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Personal Essay

A love letter to video game vixens
Identity

A love letter to video game vixens

One writer pays tribute to the video game characters that have helped LGBTQ2S+ folks feel at home in their queerness

By Bobby Box
All I wanted was to make my family happy, until I found what made me happy 
Love Like Mine

All I wanted was to make my family happy, until I found what made me happy 

PERSONAL ESSAY: An epic love story between an Iraqi Arab and a Punjabi Sikh

By Hasan Namir
How managing my chronic illness(es) made me fall back in love with being queer 
Health

How managing my chronic illness(es) made me fall back in love with being queer 

It took having surgery, getting sober and retiring my party girl status to realize just how much we need each other as queers—here’s how I found my way back to community

By Ronika McClain
Growing up trans in ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Newfoundland
Power

Growing up trans in ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Newfoundland

For one trans woman, watching the spread of U.S. legislation targeting trans youth brings back painful memories

By Rhea Rollmann
Is a love that starts out red-hot more likely to be a love that burns out?
Love Like Mine

Is a love that starts out red-hot more likely to be a love that burns out?

When I was ready to dive deeper, she started pulling away. I barely had the skills to handle it

By Alena Papayanis
‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’ taught me that beneath our moralizing, life is queer
Queer View Mirror

‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’ taught me that beneath our moralizing, life is queer

Heather Matarazzo’s turn as Dawn Wiener framed my understanding of being queer

By Trevor Campbell
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I was ready for a long-distance relationship, but I couldn’t live without a queer community that understood me
Love Like Mine

I was ready for a long-distance relationship, but I couldn’t live without a queer community that understood me

My difficulty with coming out of the closet kept me lonely while living in a conservative city in Korea

By Sofie Mikhaylova
As I medically transitioned, my relationship got a whole lot gayer
Love Like Mine

As I medically transitioned, my relationship got a whole lot gayer

Through marriage, pregnancy, birth and transition, my relationship to my partner, a fellow rock climber, kept evolving along with me

By Sage Agee
Going on a sex vacation made me wonder: am I demisexual?
Love & Sex

Going on a sex vacation made me wonder: am I demisexual?

After a breakup, I thought I wanted to dive headfirst into casual sex. But I learned sexuality and desire are rarely static or easily defined

By Bobby Box
Double disclosure: How getting herpes helped me come out as bisexual
Love Like Mine

Double disclosure: How getting herpes helped me come out as bisexual

I’m still afraid of people’s reactions, but I’ve learned to live with the fear

By Cam Smith
How watching ‘Heartstopper’ helped heal the hurt teen inside me
TV & Film

How watching ‘Heartstopper’ helped heal the hurt teen inside me

Netflix’s “Heartstopper” presents a world a generation wishes it had

By Matthew Pearson
Dating as an autistic person can be challenging—but it’s also joyful and hot
Love & Sex

Dating as an autistic person can be challenging—but it’s also joyful and hot

Reframing the way we view “autistic traits,” like directness and openness, can make dating better for just about everybody

By Cassandra Kislenko
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Meet the ‘Lobster Claw’ and ‘Orange Crush’ of gender-affirming surgery
Trans Health

Meet the ‘Lobster Claw’ and ‘Orange Crush’ of gender-affirming surgery

PERSONAL ESSAY:  Writer Roz Milner reflects on the life-altering procedures she experienced alongside other trans people 

By Roz Milner
How a story about spanking helped me find myself
Love & Sex

How a story about spanking helped me find myself

For queer and trans readers, erotica can provide a roadmap for realizing our truest selves

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
How fanfiction helped me fall in love with my fat, Black, queer self

How fanfiction helped me fall in love with my fat, Black, queer self

PERSONAL ESSAY: My protagonists were the blueprint of an existence I wanted to build

By Cheyenne M. Davis
André Leon Talley was my possibility model
Culture

André Leon Talley was my possibility model

Xtra’s editor-at-large Tre’vell Anderson reflects on the life and legacy of the late, legendary fashion editor

By Tre’vell Anderson
Am I the only gay guy who still finds condoms sexy?
Health

Am I the only gay guy who still finds condoms sexy?

Rolling on a condom is romantic, right on the precipice between foreplay to penetration, an intermission filled with sexual anticipation

By Sam Sferrazza
To help trans sexual assault survivors, we have to understand power
Power

To help trans sexual assault survivors, we have to understand power

Trans people are assaulted more often than cis women, yet we keep casting them as the problem

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
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