Trans Archives

January 31, 2017 3 min read

For anyone feeling terrorized by the Trump administration’s dire promises, Nia King’s Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2 is the perfect antidote to fear and an inspiring handbook of activist creations Read More

Kay Ulanday Barrett: On Dancing it Out, Revising Masculinity, and Poetry as Testimony

H. Melt

Interviews

January 10, 2017 12 min read

"I want for people to have some sort of archive of their dance, night, poetry, and art spaces. I want us to remember what keeps/kept us alive when the rainbow flags and assimilation try to steamroll over the complexity of our lives." Read More

A Poem by Lucas Crawford

Poetry Editor

Poetry Spotlight

December 14, 2016 1 min read

This week, a poem by Lucas Crawford Read More

‘Out of the Ordinary: A Life of Gender and Spiritual Transitions’ by Michael Dillon / Lobzang Jivaka

Cheryl Morgan

Bio/Memoir

November 26, 2016 3 min read

In Out of the Ordinary: A Life of Gender and Spiritual Transitions we hear Dillon in his own words, unmediated by the cis gaze Read More

Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace on Crafting Her New Punk Rock Memoir

Seth Dellon

Interviews

November 22, 2016 4 min read

"I found a lot of parallels between recording an album and writing a book. I came to find myself looking at each chapter like a song." Read More

Ari Banias: On His New Poetry Collection and Trans Representation in the Larger Culture

Tennessee Jones

Interviews

October 24, 2016 9 min read

"[...] I long to get outside the ways culture has directed me to see myself, others, and the world." Read More

‘You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death, and Transition’ by Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom

Theodore Kerr

Nonfiction Reviews

October 4, 2016 4 min read

Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom write on life, death, gender, and HIV/AIDS. At the core of the book is a pair of men narrating their own lives as a means of witnessing and inquiring about the other Read More

Iconic Performer Lady Chablis, 59, has Died

Edit Team

News Remembrances

September 8, 2016 1 min read

Lady Chablis, a beloved southern-based cabaret performer and author, has died Read More

‘Darling Days’ by iO Tillett Wright

Sarah Fonseca

Bio/Memoir Reviews

September 4, 2016 3 min read

Darling Days spans from iO being placed in his mother’s arms to him leaving her for the promising embraces of a new lover and a different NYC borough. Read More

Kokumo: On Her New Poetry Collection, the Search For Love, and the Determination to Survive

H. Melt

Interviews

September 4, 2016 2 min read

"This book has been in me my whole life. And I'd say what inspired it was the need to celebrate the genius of how I survived and survive a world that is consistently telling me I'm not welcome." Read More

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

‘Assuming a Body: Transgender and the Rhetorics of Materiality’ by Gayle Salamon

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

‘Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2’ by Nia King and Elena Rose

Kay Ulanday Barrett: On Dancing it Out, Revising Masculinity, and Poetry as Testimony

A Poem by Lucas Crawford

‘Out of the Ordinary: A Life of Gender and Spiritual Transitions’ by Michael Dillon / Lobzang Jivaka

Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace on Crafting Her New Punk Rock Memoir

Ari Banias: On His New Poetry Collection and Trans Representation in the Larger Culture

‘You Only Live Twice: Sex, Death, and Transition’ by Chase Joynt and Mike Hoolboom

Iconic Performer Lady Chablis, 59, has Died

‘Darling Days’ by iO Tillett Wright

Kokumo: On Her New Poetry Collection, the Search For Love, and the Determination to Survive

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