Navigating Toxic Masculinity as a Demiguy.
Toxic masculinity is still clouding my gender vision. I feel in my soul that I am a non-binary, but I cannot deny that this conclusion remains constrained - pushed and pulled by the toxic masculinity that has always surrounded and regulated my life.
A Routine Procedure
“It’ll get better when you start having sex.” Tears welled up in my eyes as she continued to fill me in on next steps and left the room…
Sleeping with Space
Chalk Pastel and Acrylic Paint by Elyse Jones.
Ace Pride & Queer Enough
Performance Poetry by Deramin.
Your Asexuality is not a Problem
I am proud to be asexual, and proud I stood by it even when I could tell it wore on my partner.
Bargain
Poetry by Elyssa Tappero.
On Motherhood, Nuclear Politics, and Other Related Topics
“My body will be empty, and I will be asexual. My body will create a whole new person, and I will be asexual.“
blood on my hands
Poetry by Moira Armstrong.
The Acceptance of Questioning
You don’t seem to feel things the way that other people do. It’s been ten years; fifteen, and that hasn’t changed.
Colors of the Dragon
Photoshop Artwork by Diane Ramic.
Inside Out
Poetry by Ms. Ace.
Considering Intersectionality and (De)Sexualizing Asexual Bodies
For the asexual whose body is inherently sexualized, they may be deemed to be too inherently sexual to be asexual, directly conflicting with their ability to claim and have access to the identity of asexuality on a societal level.
When You Say "Body," I Say
Poetry by Maribel C. Pagan.
Asexual Insight on the Male Homoerotic Body
Gay and queer asexual masculinities could challenge erotic bodily regimes but at the same time exist precariously within them.
Body Shaming
Poetry by Mehreen Qaisar.
Being Asexual and Overweight
…we are told that skinny is better and more attractive, and being overweight is, not only unhealthy, but unattractive.
An Asexual Awakening
My ideal scenario is for other people to see me as attractive in the same exact way that I find people attractive: aesthetically, rather than sexually.
How to Disappear Completely
Oil and Conte Crayon Mixed Media Painting by Ashley Kleczka.