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Three Poems
Jan 18

Jan 18 Three Poems

Gilberto Lee Escobedo
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Poetry

When he clasps your hand

It is both a greeting

And a recognition of the

Work needing to be done

Dress Code
Jan 18

Jan 18 Dress Code

Jessie Atkin
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Personal

All the girls wore plaid jumpers until I turned ten years old.

In the absence of? Everything.
Jan 18

Jan 18 In the absence of? Everything.

Aether
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Poetry

He holds me so tight I might compress back into stardust.

Intimacy – The Duality of being Ace.
Jan 18

Jan 18 Intimacy – The Duality of being Ace.

Eleanor Graydon
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Personal

I write a lot about intimacy. I write about my understanding of it.

asexual has a manic episode
Jan 18

Jan 18 asexual has a manic episode

A. Deshmane
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Poetry

lens of / kaleidoscopic shards / render me 

The Formula
Jan 18

Jan 18 The Formula

AQ
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Poetry

boy + girl = couple

Society has hammered the formula into me since birth.

On the Discomfort of Inhabiting Gender and Sexuality
Jan 18

Jan 18 On the Discomfort of Inhabiting Gender and Sexuality

N. L. Klopper
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Academic

My confrontation with gender detachment was the first time that I was able to put into words the relationship I have to my gender.

From Toxically Male to Asexual: Unlearning Patriarchal Maleness
Jan 18

Jan 18 From Toxically Male to Asexual: Unlearning Patriarchal Maleness

L
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Personal, Article

Not so long ago, a friend of mine told me that people that knew me from school were surprised to hear that I was interested in feminist topics.

Does there have to be a reason?
Jan 18

Jan 18 Does there have to be a reason?

MsRanaDee
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Poetry

I walked away because I had a bus to catch. 

(Un)carved
Jan 18

Jan 18 (Un)carved

Winnefred Sharp
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Visual

This photography came to my mind during one of my ceramics classes.

The Structure of a Breakdown: My Experiences as an Aroace Trans Person as Told Through Poetry
Jan 18

Jan 18 The Structure of a Breakdown: My Experiences as an Aroace Trans Person as Told Through Poetry

Roman Todd
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Poetry

Cut off, cut out of me

These organs that curse me!

Self Expression
Jan 18

Jan 18 Self Expression

Love, Builder of Worlds
2025, Vol 7 Iss 2, Poetry

Little girl. Listen.  

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