Two Poems
With influences from Angel Nafis, queer Bangladeshi poet Amatan Noor spins an acerbic bite out of everyday realities and structures
In Our Understanding the Self Class
TW: sexual assault
A poem by Von-der By that looks at the ugliness and trauma of a personal history and its impact on sexuality
UNBECOMING
A poem that questions the lines between love, care, gender, and sexuality and what it means to be and become
whatever you want to call me is fine
The question of pronouns should not be a question – Hannah Coakley distills a limpid sense of resistance in this new poem
Sweat Prints
This mixed media series considers the female body in an athletic physical setting. Created with cosmetics (or watercolor) and workout sweat on thin, fragile papers, they allude to sweat connoting sexuality, exertion, and other push-pull responses
Patriarchal Woman
Chilean artist Matías Alvial's artwork interrogates the ways in which the eyes of a patriarchal society see women: as domestic and sexual servants
Hard Job: Three Poems
Three new poems by Garreth Chan, exploring sex work and sexual labor.
Good Love is Hard to Find
New in fiction, by Tzy Jiun Tan.
Paula Rego's Delightful Violence
Zoe Patterson explores the pain and wonder of childhood in Paula Rego’s Peter Pan Illustrations.
Ethan, Or the First Time I Laid Eyes on You
“You’re the laid back type unlike the boys / I’m used to, who prance about in search of toxic masculinity” – Shane Allison’s new poem enacts a queer romance in a bar.
Wild: A Collage Series
A romp through the playground that encompasses sexuality and the viewer's gaze, a collage series by Shane Allison.
The Water in the Sun
A surreal, subtly erotic poem by S K Garcia.
The Internet Saved My Queer Soul
The internet is weird and scary, but it is undeniable that it is one of the most important tools for shaping the LGBTQIA+ community and culture, writes Amanda Malamut in this personal essay.
The Morning After
Zoe Jane Patterson lays out the aftermath of a hookup.
This Guru is Impossible
New fiction set at an ashram in South Asia, by Chiran Raj Pandey.
The Strange Man, Me, and Spaghetti
Ruobing Sabrina Zhao reimagines a fictional Murakami scene in this new poem.
In a jar of sugar and sunlight
In a jar of sugar and sunlight is a series of meditations on Asian womanhood, menstruation, coming of age, and sexuality.
Masturbation
A look at one’s own sins, new fiction where “masturbation is a lot like dream-making.”
The Poet
“But if Rupi can rake in the money with line breaks and / Taylor’s feminism can inspire naïve joy / Maybe I still qualify as underground music…” – take a look inside Tzy Jiun Tan’s poetry book.
Innocence Lost
“My heart is a blow-up doll fucked loose” – what does a young girl gain and sacrifice as she grows up into a woman?