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

I’m a trans man with a straight cis husband. We’re ready to start a family

As a bisexual trans man with a straight cis husband, the discussion of having kids is complicated by questions of surrogacy, adoption and raising kids in the U.S.

By Andy Bandyopadhyay

Love Like Mine

His smell haunts me, even after he disappeared from my life

I tried to commit the layers and notes of his aroma to memory so that I had no regrets when he left

By Daniel Sanchez Torres

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

Culture

Alice Wu’s ‘The Half Of It’ is a reminder that queer desire is all about eye contact

The film is a study in unspoken wanting—something LGBTQ2 people know well

By Ray Levy Uyeda

Love Like Mine

I changed my name and fell in love with my true self

My new name feels right, like I’m finally home

By Mackenzie Casalino

Personal Essay

How quarantine made me a better bottom

By Bobby Box

Love Like Mine

Confessing to my virtual COVID-crush with the help of Bill Clinton

A music meme dared me to bare my soul

By Jenny Morris

Sex

I cloned my partner’s penis and so can you

I used the Clone-A-Willy kit with great results. Here’s a few things I learned

By Kate Sloan

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

Love Like Mine

What my dad’s coming out taught me about my own identity

Growing up, I saw the damage done by a life lived in secret—but I also understood his fear of rejection

By Gordon Nore

Identity

Go ahead, transition

Trans and non-binary people are rarely afforded the freedom to express desire and alter who they are. It’s time to change that

By Alex V Green

Party for One

How I learned to masturbate like a trans girl

It took a whole community of queers to help me learn that my body exists on its own terms

By Autumn Wright

Pandemic Pastimes

39 easy steps for buying your first vibrator in the middle of a pandemic

As a feminist and former gender studies academic, it took a global crisis for me to buy my first vibrator. Here’s how I assembled the nerve (and self-love) to do it

By Kirsten Reneau