"Today, I acknowledge that no one else is responsible for my happiness, including God. So now, I’m wondering why God exists, or why I exist for that matter."
This month’s “Banal and Profane” column comes to us from writer Nik Nicholson. Read More
"Are all healthy relationships inherently boring?"
Personal advice on love and life from author La JohnJoseph. Read More
"For a poem to coalesce, for a character or an action to take shape, there has to be an imaginative transformation of reality which is in no way passive." Read More
"Should I tell my best friend I slept with his boyfriend?" Read More
Yabo lyrically maps the spiritual and physical borders between love, passion, sexuality, and gender. Read More
Poet and former Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging Writer fellow Tommy Pico has created a poetry chapbook app called Absent Mindr. Read More
Scorcher is a darkly comic examination of modern queer desire. Read More
"I’m currently living in a small town in central Illinois, finishing up the second year of a visiting teaching gig at a small liberal arts college. I moved here from Chicago, where I had everyday access to queer community. Things are much different now." Read More
"I think queer writers make excellent storytellers because we're so used to observing the mechanics of people and second-guessing their actions and motivations [...]" Read More


