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Nico

Nov 27, 2023
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Love In A Sinking City: A Queer Timeline

Machi

Nov 21, 2023
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In The Movie Depicting My Childhood

Stacy Grover

Nov 16, 2023
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The Flood Came Later

Jude Little

Nov 15, 2023
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Running Away, Running Home: A Bipolar Queer’s Path to Family

Em Win

Nov 9, 2023
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The Price of Perfectionism: Chronic Illness, Unemployment, and Starting Over

Katie

Nov 8, 2023

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a photo of a road within a forest, taken from an aerial view. a single car drives along the road. the photo is fading into a rainbow effect, as though overexposed

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Editor’s Notes: BEGIN AGAIN

Because time is a flat circle and we are, if anything, cyclical beings.

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Nov 27, 2023

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A young school girl is seen carrying anither school girl as they try to navigate a flooded road after school hours just after the rain in Lagos, West of Nigeria on October 6, 2022.

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Love In A Sinking City: A Queer Timeline

“Today I am 28. It is 2023. In Nigeria, it is illegal to do the things I did freely at the beaches in Toronto; watch my queer friends kiss under…

Machi —

Nov 21, 2023

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BOULDER, CO - MAY 01: John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet Ramsey, meet with a small selected group of the local Colorado media after four months of silence in Boulder, Colorado on May 1, 1997. Patsy holds up a reward sign for information leading to the arrest of their daughter's murderer. Their 6-year-old daughter was found dead on Christmas night 1996. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post). Photo has over exposure stains on it.

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In The Movie Depicting My Childhood

“Legislators pass laws enabling families to control children and defund social services that support them, all in the name of protecting the wealthy, white, girl body. These policies, which are…

Stacy Grover —

Nov 16, 2023

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a young boy is submerged in water surrounded by flowers, light streams up from the bottom of the photo in a blur

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The Flood Came Later

“I’ve always loved the water. Before top surgery, when my discomfort with my body was at an all time high, swimming was the one thing I could do that gave…

Jude Little —

Nov 15, 2023

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an image of a sleeping pad and pillow on the floor surrounded by boxes with a laptop balanced on the boxes. the photo has the effect of an overexposed piece of film on it so that the edges are blurred out and white with rainbows crossing across the image

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Running Away, Running Home: A Bipolar Queer’s Path to Family

“I drove so fast away from her, that house, that man, that job, those lost friends, those queer dance parties, that supportive church, the community I created, without a single…

Em Win —

Nov 9, 2023

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a photo of a setup of crafting supplies with overexposure rainbows layered on top of it

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The Price of Perfectionism: Chronic Illness, Unemployment, and Starting Over

“I could start a Youtube channel or a blog about disability rights and monetize it. FUCK. I don’t know how to turn it off.”

Katie —

Nov 8, 2023