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Willow trees along the coastline of Florida.

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Dispatches from a Sweaty Accidental Matriarchy

Sometimes a community is just 87 mentally ill homosexuals and the twenty dollars they pass around on Venmo.

July Thomas —

Sep 16, 2021

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Several blurry people stand in the background holding lights.

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Brand New Party Girl

I exist in a fresh, new, virginal body now, and I’ve started to uncover what that means for me.

El Yurman —

Sep 13, 2021

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trans

A brown-skinned masculine person cutting a femme mermaid out of a net.

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The Trans Body as a Work of Art

Burlesque is my loving manifestation of what all my ancestors deserved—not simply tolerance, but unbridled celebration.

Lawrence Gullo —

Sep 7, 2021

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A person holding a shard of glass, on which their eye is visible.

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Mirrors and Makeouts: Finding Trans Pleasure

Within the brief eternity of our car makeout, in touching her body, I felt my shame begin to melt.

Sloane Holzer —

Sep 2, 2021

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100 Things to Try When I Have a Vagina

Of all the unexpected changes I encountered during my transition, the most surreal had to be transforming a part of my body.

Ophi Rocks —

Sep 1, 2021

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trans

Two people baking and forming a heart with the batter. One person's hands surround the other's hands.

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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

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intimate partner violence

The image of a lighthouse with a color gradient of orange to purple on it.

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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

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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

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tarot

A dark-skinned trans woman's face with the colors of orange, purple, and pink overlaid.

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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

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lesbian sex

A photo of a fruit platter with a purple to orange gradient on it.

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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