By the Pirate Okama Guild There is a word. It comes from Japanese. It is used to describe people assigned male at birth who express themselves in ways that society codes as feminine—ranging from crossdressing to full transition. The word is okama. And it carries within it a history, a slur reclaimed, a community forged, a…

By Meni If you look up the word pirate in a certain popular wiki, you’ll find a definition that goes something like this: a professional criminal operating on the seas, often leading a crew of like-minded criminals, committing acts of robbery and piracy. Technically, within the legal framework of that world, this is correct. Pirates defy the laws…