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Posted inBooks, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

In Jo’s Image

by Jeanna Kadlec December 19, 2019December 30, 2022

Jeanna Kadlec considers the impact of Little Women’s matriarchy β€” and its heroine β€” on the formation of her own queer identity.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

At Transformation

by Jane Rideau Demuth May 28, 2019October 19, 2022

On the cusp of a life-changing procedure, Jane Rideau Demuth makes peace with the paths that brought her here, and the obstacles she had to wrestle with along the way.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

At Transformation

by Jane Rideau Demuth May 28, 2019October 19, 2022

On the cusp of a life-changing procedure, Jane Rideau Demuth makes peace with the paths that brought her here, and the obstacles she had to wrestle with along the way.

Posted inEssays & Criticism

Becoming Family

by Jennifer Berney May 21, 2019February 26, 2023

Jennifer Berney explores how queer families challenge traditional notions of heredity and paternity.

Posted inCulture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

“This Is the Glittering Fringe”: On Drag Inclusivity at the Rosemont

by Krista Stevens April 4, 2019October 19, 2022

‘β€œThe drag here is messy, not vanilla,’ one regular tells me over the din. He sips his drink and settles on a word. ‘Genuine.'”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Swipe White

by Sari Botton December 31, 2018October 19, 2022

In this personal essay, Jennifer Chong Schneider considers what it is to be Asian, maligned, and fetishized in dating β€” and questions her own desire when she dates someone of her own ethnicity for the first time.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Semi-Fluid States: The Rigid Line of Straightness

by Sari Botton August 24, 2018October 19, 2022

In the fourth installment of her series on #Dating_While_Woke, Minda Honey interrogates her sexuality and questions the future of straight-by-default.

Posted inEditor's Pick

My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience

by Sari Botton February 26, 2018October 19, 2022

In this personal essay, for years after an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience

by Caroline Catlin February 26, 2018October 19, 2022

After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience

by Caroline Catlin February 26, 2018October 19, 2022

After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.

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