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Should I Stick It Out at My Christian College?

You could graduate debt-free, or you could see what else is out there. Also, we help a nonbinary reader feel…

the team

Jun 20, 2025

the speakeasy

The phrase "What Do We Mean When We Say BIPOC" is against a neon pink and purple background.

society + culture

What Do We Mean When We Say BIPOC?: A Roundtable

Nine queers of color on understanding and grappling with BIPOC — the acronym that, in so many ways, has come to define this summer.

The Speakeasy —

Aug 17, 2020

covid-19

trans

love + sex

Trans Love in Pandemic Times

Love without a blueprint leaves room for unknown possibilities. I spoke to seven trans people about how the pandemic has changed their relationships and how trans love has changed their…

xoai pham —

Jul 31, 2020

#blacklivesmatter

No Justice No Pride

society + culture

We Find Freedom in Black Trans Joy

We place joy at the center of our spaces, because spaces created for us are often only interested in our trauma and pain.

Jordyn Jay and Gia Love —

Jun 26, 2020

AAPI Heritage Month

personal essay

identity

The Price I Pay For(ever) My Culture

Being a first-gen, Indigenous, queer, Samoan girl in diaspora almost cost me my Samoan culture. But one day, I’m going to be the queer Samoan elder who looks my grandchildren…

Terisa Siagatonu —

May 25, 2020

AAPI Heritage Month

Asian American

Sal Tran cooking their mom's recipe of braised fish.

identity

Lost and Found in the Fish Sauce: How I Cooked My Way Back Home

Through my mother’s recipes, I’m reminded of the resilience that flows in our blood. Instead of disconnecting from my body to survive, I nurtured it. Like me, cooking is hella…

Sal Tran —

May 21, 2020

covid-19

gender identity

gender

You Need Help: Gender Feels in Quarantine

Your rawness and tenderness is a primal signal that you are alive. It’s exhausting and there’s no way to turn it off. Let yourself breathe through this, and trust that…

Adrian —

May 14, 2020

gender

What It’s Like To Realize You’re Trans and Queer in Quarantine

Suffice to say that we’ll all be coming out of this pandemic different people than we were before — but for many people, being in isolation is specifically providing the…

Elly Belle —

May 14, 2020

AAPI Heritage Month

Asian American

identity

Stepping Out Of Silence

When love is a matter of desperation, how do you even begin to know what it is you desire? It doesn’t matter what shape love takes. Or does it?

himani —

May 12, 2020

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Barbie

featured

go long

interview

kristen arnett

I Treat My Wife Like a Barbie Doll and She Likes It

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Kristen Arnett discuss the sliding scale of gender expression and how a femme wife is like having an IRL Barbie.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Kayla and Kristen on the beach for their engagement photoshoot

gender

featured

hair and beauty

With T4T Care and More Effective Results, Bluebird Is Revolutionizing Hair Removal for Trans Women

“We have the feel, we have all these trans women working in this beautiful space, but it’s also technical. We’re not just smoke and mirrors, we’re not just branding. There’s…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 4, 2024

featured

Transition Is Allowed To Feel Bad Sometimes

Realistically, I understand that if you do something for 11 months, the chance that you’ll feel good for every second of those 11 months is zero.

Max Gross —

Feb 1, 2024

featured

for them

Top 10 Things I’m Looking Forward to After Top Surgery

8. Being slutty in tank tops and vests

Motti —

Jan 15, 2024

featured

for them

You Need Help: As a Transmasc, Am I Welcome in Lesbian Spaces?

You see, for me and you, dating women wasn’t the only thing that made us lesbians or gay. It’s an entire culture with a rich history of tradition, identity, protest,…

Motti —

Jan 9, 2024

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