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My Deepest Grief Made Space for My Greatest Joy by Gabe

**Content Warning: self-harm, suicidal ideation** Once, for too long, I believed my grief was irrational. Existing…
Feature: Poet & Musician Velvetwavez

Velvetwavez (born Nyalahrahsja Allen) is a Black queer non-binary artist, spoken word poet, singer and songwriter…
Unearthing Identity Through Alter Egos by Velvetwavez

Growing up in a relatively conservative town, queerness and transness were one of many things that…
Powerlifting and Fitness Outside the Binary by Val Schull

“Do you compete?” Though I did not know it at the time, that question would be…
Feature: Artist, Poet, & Dancer Tillan Edwards

Tillan Edwards (he/they) is a queer and trans artist, poet, and dancer from NYC. He’s loved…
Feature: Writer, Activist, & Poet Mabell Holand

Mabell Holand is a writer, activist, and poet. With a university degree in pedagogics, the human…
Shame: A Black Perspective by Mabell Holand

I am writing this on the international coming out day, and as I look back, perfectly…
Finding LiftyBoi by Minky Kim

Being assigned a gender at birth forces upon you a lifetime of stigmas, pressures, expectations, and…
Sharpening Teeth by Féi Hernandez

Sensitivity is usually associated with frailty, powerlessness, femininity. This is especially true if you grow up…
resilience by syd yang

there is a strength we rarely talk about,the kind that rouses a body out of bed…