The Queer Love Project
Jerry Portwood, Riley M. Hollars (she/her), Molly McCloy, La | queer, non-binary author, Brenden O'Donnell, Jason Prokowiew, Clayre Benzadón, Zachary Zane, Valena Beety, Edgar Gomez, Benjamin Williams, Chelsea Devona, Jack Parlett, Rashad Ali Muhammad, Emir Avilés PagánWhat do we know about love? Find, accept and explore love and commitment among gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people in queer relationships through storytelling and interviews with LGBTQ+ folx.
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Authors
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Jerry Portwood is the founder of The Queer Love Project, which explores LGBTQ+ stories about relationships. He was a top editor at Rolling Stone, Out magazine, and New York Press. He's a longtime instructor at the New School's writing program.
poet, writer, editor, designer MA JMU ‘26
My memoir Nine Grudges: The Spiteful Origins of the Happiest Dyke on Earth won the 2023 Quill Prose Award from Red Hen Press, to be published in September 2026.
Hi! I’m La. I’m a queer, non-binary writer based in Madrid. My work lives at the intersection of desire, identity and the body — told with dark humour, unflinching honesty and many explicit detours.
I write Geek Out: a newsletter where I share personal essays, criticism, and fiction 💜🪐🦄 🧛🏻
Author of War Boys, a braided memoir about my Russian father’s adoption by Nazis during World War II and the trauma he carried into parenthood. Recently writing about life in my fat Queer body.
Queer (bi) Jewish poet. "Moon as Salted Lemon", 2025 (2026 Lammy Nomination). Sonnet! Boom Second-Place Winner.
Author of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto. Editor-in-Chief of BOYSLUT, a digital zine sharing nonfiction and fiction erotica from kinksters across the globe, along with the occasional thought piece.
I'm a law professor, innocence litigator, and former federal prosecutor, fighting wrongful convictions and centering the women and queer people the system fails most.
Author of Alligator Tears (Crown, '25) and High-Risk Homosexual (Soft Skull Press, '22). 😜
I'm a Montessori educator and a queer mother of triplets with my master’s in Children’s Literature living in Detroit. I'm passionate about childhood liberation and radical caregiving. Connect with me @motownmultiples on FB, TikTok, or Insta!
Rashad Ali Muhammad is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores transformation, memory, and connection through material experimentation and research-driven work rooted in cultural history and lived experience.
San Francisco-based Puerto Rican writer, patent agent and former scientist interested in exploring the intersection of identity, mental health and relationships
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