What is less known is that there is a deep history of dismissing platonic love that actually goes back centuries.
All by Michael Paramo
How the Gender Binary Influences Attraction
The definition of Gender Expression vs. Gender Identity: Gender expression is based on a person’s appearance (or how they express their gender through their appearance), while gender identity is how a person defines or labels their gender.
The body
My teeth
Were a little
Splotched
The Twist: A Musical Reflection on Navigating Social Expectations
This story has five acts that reflect on the artist’s confrontations with the challenges of performing to the standards of social expectations…
comparing myself to other gays
comparing myself to other gays
ur body is not ur temple
it’s okay, to know, ur place, man
Why are we afraid of magic?
the carnival of life forecloses / as we try to rationalize our dreams / our nightmares, our queerness
What is Aesthetic Attraction?
Through these realizations, understanding aesthetic attraction may transform how a person understands their identity in relation to others.
Colonialism (Queerphobia) has 'Dis-abled' me
It is through this resistance that I may identify my ‘dis-abledness’ as interconnected with ‘who I am’: as an embodiment of decolonial resistance.
The Emergence of Asexual Identity
What the endurance of this phrase over decades of time can tell us about societal perceptions of asexuality should not be minimized, especially given the phrase’s deeper assumptions.
stasis
I would call it a piece about enclosure and removal, retention and emission, harmony and chaos – feelings I closely associate with attraction.
On Sensual Attraction: Yes, sometimes people do "just want to cuddle."
Yes, sometimes people really do "just want to cuddle." And sometimes, that is all some of us would like to do.
Transphobia is a White Supremacist Legacy of Colonialism
When one assumes cisgender and heterosexual existence to be ‘normal,’ their actions and words based on this belief directly serve the agendas of European colonizers.
As de Corazones: Does Sex Really Matter in a Relationship?
I want to tell this story because people, especially in Peru, believe that the spectrum of sexuality is only about straights, gays and lesbians, when it really goes beyond that.
Beyond Sex: The Multi-Layered Model of Attraction
Coming of age, I knew I was gay. But, something always felt... different.
Examining the Whiteness of the Ace Community
Although ace visibility is changing, whiteness still dominates the community. This may be partially attributed to the fact that “asexuality,” as a contemporary identity category, originated within selective and highly white online spaces…
Stop Shaming Male Virgins. Why it Matters for Asexual Men.
How entwined must sex be with masculinity that if a man never has sex he is shamed?
An Introduction to Attraction: It's More Than Sexual
A resource briefly summarizing some of the various forms of attraction.