Boys
Ulrik AndersenUlrik Andersen is a queer writer out of New York / Copenhagen. He is the father of two boys, a husband to one woman. He writes about masculinity, men, boys, dads, growing up closeted and queer. These are notes and first drafts.
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July 28th 2026
Here are the things I’ve learnt today:
That one must pat sunscreen
into the top of one’s hands
lest they look old.
That Wilde already beat me
to the line about cigarettes being perfect.
And that the midwest will suffer the heat...
Noise
*This was originally published at Trampset Magazine in January 2025.
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On the rare moments Ola sat still, you’d catch how handsome he was. His eyes would slip closed long enough for you to take in his long brown eyelashes that wo...
I got rejected from the New York Times and all I got was this weird demon to exorcise
I submitted a piece for a New York Times Modern Love podcast. The theme was fatherhood and they asked for examples of when listeners' fathers had opened up to their kids or, in turn, when listeners had been vulnerable with their kids. Somet...
Mother Mary full of grace
If you really knew me, you’d know about that time in Thailand where I became infatuated with a ladyboy. We partied in a small local disco tucked away from the main drag, on a minuscule dance floor the size of two ping pong tables pushed tog...
We're having a good time
1. I tell her it’s weird not to be flirted with anymore. She says shit I’m sorry but I tell her its OK; I’m middle aged, I’m a Dad, it’s not surprising really. I don’t know if we disappear or if the world just kind of disappears around us,...
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Ulrik Andersen is a queer writer out of New York. He writes about men, dads and boys of which he is the father of two. These are his notes and first drafts.
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