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Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Nour Abi-Nakhoul is a Montreal-based writer and incoming editor-in-chief of Maisonneuve Magazine. Her debut novel, Supplication, is out on Penguin Random House’s Strange Light imprint in May 2024. She speaks English and some French.

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The columnist came to the defence of controversial journalist Jesse Singal this week, reminding the internet of his past transphobia

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Inside the world of trans voice training
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Inside the world of trans voice training

Learning to feminize the voice isn’t like learning to ride a bike; it’s like learning to walk with someone else’s feet

February 10, 2021
On the internet, anything can be a lesbian
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On the internet, anything can be a lesbian

Inside the meme that fills in the gaps of lacklustre queer representation

January 4, 2021
Everything you need to know about Amy Coney Barrett
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Everything you need to know about Amy Coney Barrett

Trump’s latest Supreme Court pick has expressed anti-LGBTQ2 sentiment in past speaking engagements—but what that means for queer and trans Americans is still unclear

September 30, 2020
Not every lesbian wants to U-Haul
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Not every lesbian wants to U-Haul

Wendy Jo Carlton explores lesbian non-monogamy in her new film ‘Good Kisser’

August 18, 2020
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Inhabiting the in-between with Zaina Arafat

The Palestinian-American author on her debut novel, ‘You Exist Too Much’

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Writing complicated trans characters with John Elizabeth Stintzi
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Writing complicated trans characters with John Elizabeth Stintzi

The award-winning author on finding comfort in uncertainty, not-so-straightforward identities and their new novel, ‘Vanishing Monuments’

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‘Tiger King’ is yet another portrayal of queer villainry
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‘Tiger King’ is yet another portrayal of queer villainry

Joe Exotic is no queer hero. But in him, some LGBTQ viewers see a familiar—if troublesome—figure of queer pop culture past

April 16, 2020
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