Prism & Pen

On my life in a gospel-music family, a devastating crash, and the masks we wear to hide ourselves from the world.

Now he’s banning drag shows from the Kennedy Center and de-funding AIDS treatment and prevention.

A taste of life on the Greek island of MAGA nightmares

And I let him lead!

Insights from the therapy room on why many LGBTQ+ people feel broken despite supportive environments.

Your attraction to women and my attraction to women? Not the same.

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 16 March 2025

But why would transphobes vote for the diet transphobe when they can get the full-sugar one?

We need to remember before it’s too late that we’re not so different after all

Living transgender without a safety net

People claim to care, but do they truly? I’ve lived the harm of shallow empathy firsthand.

On the Road as Transgender Traveler: Packing for Two

Word of Honor: Hearts Bind in the Storm

The big question is: Will Musk ever learn? Probably not.

We don’t have to empower anyone to be the thief of our joy

I’m not sure I’m ready to date anybody, if I’m honest

Then they escort the young women out of the store and order them not to return. Echoes of Stonewall?

On the challenges and rewards of being social and transgender.

Because people need an education on LGBTQ identities

We Keep Getting Punched — Now Newsom’s Taking a Swing Too

Hollywood Pride, a novel by Amy Kaufman Burk

The ‘Just Be Stronger’ resilience movement frequently neglects essential needs

I’m on a one-week transatlantic cruise on the Queen Mary 2

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 9 March 2025

My Grandmother always used to say, “There is no future in growing older!”

This year’s festival could be a test of enormous consequence.

So after 25 years, why couldn’t I drop mine off for repairs?