Books

Loneliness and outrage in the age of Grindr

In an essay from his new memoir, Billy-Ray Belcourt ruminates on sex, intimacy and hook-up apps

By Billy-Ray Belcourt

Arts

4 LGBTQ2 happenings to wind you up or down right now

What to watch, read, listen to or look at: August 13

By Sarah Taher

Culture

Welcome to Tomboyland

In her debut essay collection, Melissa Faliveno reflects on gender and queerness growing up in working-class Wisconsin

By Melissa Faliveno

Arts

4 happenings to wind you up or down right now

What to watch, read, listen to and look at: July 30

By Sarah Taher

Arts

4 happenings to wind you up or wind down with now

What to watch, read, listen to and look at: July 16

By Sarah Taher

Books

How femme memoirs challenge queer stereotypes about rural living

Working-class country living isn’t always bad for queer folks. Five authors tackle femme identity and queerness outside city limits

By Andi Schwartz

Arts

4 things to wind you up or wind down with this week

What to watch, read, listen to and look at: July 9

By Sarah Taher

Arts

4 things to wind you up or help you wind down this week

What to watch, read, listen to and look at: July 2

By Sarah Taher

Books

Inhabiting the in-between with Zaina Arafat

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

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Culture

Harry Potter and the order of the deal-breakers

Most of us know what it’s like to consume art that’s problematic, then make a degree of peace with it—or not

By Casey Plett

Power

I dreamt of a march for Black queer liberation

The street awoke with the clang of our resilience ricocheting off the blank stares and raised eyebrows: They stared, we marched, they stared, we marched

By Cicely-Belle Blain

Books

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’

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul

Books

Rachel Matlow’s mother is dead. So why am I laughing?

Matlow’s funny and moving memoir ‘Dead Mom Walking’ is the book on grieving we all need right now

By Gordon Bowness

Pandemic Pastimes

Isolation row: Staying grounded through the unhinged days and nights of COVID-19

Writer and rocker Patricia Wilson shares artistic touchstones that steady a wayward soul

By Patricia Wilson

Books

Bestselling writer Michael Arceneaux doesn’t want to die poor and in debt

The author of ‘I Can’t Date Jesus’ discusses his latest book, the discomfort when talking about money and the paradox of social mobility

By Tre’vell Anderson

Obsessions

Isolation aids: Mae Martin’s Feel Good and Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing

A new queer series seeks comfort in the uncomfortable and an artist resists the pressure of productivity

By Thomas Leblanc, Tranna Wintour

Literature

The mind-blowing power of the LGBTQ literary canon

A conversation with Muswell Press editor Matthew Bates about overlooked queer and trans classics and important new works

By Gordon Bowness

Culture

7 highlights from the 2020 Black queer arts calendar

The films, music, games and artists you should look out for this year

By Valerie Complex