In this braided essay, Jazmine Hughes contemplates her resistance to both learning to swim and coming out, and the empowerment each experience offers her when she finally surrenders to them.
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In Jo’s Image
Jeanna Kadlec considers the impact of Little Women’s matriarchy — and its heroine — on the formation of her own queer identity.
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Where are the Gay Ladies of Cambodia?
Honeymooning in Cambodia, Lindsey Danis and her wife seek refuge in queer spaces, but struggle to find the acceptance granted to male travelers.
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What Is Happening to My Body?
Devorah Heitner reflects on the ways she is reclaiming her relationship to her own body while grappling with the legacy of her mother’s poor body image and early death.
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What’s Happening to My Body?
Devorah Heitner reflects on the ways she is reclaiming her relationship to her own body while grappling with the legacy of her mother’s poor body image and early death.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Anaphylaxis of the Mind
A personal essay in which Alyson Pomerantz reframes her understanding of illness when an allergic reaction turns out to be something else.
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When Running Toward Yourself Looks Like Running Away
A personal essay in which Amber Leventry recalls how getting sober forced them to confront and reveal important truths about their identity.
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When Running Toward Yourself Looks Like Running Away
Amber Leventry recalls how getting sober forced them to confront and reveal important truths about their identity.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story
When Running Toward Yourself Looks Like Running Away
Amber Leventry recalls how getting sober forced them to confront and reveal important truths about their identity.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Woodstock: My Queer Love Story
Kate Walter recalls attending Woodstock in 1969 with her boyfriend — a few years before they split up and both came out.