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UK Equality Regulator Claims Transgender Rights Never Existed
UK Equality Regulator Claims Transgender Rights Never Existed
The equality regulator now seeks to erase trans rights past, present, and future
Kaylin Hamilton
Jun 15
Struggling To Make Up My Mind on the Over-Commercialization of Pride
Struggling To Make Up My Mind on the Over-Commercialization of Pride
Something is changing about Pride month here in Italy…
Giulio Serafini
Jun 9
What They Don’t Tell You About Queer Poly Love and Booty Shorts
What They Don’t Tell You About Queer Poly Love and Booty Shorts
Love Like This: My journey to love and family
Andy Curtiss
Jun 12
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A Parade and the Non-King
A Parade and the Non-King
A poem
Patsy Starke
Jun 16
Why Is A Lesbian More Frightening Than a Pedophile?
Why Is A Lesbian More Frightening Than a Pedophile?
I was always afraid to revisit ‘Notes on a Scandal’
James Patrick Nelson
Jun 16
What Trump’s America Means for the LGBTQ+ Community
What Trump’s America Means for the LGBTQ+ Community
The rise of Christian Nationalism and the erosion of LGBTQ+ Rights: A warning from history
Josh Powell
Jun 16
Her Lady, Her Princess: Episode 3
Her Lady, Her Princess: Episode 3
The spy
Torshie Torto
Jun 16
Some People Are Trans, Get Over It! And Lots of Inspiring Pride Stories.
Some People Are Trans, Get Over It! And Lots of Inspiring Pride Stories.
Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 15 June 2025
James Finn
Jun 15
Growing Up Gay in The Grove
Growing Up Gay in The Grove
Queer narrative reflection from inside the closet of my youth
Matthew Bamberg
Jun 15
What Identifying as Queer Doesn’t Have To Mean
What Identifying as Queer Doesn’t Have To Mean
We shouldn’t have to abandon our individuality to be part of something.
Rand Bishop
Jun 15
The Bottom Is Falling Out of Corporate Queer Individualism
The Bottom Is Falling Out of Corporate Queer Individualism
LGBTQ employees, DEI, & our changing corporate world
Alex Mell-Taylor
Jun 15
The Evolution of My Sexuality: A Trans Woman’s Story
The Evolution of My Sexuality: A Trans Woman’s Story
How gender transition changed the way I experience attraction — and who I love.
Eva Mirelle
Jun 15
The Bully, the Blame, and the Body
The Bully, the Blame, and the Body
What really happened to his bully and why he took the blame for years.
Henry Romel Guy
Jun 15
Dating as a Queer South Asian Girl No One Asked Questions, Until They Did
Dating as a Queer South Asian Girl No One Asked Questions, Until They Did
I found freedom in secret glances, late night calls and a world that didn’t ask questions until it did.
Simi khan
Jun 14
The Best Trans Films Don’t Pretend We’re Perfect — They Just See Us
The Best Trans Films Don’t Pretend We’re Perfect — They Just See Us
What if being “understood” was never the goal — and what we really need is to be left whole?
A.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)
Jun 14
A Round Peg in a Square Hole
A Round Peg in a Square Hole
A queer poem for non-binary folks
Patsy Starke
Jun 14
The Cost of the Magic Button: Waking Up a Woman
The Cost of the Magic Button: Waking Up a Woman
Cisgender — No Novelty, No Jokes, No Easy Ride.
Rachel Addison
Jun 14
Sorry, MAGA. You Can’t Erase Harvey Milk.
Sorry, MAGA. You Can’t Erase Harvey Milk.
The rights our LGBTQIA+ forebears fought so hard to win are in danger of evaporating before our eyes.
Clifton Kelly
Jun 14
Under A Different Moon — A Poem
Under A Different Moon — A Poem
Possibilities lost in the closet, contemplated later when out.
Rachel Addison
Jun 13
Will America Ever Elect a Queer President?
Will America Ever Elect a Queer President?
Strong evidence suggests we already have.
Rand Bishop
Jun 13
Stormé DeLarverie — All Hail the (Drag) King
Stormé DeLarverie — All Hail the (Drag) King
We owe our first Drag King a better memory than this.
Ezra Kidowski
Jun 13
Coming Out Young Is a Privilege, Not a Badge
Coming Out Young Is a Privilege, Not a Badge
I came out as LGBTQ+ early in life because I could. Others didn’t have that same freedom.
Eleni Stephanides
Jun 13
I’ll Myself Disgrace — a poem of sin & shame
I’ll Myself Disgrace — a poem of sin & shame
A L’Arora inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 89
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Jun 12
I Found My Queer Self at Pride
I Found My Queer Self at Pride
Gay and lesbian adventures on Taco Tuesday
LightSome Lena
Jun 12
The Annihilation of Transphobia
The Annihilation of Transphobia
Recycled hatred and the new current targets
Laura Westford
Jun 12
I Marched In a Pride Parade: I Needed This
I Marched In a Pride Parade: I Needed This
My joy, which died last November 5th, was resurrected from the dead today
Fay Wylde
Jun 11
UK Gay Adoption Journey: What Stage One Looks Like
UK Gay Adoption Journey: What Stage One Looks Like
The next steps in a long journey
Jonny Masters
Jun 11
The Place That Calls Me Home — a poem
The Place That Calls Me Home — a poem
How do you remember a place you’ve never seen?
Elle Fredine
Jun 11
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