Sara Youngblood Gregory
Writer
Sara Youngblood Gregory is a lesbian journalist and writer. She is the author of THE POLYAMORY WORKBOOK and former staff writer for POPSUGAR. She covers sex, queerness, disability, culture, and wellness. Her work has been featured in Vice, Teen Vogue, HuffPost, Bustle, DAME, Cosmo, Jezebel, and many others.
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An Anti-Trans Policy Tried to Keep Rock Climbers Out of the Game. Hereās How They Fought Back (and Won).
When the organization that oversees competitive climbing in the U.S. rolled out a de facto ban on trans women and girls, these athletes werenāt going to accept it without a fight. In the end, their organizing created a roadmap to respond to attacks and re-center the dignity of trans people.
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The Truth About Bias in AI-Powered Dating Technology
These bots need to learn from something, and the people training them? Cis white dudes, mostly.
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The Spectacular Rise of the Misery Lesbianā¢
Forget the gay best friend, the long-suffering butch, or all those tragic queer endings. Misery lesbians donāt care about representation, and they donāt need your permission to be vicious, sulky, and decadently dissatisfied.
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This Is Your Gender-Affirming Care Counterprogramming
The right-wing crusade against transgender people has led to an assault on this lifesaving treatment. (Irresponsible media narratives havenāt helped either.) Here, Cosmopolitan talks to five young trans people around the country about how, in reality, the health care changed their whole world.
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Sorry, Bros, You Need Feminine Skills to Survive the Apocalypse
Fans of mainstream sci-fi like The Last of Us believe that any hint of femininity means youāre not equipped for End Times (by zombies or by climate change). Thatās just ridiculous.
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Where Key Swing State 2022 Midterm Candidates Stand on Abortion
The Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada Senate races each play a crucial role in determining future abortion access legislationāand at this point, the elections could go either way. Hereās what you need to know.
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Why Deleting Your Period App Wonāt Protect Your Privacy in a Post-āRoeā World
Thereās a lot of uncertainty about how your reproductive health data could be used against you, so we tapped a few experts to advise.