Prism & Pen

As inclusive as I can make it.

Transphobes are cashing in on the anti-trans hysteria that has taken over our country. It sets a very dangerous precedent that threatens…

Dating again in my 40s, I recently took a shot at love with someone in their 20s. Spoiler alert: There was no happy ending.

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.

If you live in a lie long enough, the price you pay is the death of your own truth.

Courage, pride, and sacrifice

A Prism & Pen writers prompt

Analysis with the benefit of hindsight

I’m kind of nervous

Any experience I did have was in the closet.

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

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 13 April 2025

But to be real, this limited series was one of the best and most important shows I’ve seen on TV in years.

A Triple Rondelet

Hands Off Rally — Vancouver, WA — April 5, 2025

A LaJemme

Fighting the Battle of the Rainbow is a spiral path not a linear one

Deconstructing ideology