Prism & Pen

Those saved photos that freed the soul while trapped in body.

The full decriminalization of sex work would have helped me, and can help many queer/LGBTQ+ people

Your homophobic jokes will never strike their target, while gay men get caught in the crossfire.

Queer farmers play a major role in our agricultural and environmental initiatives, and we need to support them

A gay progressive Christian wrestles with judgment and self-preservation

Deadnaming saved forever

What straight people will never understand about finding love as a gay man.

The (E)X-Men and an uncanny allegory

The National Parks Service is removing references to bisexuals from The Stonewall Monument website.

Focusing on the LGBTQ part of the series

The truth he couldn’t live with finally found me.

From a straight cis guy

Identifying the root cause of my fear of being an out gay woman

Christian nationalism vs pluralism. I’ve lived this SCOTUS nightmare already.

For decades, we watched from the sidelines. Now we have a seat at the bar — and the game on every screen

On obeying and being disappointed

The warden

The ongoing travails of being in a mixed-orientation romantic relationship

What allyship should look like

wasn’t in the script: A flawed, cis-coded film about a trans teen exposes a painful truth: we’re expected to be the adults before anyone…

Why Davey and Goliath still walk with me on my path as a progressive Christian

A lesson in persuasion from Harvey Fierstein and Barbara Walters.

Despite everything, he is still my father.

The news

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 13 July 2025

From fat distribution to breast growth: a research-based guide for trans women

Repressed LGBTQ, Oasis, and Tomb Raider in the 1990s: Maybe you’re the same as me?