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Navigating jealousy as a queer disabled man
Identity

Navigating jealousy as a queer disabled man

I wish I had a brotherhood who would fight for my right to be included as one of their own

By Andrew Gurza
What a teenage flirtation taught me about trans visibility
Identity

What a teenage flirtation taught me about trans visibility

Trans visibility is getting better, but most of the world is still in the dark

By Dora Ng
As a queer disabled man, am I bad in bed?
Love & Sex

As a queer disabled man, am I bad in bed?

When my able-bodied lovers don’t communicate their needs, I’m left wondering about my sexual skill

By Andrew Gurza
My mother’s daughter, my father’s son: a trans Chinese woman on finding joy in the ancestral rites of death
Power

My mother’s daughter, my father’s son: a trans Chinese woman on finding joy in the ancestral rites of death

How I honoured Chinese funeral tradition, my family and queerness at my grandfather’s funeral

By Kai Cheng Thom
How I came to cherish being femme on my own non-binary terms
Power

How I came to cherish being femme on my own non-binary terms

I spent my teens trying to embrace my identity. When I finally came out there was a whole community of people like me

By Cicely-Belle Blain
When motherhood feels out of reach as a young lesbian
Love & Sex

When motherhood feels out of reach as a young lesbian

I had been obsessed with procreating since I could stand on two feet. But what happens when that path becomes obscured by who you fall in love with?

By Jessie Randall
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How I became an LGBT activist in one of the most homophobic European countries — and why I had to leave
Power

How I became an LGBT activist in one of the most homophobic European countries — and why I had to leave

One of Albania’s most prominent LGBT leaders looks back on five years of unexpected progress

By Kristi Pinderi
Five things I wish I’d known before coming out as genderqueer at work
Power

Five things I wish I’d known before coming out as genderqueer at work

On my first day at work, I announced I was genderqueer. I wasn’t prepared for the response

By Sam K. MacKinnon
Will my Latin American mother cry tears of joy at my queer wedding?
Love & Sex

Will my Latin American mother cry tears of joy at my queer wedding?

My mother had no problem with other people’s fluid sexualities, but she had absolutely no desire for her daughter to be anything but straight

By Ludmila Leiva
Coming out in Syria was difficult, but new chosen family brings joy
Vancouver

Coming out in Syria was difficult, but new chosen family brings joy

Sharing the perfect shawarma

By Ahmed Danny Ramadan
My coming-out story
Music

My coming-out story

By Raziel Reid
Coming out through Oz
Power

Coming out through Oz

Bonding on high school’s yellow brick road

By Tony Correia
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