In Another World

We’re presenting you with the ways that bright, thoughtful, ferocious people are creating their own space. Worlds within and outside of this slippery one, full of answers and questions and buoyant hope tunnels.

For Queers, by Queers, in Strait-Laced Boston

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For Queers, by Queers, in Strait-Laced Boston

Chaya Rusk

Mar 31, 2020

Enduring “Straight Time” to Build Our Own Radical Queer Utopia

The world tells us that we should not want anything beyond what is here and…

Nik Valdez

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Mar 31, 2020
A Better World: Transformative Justice and the Apocalypse

As COVID-19 brings the world as we know it to and end, queer, trans and…

Kai Cheng

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Mar 30, 2020
Fat Liberation Is the Future

It’s time we stopped telling people to “love themselves” and started demanding fat liberation at…

Samantha Puc

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Mar 26, 2020
Roundtable: The Undocumented Activists Organizing a Strike and Building a New World

In a country that hates immigrants, every day immigrants are on the front line of…

Christine Miranda

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Mar 24, 2020
Making Lovers Of Friends: My Bisexual Account Of Women Who Don’t Belong to Me

When it comes to my queer desire, my favorite feeling is a juicy lack —…

Vickie Vertiz

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Mar 17, 2020
5 QPOC Visionary Fiction Projects to Look Out for in the Not-So-Distant Future

Our ability to conceive of ourselves surviving and thriving into the future is a crucial…

Kamee Abrahamian

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Mar 16, 2020
A Wild Dare

For a long time, my wildest dream was my parents’ acceptance, it seemed so far…

Rita

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Mar 11, 2020
The Future We Lost in the Fire

Book archives and research on queer identity from the Institute for Sexual Science were destroyed…

SAM

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Mar 9, 2020
Seven Sensual Drag and Burlesque Acts Bringing Black Joy to D.C.

Spaces that center and uplift Black performers create a magic you can feel. Meet seven…

Tahirah Alexander Green

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Mar 5, 2020
What Would the Decriminalization of Sex Work Look Like?

As Vermont became the second state to introduce a bill to decriminalize sex work, the…

Reese Piper

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Mar 3, 2020
How to Make the MTA $Free.99

Even if it’s not overnight, New York does have the money and economy to bankroll…

María José

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Feb 27, 2020
The Utopian, Queer Promise of Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend”

“Call Your Girlfriend” is not just a song that holds up as a classic sad…

Z Kennedy-Lopez

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Feb 20, 2020
FIRST PERSON

Bonus Time: Living To Be Queer Elders

In QTPOC community, the future can feel precarious. If queerness is so often associated with…

Jordan Alam & sára abdullah

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Feb 18, 2020
Always In The Middle: On Being Biracial & Bisexual

Perhaps my identity oscillates at times but in a world that attempts to force me…

Kirthan Aujlay

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Feb 13, 2020
I’m Not a Fabulous Queer

Being invisible is in some ways a privilege. QTPOC who are visible are subject to…

L

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Feb 10, 2020
Letter From The Editor: In Another World

You can’t win in a world not meant for you, so I’m offering up the…

Kamala Puligandla

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Feb 10, 2020
STRADDLEVERSE

Call for Submissions: In Another World

As we head into the crisp, fresh beginning of 2020 and a new decade, we…

The Editors

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Jan 1, 2020

First Person

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We’re presenting you with the ways that bright, thoughtful, ferocious people are creating their own space. Worlds within and outside of this slippery one, full of answers and questions and buoyant hope tunnels.

Kamala Puligandla

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Carmen Phillips

Editor

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