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The UK’s New Government Is No Ally to Queer People
The UK’s New Government Is No Ally to Queer People
Different party, same queerphobia
Kaylin Hamilton
Jul 27
Erasurehead: How AIDS Killed My Gay Synthpop Superfandom
Erasurehead: How AIDS Killed My Gay Synthpop Superfandom
I refuse to apologize for my decade+ Erasure obsession
Christopher Schelling
Jul 24
The Queer Roots of New York’s Life-Saving Food Charity
The Queer Roots of New York’s Life-Saving Food Charity
Medically-tailored meals for the most vulnerable at God’s Love We Deliver
Clay Hand
Jul 22
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Why the New Disability-Inclusive LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Matters
Why the New Disability-Inclusive LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Matters
A new Pride flag just dropped, and it’s all about including disabled queers
Kaylin Hamilton
Jul 30
Controversy Over Trans Participation in School Sports Hits My Alma Mater
Controversy Over Trans Participation in School Sports Hits My Alma Mater
Oregon high school track coach loses job after expressing outspoken views on transgender student-athletes
Rand Bishop
Jul 30
Da Vinci, the Last Supper and Sodomy at The Olympics
Da Vinci, the Last Supper and Sodomy at The Olympics
Are we supposed to make such a big deal out of it?
Lucas Grochot
Jul 30
The Medellan Conspiracy: Implications (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
The Medellan Conspiracy: Implications (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
Episode 87: Election results come in and the implications of what happened start to hit home.
Grayson Bell
Jul 30
10-Year-Old Simone Biles Superfan Gay-Bashed Repeatedly on YouTube
10-Year-Old Simone Biles Superfan Gay-Bashed Repeatedly on YouTube
What does this say about the political cusp our nation sits on?
James Finn
Jul 29
Learning to Deal with Vulnerability While Learning To Be a Woman
Learning to Deal with Vulnerability While Learning To Be a Woman
My transition journey
Emma Holiday
Jul 29
How One Influential Right-Wing Homophobe is Attacking Corporate America
How One Influential Right-Wing Homophobe is Attacking Corporate America
The latest antics of Robby Starbuck have put America’s corporate world on shaky moral ground.
Rand Bishop
Jul 29
Anti-Queer Politics, Inner Queer Hope, Memories of AIDS
Anti-Queer Politics, Inner Queer Hope, Memories of AIDS
Prism & Pen Weekly Digest 28 July 2024
James Finn
Jul 28
Bullying and Cheek Turning: Reactive Abuse in the LGBTQ+ Community
Bullying and Cheek Turning: Reactive Abuse in the LGBTQ+ Community
“Turn the other cheek” becomes increasingly difficult under institutionalized cruelty
Eleni Stephanides
Jul 28
Even With Today’s More Enlightened Look at Being Gay, I AM A HOMOSEXUAL!
Even With Today’s More Enlightened Look at Being Gay, I AM A HOMOSEXUAL!
So many words have gone out of use … and that is good! Or is it?
Michael Horvich (he, him)
Jul 28
Five Signs You May Be Transgender or Nonbinary
Five Signs You May Be Transgender or Nonbinary
Bonus sign: You’re extremely invested in the question
Rambling Reggie
Jul 27
Should Queer Roles Be Played by Straight Actors?
Should Queer Roles Be Played by Straight Actors?
The age-old question
Giulio Serafini
Jul 27
Two Soldiers’ Love for One Another Survives War And Time
Two Soldiers’ Love for One Another Survives War And Time
A love story told by three people who yearned for what those men had
Lucas Grochot
Jul 27
“Killed by the Woke Mind Virus “ — WTF
“Killed by the Woke Mind Virus “ — WTF
About the dangers for trans people from the richest and the most powerful man in the world
Elena
Jul 26
My Life as a Queer Man, Shape-Shifting Through Multiple Landscapes
My Life as a Queer Man, Shape-Shifting Through Multiple Landscapes
Donning the “appropriate” guise for the circumstance
Rand Bishop
Jul 26
Her Witch, Her Demon: Episode 7
Her Witch, Her Demon: Episode 7
Nyx is forced to work with a traitor
Torshie Torto
Jul 26
I Will Continue To Tell My Gay Stories
I Will Continue To Tell My Gay Stories
The words of my history are important to others!
Michael Horvich (he, him)
Jul 25
The Medellan Conspiracy: Election Day (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
The Medellan Conspiracy: Election Day (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
Episode 86: Election Day finally arrives, bringing with it new problems.
Grayson Bell
Jul 25
I Don’t Want to Be Cured of my Autism or Queerness
I Don’t Want to Be Cured of my Autism or Queerness
So why is this still up for discussion?
Sarah TC
Jul 24
Her Witch, Her Demon: Episode 6
Her Witch, Her Demon: Episode 6
An unlikely visitor appears in the night
Torshie Torto
Jul 24
The Gay Detective: The Potato Head Killer
The Gay Detective: The Potato Head Killer
Lend me your ears. C’mon you’re dead, you don’t need ’em
Elle Fredine
Jul 23
When the Dead Don’t Rise — A Gay Man’s Night with a Ouija Board
When the Dead Don’t Rise — A Gay Man’s Night with a Ouija Board
Your life is the envy of a thousand ghosts
James Patrick Nelson
Jul 23
My Personal Take on Illinoise: A Thrilling, Queer Broadway Show
My Personal Take on Illinoise: A Thrilling, Queer Broadway Show
For the love of queer millennial art
Jonny B
Jul 23
The Medellan Conspiracy: Revolution (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
The Medellan Conspiracy: Revolution (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
Episode 85: A revolt turns the tides against the Society of Sevens.
Grayson Bell
Jul 23
While Closeted, I Tokenized My Lesbian Roommate in a Job Interview
While Closeted, I Tokenized My Lesbian Roommate in a Job Interview
A clueless trans woman, cultural queerness, and safe space confusion
Piddling Piddles
Jul 22
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