Homepage
Open in app
Sign in
Get started
Prism & Pen
Amplifying LGBTQ voices through the art of storytelling
FICTION
NONFICTION
POETRY
SERIES
ARCHIVE
GUIDELINES & PROMPTS
Queer History Timelines
NEWSLETTER
Follow
Editor's Picks
Will You Regret Not Supporting Your Trans Child?
Will You Regret Not Supporting Your Trans Child?
The conversation about regret that we don’t hear enough about
Logan Silkwood
May 18
Gay and Trans Kids in French Canada Sound an Unexpected Global Alarm!
Gay and Trans Kids in French Canada Sound an Unexpected Global Alarm!
Help us preserve disappearing kindness; let me tell you a story about love and acceptance I once found in francophone Canada.
James Finn
May 14
Did God Make Me LGBTQ Just To Condemn Me?
Did God Make Me LGBTQ Just To Condemn Me?
What remains when religion demands you to apologize for existence?
Dayna A. Ellis
May 13
Latest
Why I’m Staying Positive for Pride this Year
Why I’m Staying Positive for Pride this Year
The moral arc of the universe will always point to justice
Amber Poe
May 21
Stop Sanitizing Our Stories: The Real Price of ‘Acceptable’ Queerness
Stop Sanitizing Our Stories: The Real Price of ‘Acceptable’ Queerness
Why Mainstream Media’s Version of Queerness Is Doing More Harm Than Good
Gino Cosme
May 21
To Those Who Name Me Enemy (Poetry)
To Those Who Name Me Enemy (Poetry)
Now blooming in your barren land.
Ezra Kidowski
May 21
Team Trump Just Killed a Queer Health Project Critical to My Wellbeing
Team Trump Just Killed a Queer Health Project Critical to My Wellbeing
All us rural queers need some attention and respect.
James Finn
May 21
A Case Study in Homophobic Hysteria
A Case Study in Homophobic Hysteria
How hysteria breeds hatred
Laura Westford
May 20
Why Pride Matters More Than Ever This Year
Why Pride Matters More Than Ever This Year
Reclaiming queer liberation from corporate hands and far-right backlash
Eleni Stephanides
May 20
Queer, Broke, and Done With Amazon: The $20.47 That Made Me Walk Away
Queer, Broke, and Done With Amazon: The $20.47 That Made Me Walk Away
It wasn’t just a transaction. It was a reckoning
A.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)
May 20
A Trans Woman, a Trans Man, a World Apart (Part 2)
A Trans Woman, a Trans Man, a World Apart (Part 2)
Unpacking Gender Roles, Social Pressure, and the Politics: Trans Woman and Trans Man in Conversation
Kira Ry
May 20
Did Childhood Sex Abuse Figure Into ‘The 5th Beatle’s’ Closeted Queerness?
Did Childhood Sex Abuse Figure Into ‘The 5th Beatle’s’ Closeted Queerness?
With the National Sexual Assault Hotline stripped of resources, how many more Billy Prestons will grow up broken in America?
Rand Bishop
May 19
Why LGBTQ+ People Don’t Owe You An Education
Why LGBTQ+ People Don’t Owe You An Education
The toll and burden of being a teachable moment
Dayna A. Ellis
May 19
Support for a Trans Son, Religious Bigotry, & Shocking News from Montreal
Support for a Trans Son, Religious Bigotry, & Shocking News from Montreal
Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 18 May 2025
James Finn
May 18
💙 Community and Connection’s Role Within Our Lives 💙
💙 Community and Connection’s Role Within Our Lives 💙
A response to why community centers and village hubs matter, especially for the marginalized
💙 Musings of Twenty Somethings 💜
May 18
A Trans Woman, a Trans Man, a World Apart (Part 1)
A Trans Woman, a Trans Man, a World Apart (Part 1)
Connecting Trans Man And Woman Perspectives On Transition, Misogyny And Finding Hope. Part — 1
Kira Ry
May 18
My Androgyny Affirmed By Song and Students
My Androgyny Affirmed By Song and Students
Free to be you and me, revisited amid unprecedented adversity
Lsjaffee (Writer, Educator, Over-Thinker)
May 17
The Two Worlds I Live In: Being Lesbian and Muslim in the U.K.
The Two Worlds I Live In: Being Lesbian and Muslim in the U.K.
A story of identity, silence, and survival growing up queer and Muslim in a world that never made space for both.
Simi khan
May 17
What Does My Reaction to Orthodox Jews Tell Us About Anti-Gay Trolls?
What Does My Reaction to Orthodox Jews Tell Us About Anti-Gay Trolls?
Sometimes our triggers are profoundly absurd
James Patrick Nelson
May 17
Love Like This: The Broken Road That Led This Gay Man to Polyamory
Love Like This: The Broken Road That Led This Gay Man to Polyamory
Before I could find the love I needed, I had to lose the one I thought I’d built.
Andy Curtiss
May 17
To The Gender-Critical Crowd: I Am Sorry
To The Gender-Critical Crowd: I Am Sorry
Really.
Dayna A. Ellis
May 16
A Diptych: Six Floors Down: The Rooster Sang
A Diptych: Six Floors Down: The Rooster Sang
Cocks, crows, performance, and self expression
Adrien Motte-de la Motte
May 16
Starting Our Adoption Journey as a Gay Couple
Starting Our Adoption Journey as a Gay Couple
The First Steps in a Long Journey
Jonny Masters
May 16
The Grief No One Talks About After Coming Out
The Grief No One Talks About After Coming Out
When Your Family Says They Accept You — But Everything About Your Queerness Becomes Unspeakable
Gino Cosme
May 15
The Queer, Winding Road back to Faith
The Queer, Winding Road back to Faith
After years of wandering in the wilderness, I’m closer to returning to Christianity than I have been in the entirety of my adult life
Dr. TJ West
May 15
Hiding From Myself — a queer poem
Hiding From Myself — a queer poem
The more one hides from their truth, the less one will learn about their true self.
Patsy Starke
May 14
Welcome to the Club — two gay cousins talk about their lives and loves
Welcome to the Club — two gay cousins talk about their lives and loves
“You know I’m jealous of you?”
Esther Spurrill-Jones
May 14
Why It’s Better To Transition Later In Life? From Fatherhood to Womanhood.
Why It’s Better To Transition Later In Life? From Fatherhood to Womanhood.
Why age isn’t a barrier, but a powerful tool
Kira Ry
May 14
About Prism & Pen
Latest Stories
Archive
About Medium
Terms
Privacy
Teams