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Personal Essay

We can choose to consume each other, or we can choose love
Books

We can choose to consume each other, or we can choose love

Instead of punishment, let’s try understanding justice in queer and trans communities through an ethic of love

By Kai Cheng Thom
Being a Christian teen abstinence activist shaped my Black queer feminism
Personal Essay

Being a Christian teen abstinence activist shaped my Black queer feminism

Growing up, I thought that purity was the only choice when it came to sex — until I began questioning what that meant

By Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza
I’m not a lesbian because of polycystic ovary syndrome
Personal Essay

I’m not a lesbian because of polycystic ovary syndrome

Why is science so obsessed with trying to find the cause of queerness?

By Lauren Strapagiel
Falling in love with my Black, queer, fat body
Love Like Mine

Falling in love with my Black, queer, fat body

My grandfather’s death taught me the depths of grief — and the importance of loving my unruly body

By Arkee E
What I learned going on auditions as a lesbian actor in LA
Personal Essay

What I learned going on auditions as a lesbian actor in LA

I stood out, and not in the way that Hollywood embraced

By Joanne Vannicola
After my wife came out as trans, we found her name together
Personal Essay

After my wife came out as trans, we found her name together

Life as our family knew it was about to change. But Zoë was a perfect name to start anew

By Amanda Jetté Knox
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I was outed as bisexual. Falling in love helped me come out on my own terms
Love Like Mine

I was outed as bisexual. Falling in love helped me come out on my own terms

I spent years grappling with my sexuality — until she helped me come out on my own terms

By Thokozani Mbwana
What makeup taught me about being a lesbian
Personal Essay

What makeup taught me about being a lesbian

For years I shunned lipstick and eyeliner for fear that I was either too queer, or not feminine enough

By Erica Lenti
I learned to love myself after my period ghosted me at 12
Health

I learned to love myself after my period ghosted me at 12

How premature ovarian failure helped me accept my body and my queerness

By Sanchari Sur
Coming out and coming home to Mormon country
Love Like Mine

Coming out and coming home to Mormon country

What it’s like to return to a place where I never thought I could be myself

By Samantha Allen
Dear Dad: In your silence, I found acceptance
Personal Essay

Dear Dad: In your silence, I found acceptance

I came out, and we never talked about it again. But I know you’ve grown to love who I am

By Erica Lenti
I came out at the height of the AIDS crisis — joining a generation of young men just waiting to die
Personal Essay

I came out at the height of the AIDS crisis — joining a generation of young men just waiting to die

When you come into adulthood in a dark age, whatever you achieve always seems secondary to the bigger problems of the world

By RM Vaughan
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My queer adolescent year of extreme baking
Personal Essay

My queer adolescent year of extreme baking

Were the assertive flavours and temperatures of Fudge Ribbon Pie a metaphor for my unacknowledged desires?

By Marusya Bociurkiw
I’m not for everyone, but she still chose me
Love Like Mine

I’m not for everyone, but she still chose me

She chose this life with me over any other, and I’ll happily do what I can to make sure she doesn’t change her mind

By Sofie Mikhaylova
I couldn’t outrun the period monster
Culture

I couldn’t outrun the period monster

As a trans teen, the only thing scarier than horror movies was that time of the month

By Henry Giardina
I’m a non-binary parent. There still isn’t space for me
Parenting

I’m a non-binary parent. There still isn’t space for me

I don’t fit the labels of ‘mom’ or ‘dad.’ It’s time society tackled the gendered expectations of parenthood

By andrea bennett
How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me
Personal Essay

How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me

If these texts offer a framework for how we might embody queer desire, then they can also model for us how we might survive abuse, how we might make it home

By Andi Schwartz
I’m a queer Black woman — misogynoir cost me my health
Health

I’m a queer Black woman — misogynoir cost me my health

How sexism and racism in the medical system undermines my community’s pain

By Almah LaVon Rice
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