Jennifer Berney explores how queer families challenge traditional notions of heredity and paternity.
Queer
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“This Is the Glittering Fringe”: On Drag Inclusivity at the Rosemont
‘“The drag here is messy, not vanilla,’ one regular tells me over the din. He sips his drink and settles on a word. ‘Genuine.'”
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Swipe White
In this personal essay, Jennifer Chong Schneider considers what it is to be Asian, maligned, and fetishized in dating — and questions her own desire when she dates someone of her own ethnicity for the first time.
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Semi-Fluid States: The Rigid Line of Straightness
In the fourth installment of her series on #Dating_While_Woke, Minda Honey interrogates her sexuality and questions the future of straight-by-default.
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My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience
In this personal essay, for years 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
After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience
After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Quotes
Finding Her True Self: Queer and Muslim
A Muslim international student came to New York City, and soon embraced her sexuality and all the cultural challenges it would create.