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Being Bi: Craving Acceptance in a Divisive Culture War

R. Adam Wright·
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·July 5, 2024·8 min read
As I discuss my first queer event, a book discussion about a queer young adult book, Canto Contigo, I will explore my anxieties about my sexual identity, and the repercussions of this community warfare.
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The Crevasse: A Love Letter

Mary Salome·
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·June 16, 2024·10 min read
I wrote “The Crevasse: A Love Letter” to help me grapple with confusing changes to the terrain of my life.
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Transman in a Ballet Studio: The Weirdest Job Ever Seen

Maximus Skaff·
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·May 15, 2024·13 min read
This is a humorous narrative nonfiction account of the strangest job I ever had working for a kooky fitness guru in Manhattan for six years.
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On Emerging Liberated of the Glass Box

John Armstrong·
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·May 10, 2024·17 min read
On Emerging Liberated of the Glass Box Author’s Memo Like many others...
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In-formation: Aging in the Queer Community

Ann Niland·
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·March 19, 2024·12 min read
This piece works to contextualize aging in the queer community, the complexities of developing trends in spectacle versus intimacy, the depth and shallow natures that are found in performance, as well as the fear and hope that can be found as a queer person.
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Asexual and Aromantic: Exploring Life Alone but Not Lonely 

Shanita Mitchell·
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·March 12, 2024·2 min read
The focus of this piece is to highlight and celebrate the asexual and aromantic community and what it means to exist outside of the expectation to be partnered.
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Queer Adolescence Revisited: On Tina Turner and Finding Home

Jenn Stiles·
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·February 1, 2024·17 min read
I explore the intersection of queer identity and popular culture through the lens of my adolescent crush on rock legend Tina Turner.
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Little Red: The Truth About Growing Up Queer And South-Asian

Sam Ahmed·
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·January 12, 2024·3 min read
Overall, "Little Red" encompasses queerness, womanhood, and the implications of growing into an identity that isn't cherished by society.
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The Power of Trans Empathy: Recollecting Unconditional Community Nurturing

Raine Grayson·
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·December 11, 2023·11 min read
I share real world examples of why I believe the trans community uses empathy as a powerful tool to combat transphobia and promote self-love.
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How to Get Lost In Xenophobia and Homophobia

André Wilson·
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·November 21, 2023·12 min read
Nothing prepared me for the xenophobia and homophobia I would encounter in Italy. No one warned me how to avoid becoming their victim
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Robin Knight·
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·October 20, 2023·10 min read
These pieces explore through personal experience the cultural phenomena of migrant loss of identity and subordination, post colonialism, othering
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On Hegemonic Queerness: A Powerful Examination of the Queer Identity

Robert Vetter·
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·September 10, 2023·11 min read
In this essay, the current reality of queerness is juxtaposed against milestones in my own life as a queer man in America.
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