Prism & Pen

An unfortunate outing.

Celebrating Native Americans and our chosen families

Even though I’m an atheist and I try hard not to let Christmas be commercial

Episode 17: His captors think Jevan knows more than he’s letting on, so they employ new measures to make him talk.

It led to one of my worst humiliations

The Oklahoma chapter of Moms for Liberty wants to ban Scholastic Book Fairs from schools, claiming their books push “radical viewpoints”…

A haven for nature-loving, artsy queers, the continent is still held back by perceptions and prejudices that derive from a western lens

They’d love it if you did kill somebody

Prism & Pen Weekly — Nov 26, 2023.

Who was Henry Geldzahler, a name that resonates deeply in the New York art scene of the late 20th century, Born in Belgium in 1935 and…

In those days the younger lesbian referred to the older as “Miss”

Internal conflict over gender identity

Poster boy model can’t keep his ladies satisfied

Our community is vulnerable to attacks from all sides.

So many kind-hearted people that populate this earth.

Episode 16: Ardyn is about to be taken for more tests when he has some surprise visitors.

We need to take this debate out of the legislature and put it back in the hands of the most knowledgeable people

Fun remembering how it used to be, joyful and sometimes sad.

Here’s what the former best-selling lesbian publication has transformed into since then

An English sonnet inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet XXXIV

Episode 15: Ardyn continues to be subjected to excruciating medical procedures

A Prism & Pen writers prompt

A visit back home enflamed my gender dysphoria

The true joy of my recovery is finally feeling… well, normal.

Prism & Pen Weekly — Nov 19, 2023.

A poem about fighting for equal rights for all the communities that make up my identity.

The travails of teaching while trans