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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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Pronouns Aren’t the Problem
Pronouns Aren’t the Problem
How anti-trans reactionaries deceive us
Laura Westford
Jun 18
What Is Malta’s History of Queer Rights?
What Is Malta’s History of Queer Rights?
The back-and-forth, but mainly progressive history of queer rights in Malta
Max Micallef
Jun 18
Homophobia: A Human Defect, Not a Natural Law
Homophobia: A Human Defect, Not a Natural Law
Looking more honestly at the world beyond our moral constructs.
Júlia Rosell Saldaña
Jun 18
Her Lady, Her Princess: Episode 4
Her Lady, Her Princess: Episode 4
The alliance
Torshie Torto
Jun 18
Nothing Different at Pride in Regina, Saskatchewan for 2025
Nothing Different at Pride in Regina, Saskatchewan for 2025
Celebration in the face of threats
Esther Spurrill-Jones
Jun 17
Gay in the Exam Room
Gay in the Exam Room
What happens when queer folks need healthcare
Lindsay Redifer
Jun 17
The Demon Cheerleader: A Gay Teen’s Horror Story
The Demon Cheerleader: A Gay Teen’s Horror Story
On becoming what you fear
Evan Purcell
Jun 17
The Shaker Seed Box Man Was So Much More Than a Dying Gay Man
The Shaker Seed Box Man Was So Much More Than a Dying Gay Man
How a family friend taught me about joy
Anna Shadley
Jun 17
A Different Kind of Pride: Honoring Barbara Jordan’s Quiet Truth
A Different Kind of Pride: Honoring Barbara Jordan’s Quiet Truth
Her voice defended the Constitution. Her love lived in the margins. This Pride, we pause to honor a titan whose quiet truth stayed in …
Ezra Kidowski
Jun 17
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
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