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call for submissions

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straddleverse

Call for Submissions: The Power Issue

The deadline for submissions is October 25!

The Editors —

Oct 3, 2019

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the travel issue

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The Travel Issue: Letter From The Editor

These are stories of risk and growth, building connections and realizing when they’re ending — all the places we think are worth moving toward and the things worth returning to.

Riese —

Aug 1, 2019

call for submissions

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Call For Submissions: The Travel Issue

Our summer issue is a broad look at traveling around and about this whole weird place, for all the right or wrong or baffling reasons. Submissions are open until July…

The Editors —

Jul 1, 2019

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the outsiders issue

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Perfectionism and the Art of Rock Climbing

As a perfectionist, I’ll always be more comfortable sharing my shiny conclusions than my messy processes. And the best thing about climbing, for me, is that it’s pure process.

Carrie —

Jun 24, 2019

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QUEER IRL PHOTO GALLERY: PRIDE!

It’s Pride month; have you heard? Have you danced in the streets, wearing a rainbow flag, surrounded by topless women, shouting your queerness and here-ness, maybe honking a horn or…

Heather Hogan —

Jun 18, 2019

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Monday Roundtable

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Monday Roundtable: Into the Wild

Our favorite ways and places to be outside.

the team —

May 6, 2019

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the outsiders issue

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Letter From The Editor: The Outsiders Issue

These are all love stories.

Riese —

May 1, 2019

call for submissions

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Call for Submissions: The Outsiders Issue

Our spring issue wants you to get outside and find the rest of us, or yourself, or the history of a people, or something else we’ve never seen! Deadline for…

Riese —

Apr 11, 2019

2018 end of year list

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tv feature

In 2018, Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Did Even Better

Here’s your in-depth look at all the numbers on lesbian, bisexual and queer television representation in 2018. Spoiler alert: it got better?

Riese —

Jan 9, 2019

but make it fashion

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The Way in Which I Design Myself

“I was once a dancer, a synchronized swimmer, I played acrobat on thick, moss covered logs when I was at the lake, catching myself as I stumbled was a game.…

Tara —

Nov 28, 2018

but make it fashion

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Nancy Meyers But Make It Gay: Wearing a Chunky Beach Sweater When Your Life Is Falling Apart

Sometimes you just have to let out your inner Connecticut divorcée on a beach.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Nov 13, 2018

bad behavior

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Butch Slut

In the pool hall, my sweetheart and a close friend tease me one night: “unimpressive,” “pure luck,” “you aren’t that good.” They were trying to get my ire up so…

Asher Ford —

Aug 30, 2018