Coming Out Archives

November 8, 2021 4 min read

An excerpt from Damian Alexander’s graphic novel memoir, Other Boys, an emotional debut about bullying, grief, and coming out. Read More

‘Juno’s Swans’ by Tamsen Wolff

Carson Beker

Fiction

November 15, 2018 6 min read

Juno’s Swan is a story about the limits of love: both the crash at the end of a first love and the tunnel vision infatuation can give, the kind where everything outside that adoring gaze becomes flattened Read More

A Poem by Lisa Summe

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

June 28, 2016 1 min read

This week, a poem by Lisa Summe....

‘Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out’ by Susan Kuklin

Jackson Nash

Nonfiction Reviews

September 11, 2014 2 min read

Beyond Magenta is a collection of the real-life stories of six young transgender people in America, interviewed and photographed by...

‘Maggie & Me: Coming Out and Coming of Age in 1980s Scotland’ by Damian Barr

James McDonald

Bio/Memoir Reviews

June 17, 2014 4 min read

Margaret Thatcher was no friend to Scotland – hundreds gathered in Glasgow’s George Square to celebrate her death in 2013...

Adam Tendler: On Modern Music, the Advantages of Self-Publishing, and Coming Out on the Page

Kevin Brannon

Interviews

June 8, 2014 9 min read

"Music was an escape for me when self-expression was, at least so I thought, a punishable offense." Read More

See The Fascinating Evolution of Cover Art From 12 Legendary Queer Books

Paige Cohen

Features News

May 10, 2013 2 min read

The evolution of cover art from twelve legendary queer books, Jason Collins, and other lgbt news. Read More

‘Ask the Passengers’ by A.S. King

Lydia Harris

Reviews Young Adult

January 1, 2013 2 min read

When you send your “love” and thoughts out to the riders of an airplane flying above your head, can the...

‘American Voyeur’ by Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Tom Eubanks

Nonfiction

April 23, 2010 3 min read

My first encounter with the journalism of Benoit Denizet-Lewis just happened to be his first cover story for The New...

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

The Queerness of Robots

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

Read This! Excerpt of Other Boys — Damian Alexander’s Graphic Novel

‘Juno’s Swans’ by Tamsen Wolff

A Poem by Lisa Summe

‘Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out’ by Susan Kuklin

‘Maggie & Me: Coming Out and Coming of Age in 1980s Scotland’ by Damian Barr

Adam Tendler: On Modern Music, the Advantages of Self-Publishing, and Coming Out on the Page

See The Fascinating Evolution of Cover Art From 12 Legendary Queer Books

‘Ask the Passengers’ by A.S. King

‘American Voyeur’ by Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta