Tag Archives: Cotton Ceiling

Being Feminist Means Telling Lesbians To Have Sex With Men

“Feminist” Facebook page with 25,000 likes posts homophobic article discussing Lesbian sexuality and how Lesbians need to learn to appreciate penis so Lesbians and “people with penises” can have “fun” together. The punch line? The article was posted by a 23-year old  woman. Like, I have been a Lesbian longer than you’ve been alive. If […]

Oh, Yes, “Creating Change”

You might recall that last year, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force waited until the last possible moment to remember that L in NGLTF stands for Lesbians. As a result of pressure put on NGLTF by Lesbian activists, NGLTF begrudgingly allowed Lesbians to have our own caucus for actual lesbians (that is, women-born-women, not […]

Intersectionality Has Its Limitations

Why is it that heterosexual third-wave feminists understand “intersectionality” when it comes to everyone except Lesbians? You know, Lesbians? Your sisters? Your sisters who love other Women (and by Women, I mean Women – not Trans Women). A friend alerted me to a discussion on the Guerrilla Feminism Facebook page, run by a Woman named […]

You Don’t Know Dick

In my late twenties, my then-partner and I decided that we wanted to have children together.  For a number of reasons, I ended up having them. And by “having them,” I mean that we obtained sperm from a Male person and inserted it close to my cervix, resulting in – ta da – pregnancy and […]

Compulsory Heterosexuality, Queerified

Much has been written over the last 15 years regarding the issue Transgender inclusion within the Gay and Lesbian Movement. The argument for inclusion originates in the notion that we are all Queer, that we are all read by the larger heteronormative society as Queer, regardless of how our own identification varies on this theme. […]

I Wish I Was Making This Shit Up

“If a penis is on a woman then it’s not male genitalia, it’s her penis, it’s a woman’s penis, it’s woman’s genitalia. Just like if a vulva is on a man it’s not female genitalia, it’s his vulva, it’s a man’s vulva, it’s male genitalia. The only person who get’s to define those body parts […]

Joseph Nolan Ryan Leads With “Love”

Because it’s hateful to expect gender identity legislation to not infringe on sex-based protections, and it’s hateful for lesbians to not want to suck Joe’s ladystick.

Ad Hoc Coalition Against the Cotton Ceiling Condemns Planned Parenthood Toronto For Anti-Female Sex Workshop

Toronto, Ontario (March 28, 2012): Today, the Ad Hoc Coalition Against the Cotton Ceiling (the “Coalition”) submitted a petition with more than 250 signatures to Planned Parenthood Toronto (PPT) to ask the organization to reconsider hosting an event that promotes the sexualization of females. PPT is sponsoring a March 31 conference in Toronto called “Pleasure […]

Lesbophobia and the Cotton Ceiling

Planned Parenthood Embraces Lesbophobia, Supports Workshop Framing Lesbians As a “Barrier” to be Overcome

from Gmail bugbrennan@gmail.com to Kate Klein <KKlein@ppt.on.ca> cc date Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:04 PM subject Re: “Overcoming the Cotton Ceiling” mailed-by gmail.com Important mainly because you often read messages with this label. hide details 5:04 PM (47 minutes ago)