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

Before she got Alzheimer’s, she never got to know me and after all of this, she never really will

I didn’t expect to find romance in my small town

Ron and Lloyd Cameron-Lewis built a relationship the government wouldn’t recognize — until now

It was intense and condensed — and we fooled no one but ourselves

Diaz’s storyline reminded me that my sexuality is valid and my love is authentic

From R Kelly to the Gillette boycott, toxic men are having a rough start to the new year

Transform your sex life into a fun fitness routine

How to get through the season with chosen family and friendly strangers (and maybe even a little weed)

We have two queer identities, but share one sibling bond

What happened to the Gay Boy after the final credits rolled?

My sexual orientation is more than just who shares my bed

I wanted to be one who was called the American gigolo

“I think I’m trans, too,” I said. “That’s okay,” he said, “I know.”

I found my own courage when Ellen Morgan came out as gay

Stories from friends, family and lovers of the departed—people who continue to remember and fight to never forget

I had been looking for someone like me for years

I was a lesbian who turned straight overnight. Then my husband came out as a trans woman.

Relationships

How memoirs by femmes became a second mother to me

Coming out to my grandmother over and over again

I fell in love with my middle school mean girl

How the Canadian government legally recognized this gay couple’s 50 years together

I had a teenage lesbian love affair at Jewish summer camp

Embracing bisexuality with Rosa Diaz

Is 2019 the year we finally cancel toxic masculinity?

Four LGBTQ2 people on surviving the holidays

How my bisexual big sister blazed a path for me

Rewriting my gay narrative with Totally F***ed Up

I’m married to a man — and queerer than ever

Blondie’s ‘Call Me’ launched my journey as a gay sexual outlaw

One love story told two ways

Coming out with Ellen DeGeneres

A friend, an uncle, a lover: Three people reflect on loved ones lost to AIDS

Finding my place with Fun Home

You thought your coming out story was complicated?