Generation LGBTQIA

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/fashion/generation-lgbtqia.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

This great article talks about the coming of a new generation of queer people. As acceptance is growing, people are realizing that there are more possible categories one might fall into aside from gay or straight and male and female. While the gay rights movements began long before this generation, this generation has an interesting fight of their own because people outside of these communities have gotten used to hearing the terms gay and lesbian. But words like transgender, intersex, asexual, and many others either are misunderstood or completely unknown. More identities are being challenged because if you don't fall into the categories of gay, straight, male, or female you're essentially invisible. However, in internet culture the full spectrums of gender and sexual identity are recognized. It will be interesting to see what changes come as that generation grows and expands their knowledge beyond the web.

Posted by Briana Lynch