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an image of a photo of the author's head in peaked military cap, and bare Black shoulders. there is a pink flower blossoming over his left shoulder and one cropping up out of his right collarbone. there is a blur behind him of several stacked versions of his head, unfolding to the right of the graphic.

Everything Is Subject to Change…

cat jones October 11, 2020
a collection of faces and figures flooded in orange, bright green and hot pink, are scattered over a scene of crumbling pillars and doorways. and in between these figures are the gestures of the wings and petals, floating throughout.

The Labyrinth Closet

féi hernandez October 11, 2020
A multimedia collage of plants from the garden (marigolds and mint) planted into grave-like shapes in the background.

Straight, No Chaser

Mónica Teresa Ortiz October 8, 2020
A three-photo collage of the author, Olivia Zayas Ryan, in dramatic makeup. The tones are magenta and orange and she poses with her eyes closed and staring directly at the camera.

A Scrutinized Body Becomes Art: How Makeup Helps Me Manage my Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Olivia Zayas Ryan October 8, 2020
A multimedia cut out collage of a dark green background with crowns overlapping in a circle and a pink daffodil in the center.

Letting Go of Latinidad

Yvonne October 7, 2020
a double-image graphic that's cut in half with a red filter over it, so everything is bathed in a red light. on the left side, in negative, the top half of a brown, scorpio femme (the author!) poses in a leopard print slip. she's wearing hoop earrings, has a slightly parted mouth, round glasses frames and has loosely curled hair down to their shoulders. the other side of the image is in positive and shows a mirror image with more detail on the author's face.

14 Knuckles: Always A Fistee, Never A Fister

Mat September 30, 2020
a black and white photo of a person's chest and thin lines of scars beneath their nipples let behind after top surgery

When Other People Get to Give Away Their Binders

Shoshana Raphael September 29, 2020

Am I Bisexual? Is That The Word?

A.E. Osworth September 21, 2020

Scenes from a Gender 02: Illustrated Moments of Trans Womanhood

Bishakh Som September 17, 2020
A short-haired dyke sits on a mud spattered floor with one leg folded under them and the other extended. They smile an easy grin into the camera and place a hand on their extended knee. Behind them a blue graphic ribbon runs behind them and across another mud covered person sitting behind them.

Mud Wrestling Showed Me How To Want

Lillian Kalish September 9, 2020
collage image of orange marigold flowers carpeting the space between two thighs, smaller flowers scattered up on the thighs. a dewy green mango leaf in the background.

Anatomy Of A Mango: Seed

danijanae September 2, 2020
mirror image split screen of a femme of color sitting on their knees in a sexy floral robe, hair down, leaning to the right. there's a red treatment over the photo for a little extra erotic style.

14 Knuckles: Femme Top Revolution

Mat August 27, 2020
collage of mango pits arranged in a vulvic shape, with many layers and folds and wrinkles, all in a sweet juicy orange hue

Anatomy of a Mango: Pit

danijanae August 19, 2020
Sex Education, Jean to Florence: "Sex doesn't make us whole."

Coming Out Twice: On Being Gay and Asexual in a World Without Representation

Jessica Vazquez August 12, 2020
close-up of dewy bright orange mango flesh fills the whole window

Anatomy of a Mango: Flesh

danijanae August 5, 2020
a double photo of a long-haired femme from behind, showing off her buttcheeks in a thong-backed body suit and the sides of her cheeks

14 Knuckles: Can Two Switches Have Sex?

Mat July 30, 2020
juicy mango patterns on a background of dewy mango skin, surrounded by a collage of liquified mango shapes

Anatomy Of A Mango: Skin

danijanae July 21, 2020

Harden/Soften: Finding Sensuality After Top Surgery

Elly Day July 3, 2020
two hands sharing a joint, cover of 'we had no rules' by Corinne Manning

Crafting The Narrative Of Abuse

Corinne Manning July 2, 2020

How Queer YA Novels Taught Me to Write My Own Happy Ending

Leah Johnson June 25, 2020
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