain found the word faggoting come up, and he talks to Isabella Rosner about how doing this was a reclaiming of the word and the history of its use.

Needlework's Tie to Reclaiming Queer Slang

Sew What?

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Gen Z Is Using 'Sweater Weather' to Identify as Bi on TikTok

On Bad Queers, Shana Sumers and Kris Chesson break down the history of coded language in the LGBTQ+ community by talking about the 2013 song Sweater Weather, that has become a popular way for Gen Z people on TikTok to identify as bisexual.

Gen Z Is Using 'Sweater Weather' to Identify as Bi on TikTok

Bad Queers

2 MINS

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The Radical Inclusivity of the Language of Astrology

What is it about astrology that is so attractive to the queer community? Kell Rakowski, founder of the dating app Lex joins Outside/In to discuss.

The Radical Inclusivity of the Language of Astrology

Outside/In

3 MINS

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Everything Linguists Told You About Using Singular “They” Pronouns Is Wrong

Helen Zaltzman gives us 5 comebacks for people who are against using They. Performed in front of a live audience for The Allusionist.

Everything Linguists Told You About Using Singular “They” Pronouns Is Wrong

The Allusionist

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How Indigenous People Describe Living Outside the Gender Binary

On Gender Reveal, Tuck Woodstock speaks with Two-Spirit educator Kai Minosh Pyle about how Indigenous people talk about living outside the gender binary.

How Indigenous People Describe Living Outside the Gender Binary

Gender Reveal

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Blood Bath, Boi, Stud & the Evolution of Lesbian Identities

On QueerWOC, Money and Nikeeta unpack the words stud, AG, boi, stem, butch and more to explain how lesbians use certain terminology to identify with different parts of their queer identities.

Blood Bath, Boi, Stud & the Evolution of Lesbian Identities

QueerWOC

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The Complexities of Using the Word Queer

On The MTea Podcast, Maevon Gumble examines the word queer and how understanding it as a verb has helped people connect with queer theory.

The Complexities of Using the Word Queer

The MTea

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How Lemon Came to Mean Nonbinary in Vietnamese

The Wind talks to two people about using gender neutral language in Vietnamese and Tagalog, and why citrus words are the perfect way to describe the experience of being nonbinary.

How Lemon Came to Mean Nonbinary in Vietnamese

The Wind

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The Language of Sexuality & Gender

Voguing Isn't Just a Dance. It's a Language

TEDx Shorts

The Queer History of YASSS QUEEN with Ilana Glazer

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

Needlework's Tie to Reclaiming Queer Slang

Sew What?

Gen Z Is Using 'Sweater Weather' to Identify as Bi on TikTok

Bad Queers

The Radical Inclusivity of the Language of Astrology

Outside/In

Everything Linguists Told You About Using Singular “They” Pronouns Is Wrong

The Allusionist

How Indigenous People Describe Living Outside the Gender Binary

Gender Reveal

Blood Bath, Boi, Stud & the Evolution of Lesbian Identities

QueerWOC

The Complexities of Using the Word Queer

The MTea

How Lemon Came to Mean Nonbinary in Vietnamese

The Wind

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