Prism & Pen

The conversation about regret that we don’t hear enough about

Help us preserve disappearing kindness; let me tell you a story about love and acceptance I once found in francophone Canada.

What remains when religion demands you to apologize for existence?

Legislative Troubles in Scotland: Quick, call the Gender Police

🏳️‍⚧️ From the frontlines to the firing line

Not all revolutions look like protests. In East Asia, queerness often resists through presence.

Our friends’ adopted son demonstrates how divisive this message is.

They Might As Well Have Been: When Silence Echoes Louder Than Death

You can help them escape further human rights abuses

What a Clorox toilet wand, a broken marriage, and three very different men taught me about being enough.

Palestine, Gaza, Politics, & Pride

The black market and the reality of gatekeeping gender-affirming care

Why are we always taking one step forward and another step back?

The moral arc of the universe will always point to justice

Mainstream Media’s Version of Queerness Is Doing More Harm Than Good

Now blooming in your barren land.

All us rural queers need some attention and respect.

How hysteria breeds hatred

Reclaiming queer liberation from corporate hands and far-right backlash

It wasn’t just a transaction. It was a reckoning

Unpacking Gender Roles, Social Pressure, and the Politics: Trans Woman and Trans Man in Conversation

With the National Sexual Assault Hotline stripped of resources, how many more Billy Prestons will grow up broken in America?

The toll and burden of being a teachable moment

Prism & Pen Weekly Digest, 18 May 2025

A response to why community centers and village hubs matter, especially for the marginalized

Connecting Trans Man And Woman Perspectives On Transition, Misogyny And Finding Hope. Part — 1

Free to be you and me, revisited amid unprecedented adversity