Prism & Pen

Authenticity is the road to both liberation and healing

I was always afraid to revisit ‘Notes on a Scandal’

Here’s a story that explains why. This happened to me.

Chapter guide

‘Tolerance’ is used too often in LGTBIQ+ contexts

Growing older while still growing up

A queer reckoning with violence, silence, and the legacy of beats, bashing, and survival in small-town Australia

Small steps, big impact — how to begin feminizing your look without breaking the bank.

The Gay Awakenings of my Childhood

They celebrated me for it.

Fletcher’s latest single has reignited debate about bisexuality, passing, and Pride — but is this justified?

A La’ritmo inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 90

Maybe, with time, the bigots will move on to their next fabricated target.

Bayard Rustin taught the world nonviolence. His love story taught me something just as brave.

Claire Cobain might not be fiction — just someone history never gave a voice.

A calling to find myself and the friends I deserve too

How showing up became an act of resistance again

The empathy engine

A beach read starter pack for LGBTQIA+ history

Or, how feminism, including transfeminism, is always about choice

Who is Robert Galbraith and why is he so obsessed with toilets?

How erasing a Pride crosswalk in one small town in Maryland is a harbinger of things to come.

How anti-trans reactionaries deceive us

The back-and-forth, but mainly progressive history of queer rights in Malta

Looking more honestly at the world beyond our moral constructs.

The alliance

Celebration in the face of threats