TONY MCDADE
tony mcdade. we speak your name. tony mcdade, a black trans man, was murdered by police in tallahassee, florida earlier…
My Request For My Son (A Poem For My Son)
oh my sonthey will mock youand try to stop youand block your magicthey will twist your beautybut it is your…
The Songs I Loved: Queen Latifah’s “Come Into My House”
“welcome into my queendom, come one, come all…,” the opening line of the first verse of queen latifah’s 1990 hip-hop/house…
ROXSANA HERNANDEZ
Roxsana Hernandez was a 33-year old transgender woman from Honduras who came to the United States. She left Honduras because…
Pablo | San Francisco, CA
I come from a small town in Guatemala. I come from a small town that is close to the sun.…
An Offering: During A Pandemic
This is an offering, my offering to you and in giving this offering to you, I enrich myself. I am…
JOSE & LUIS XTRAVANGANZA
in 1990, madonna was arguably the most popular performer on the planet. already known as the queen of reinvention by…
Throwback Thursday: Landing in Orlando
july 29, 2016:angel said “there are rainbows everywhere.” i looked around and saw that we were in fact surrounded by…
The Songs I Loved: Wilson Phillips “Impulsive”
my LOVED mother’s day. birthdays and holidays came and went without much notice but mother’s day was her day to…
PEPPER LABEIJA
blessed are those who mother the children the world left alone to mind themselves. blessed are the queens who build…
David | Chicago, IL
I grew up in the North, Northwest side of Chicago. I’ve moved around most of my life. Sadly, in most…
The Songs I Loved: Sarah McLachlan’s “Adia”
in 1998, my relationship with my younger brother nicholas was strained. we were so young (me 21 and he 18…