first person What Does It Mean To Be a Lesbian, Actually? Notes About Bein’ Lesbian From a Southern Black Soft Masculine Lesbian Woman Mo Nikole 10 Hours
first person Change Is Magic: On Cooking and Bodies Science fiction taught me that any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic. In the kitchen, my girlfriend is a witch. V. S. Wells — Aug 23, 2021
first person My Body Is Revived, My Body Is A Lighthouse How do we find dignity in our bodies after it has been taken from us by an abusive partner? SC Dillon — Aug 19, 2021
love + sex Writing Myself into the Erotic When I tell people that I wrote myself a sexual body, I don’t know if they believe me. But our bodies are stories as much as they’re anything else. Shelly Jay Shore — Aug 16, 2021
first person Tarot, Sex, & Hoodoo: A Black Girl’s Guide to the Underworld An exploration of summer, desire, and the senses through the lens of tarot and trans womanhood. Shaadi Devereaux — Aug 12, 2021
love + sex The Night I Learned to Be In My Trans Body My summer hookup with a rich businesswoman in Japan gave me something more valuable than even the room service wagyu steak. Molly Hensley — Aug 10, 2021
Why Discovering Your Trans Identity As A Disabled Person Can Be So Confusing Society painted me as a burden, and undeserving of autonomy. I have taken that paintbrush and created a beautiful life where being disabled isn’t a bad thing. antiableist — Aug 3, 2021
first person When Thin is a Trans Requirement Body fat is central to how we perceive gender. So what does that mean if you’re a trans person? Eli Cugini — Aug 2, 2021
house & garden My Gender is Maximalism As these queer and trans bodies took up space on my walls, my queer and trans body felt free to take up space in the home itself. Frankie de la Cretaz — Jul 28, 2021