"The words we use and how we say them are much more than sounds, they tell a story that gives us away, revealing a history about and behind us, a place and a people that we have come from."
What this essay tries to capture is both the wonder and the inherent horror in potty training.
“Manslation” explores several episodes from the author’s childhood and early adulthood that show the development of his sexual literacy.
This lighthearted essay illustrates an experience I had in Singapore while doing research for a book I was writing about spirituality.
"My Old Kentucky Homo," highlights my failure to assimilate into the community in which I still live, fourteen years later.
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“A Quest for Social Justice: Notes on an Encounter” continues my accounting of having been falsely accused of sexual assault online.
A Startling Note: "Looking for Gay Friends" in the Triangle Place narrates a gay man’s experience of sexual awakening on a university campus.
This piece recounts a trip I took to the Czech Republic and it is proof that language barriers similarly embolden people to speak cruelly.
This work addresses the issue of young women being underserved as health care patients, specifically through the lens of medical gaslighting.
“Answering the Call of Conscience in the Call Out Culture” continues my accounting of, and critical reflection on, the ethical and political dimensions of having been falsely accused of sexual assault online.
In this piece, a queer university student from China reflects on his understandings of sexual and ethnic/national identities as he moves from China to the UK to study.
