By Rashauna Tunson Recommended reading age: 12–14 Maggie Horne’s debut novel, ‘Hazel Hill is Gonna Win This One’ is a downright winner. This fiercely feminist and endearingly queer story you need in your hands right now. Seventh grader Hazel Hill is so wrapped up in her preparations for the annual…

By Isabella Zollner When Judge Clarence Thomas invited new challenges to same-sex marriage, he reignited a fight that had laid dormant for almost a decade. Less than a month after his opinion was published, the House of Representatives passed a bill called the Respect for Marriage Act. This signified a…

Curits Chin is a writer, producer, director, and activist. His memoir about growing up Asian American and coming out in his working-class immigrant community, titled“Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” will be published in the Fall of 2023. His films have been screened at The White House…

By Megan Graham CONTENT WARNING: Mass shootings, homophobia, transphobia The first thing I did when I sat down to write this article was text my best friend: “I don’t know what to say that hasn’t already been said.” I lost track of how many mass shootings happened during my lifetime…

By Judy Bokao A few days ago, Nikita Dragun, a trans social media influencer who rose to fame with her beauty channel on YouTube, was arrested at a hotel in Miami. According to news reports, the police were called to the hotel after complaints of Dragun “causing a disturbance.” It…

By Rashauna Tunson RECOMMENDED READING AGE: 10–14 YEARS OLD “How was Ivy supposed to know how to handle all these feelings for June, all these feelings at all, if everything she saw and read about and heard about was all boy-girl, girl-boy?” Twelve year old Ivy Aberdeen is going through…

By Megan Graham I have been a Swiftie since I was about 9 years old, ever since my family bought a karaoke video game that came with “I’m Only Me When I’m With You” pre-uploaded to it. My first ever concert was the “Speak Now” tour. …

By Christine Siamanta Kinori Culture is changing, but it is still amazing how people still don’t understand how things like privacy work. This was the case for Kit Connor, who was hit hard with allegation of queerbaiting until he was forced to state his sexual orientation. …

By Megan Graham To use an overused opener: it’s me, hi. I’m a gay Swiftie, it’s me. As a queer woman, I love nothing more than when my favorite actors, musicians, or pop culture icons are sapphic, like me. I love the feeling of seeing an actor or singer who…