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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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Burma Shave: Covert Gay Verses by the Side of the Road in the 1960s
Burma Shave: Covert Gay Verses by the Side of the Road in the 1960s
Too young to remember? This might be cooler than you think!
David Wade Chambers
Aug 2
Who Cares If I Am Transgender
Who Cares If I Am Transgender
I am a person first.
Emma Holiday
Aug 2
My Life in 5 Songs: A Foreshadowing of Gender Nonconformity
My Life in 5 Songs: A Foreshadowing of Gender Nonconformity
How favorite lyrics hinted a once-repressed, gender non-conformist
Lsjaffee (Writer, Educator, Over-Thinker)
Aug 2
Her Witch, Her Demon: Episode 9
Her Witch, Her Demon: Episode 9
Meredith has something important to tell Nyx
Torshie Torto
Aug 2
Gay Uncle, Childless Cat Ladies: A Tale of Fun, Love and a Bit of Sass
Gay Uncle, Childless Cat Ladies: A Tale of Fun, Love and a Bit of Sass
When bigots call out childless cat ladies, it’s time for this cat-less gay man to welcome you to the wonderful world of being a childless…
Lenso
Aug 1
Prepare for a Seesaw Ride When Escaping the Trans Double Life
Prepare for a Seesaw Ride When Escaping the Trans Double Life
The ups and downs of unmasking after a decade spent feigning manhood
Piddling Piddles
Aug 1
Attention: The Olympics Opening Ceremony is Seducing People to Read!
Attention: The Olympics Opening Ceremony is Seducing People to Read!
Here’s my take on the queer library scene you might have missed
Hazem Taha
Aug 1
The Medellan Conspiracy: Soren (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
The Medellan Conspiracy: Soren (A Queer Sci-Fi Thriller)
Episode 88: Jevan and Ardyn finally take Camran on a tour of Vestos. Ardyn visits a former mentor.
Grayson Bell
Aug 1
‘Weird’: The Anti-LGBTQ Agenda of Project 2025
‘Weird’: The Anti-LGBTQ Agenda of Project 2025
Why Kamala Harris’s campaign is calling out MAGA‘s ghoulishness
Tucker Lieberman
Jul 31
This Popular New Chicago Queer Bar Is Dedicated to Alice Walker
This Popular New Chicago Queer Bar Is Dedicated to Alice Walker
I interviewed the owners of ‘Nobody’s Darling’, a black-woman-owned cocktail bar that’s become the talk of queer Chicago
Clay Hand
Jul 31
The Gay Detective: Curiosity Killed the Cat Burglar
The Gay Detective: Curiosity Killed the Cat Burglar
You just never know when your day’s gonna go completely to shit
Elle Fredine
Jul 31
Her Witch, Her Demon: Episode 8
Her Witch, Her Demon: Episode 8
Infiltrating a terrorist organization
Torshie Torto
Jul 31
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
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