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Author Archives: Sherronda J. Brown

Sherronda J. Brown is a Southern-grown essayist, editor, storyteller, and the author of Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture.

The prison system is ‘a gendering, killing machine’
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

The prison system is a ‘gendering, killing machine’

by Sherronda J. Brown April 6th, 2023April 5th, 2023

Abortion doula and abolitionist Ash Williams discusses the links between gender policing and the prison system

color photo outdoors of two cardboard poster signs in support of trans rights lean against a speaker
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

These US states are protecting gender-affirming care and abortion access

by Sherronda J. Brown March 28th, 2023March 28th, 2023
color photograph of a pride celebration in a grassy park with trees in the background. people sit and stand close together on the grass, and a black queer couple dances in the foreground. one is shirtless and wears khaki pants, and the other wears a white shirt with a pride flag tied around their shoulders and flowing with their movement
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

For the love of found family

by Sherronda J. Brown February 6th, 2023February 6th, 2023
color photograph of a person in a brown coat and a long green and white scarf holding a white sign over their head that reads "racist sexist anti-gays christian fascists go away!!!"
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Acephobic conspiracy theories have transphobic and fascist roots

by Sherronda J. Brown January 13th, 2023January 12th, 2023
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Gender-affirming care bans are cruel and hypocritical violations of children’s autonomy

by Sherronda J. Brown November 28th, 2022November 28th, 2022
Home portrait of a young Black nonbinary person. They are wearing a pink colored jacket and looking at the mirror in the bedroom.
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How PCOS can create gender euphoria for trans and nonbinary people

by Sherronda J. Brown October 26th, 2022October 26th, 2022
a Black woman in a light brown jacket and puffy black vest walks by the window of an adult video store. through the window a sign is visible reading "peep show inside!" in red block text on an off-white background
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There’s no such thing as a ‘right to sex’

by Sherronda J. Brown October 21st, 2022October 20th, 2022
three queer BIPOC sit on a dark red sofa pushed against a wall. Two more queer BIPOC sit at their feet and lean against the legs of the person sitting in the middle of the couch. They all have their arms lovingly draped around each other
Posted inGender & LGBTQIA+

Queer, non-nuclear, non-conformist: Family is what we make it

by Sherronda J. Brown September 16th, 2022September 27th, 2022
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How PCOS patients are affected by the fall of Roe

by Sherronda J. Brown July 25th, 2022July 21st, 2022
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Criminalizing abortion isn’t just about controlling ‘women’s bodies’

by Sherronda J. Brown May 4th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

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