Prism & Pen

A Living Legacy: Queer History in Germany from 98 BCE to 2025

The ruling mandates trans exclusion and reinforces patriarchal stereotypes that harm women and trans people, especially the…

And why are men in a liberal city still talking like that?

The state of trans rights in Britain

A Genderbending Journey of Social Construction to Self-Construction

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 20 April 2025

Part 2 of a talk between a transgender psychologist and lawyer: career, new executive orders, US Supreme Court

Thoughts from the edge of a new world

Does anyone remember that guy?

A look at the satire’s mediocre trans representation

Still fighting for a country that still treats you as a second-class citizen.

From Sappho to Souvla: A Queer Revival of Greek-Cypriot Tradition

Her not-so-simple life made me root for her. Her music made me a fan. Her anti-gay and racist comments made me question everything.

These dark times WILL end and things WILL get better

My journey through youth and longing

If you only care about women when it means attacking trans people, you don’t actually give a shit

The bravest act I perform each day isn’t loving who I love — it’s choosing visibility when every alarm in my body screams to disappear

The illusion of him as a ‘genius futurist’ is wearing thin.

My journey from hiding my true self to fighting for queer people’s right to be seen

Grandma died never knowing who Erica was to me. I boot up INKcarnate…

A gay Ginger-Blond’s Guide to Being the Fixation and the Fixated

Celebrating what’s new and old in this queer old world

The pivotal moment that led to a profound transformation and the courage it took to embrace a true self beyond labels.

With anti-LGBTQ+ book-banning on the rise, this Lesbian Visibility Week here are the banned sapphic books you should know about

Challenging the myths, erasure, and misplaced assumptions around ACE identities

I don’t have to do anything to be bisexual — but I am going to keep coming out

I never knew who I saw in the mirror. Now, I do.