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Happy to invite everyone back to read a few poems to celebrate October!
As we begin to truly move into autumn, a period of time in which we shake off the heavy humidity-laden burdens of summer and look toward the struggles and opportunitie...
I don’t remember how I first stumbled upon the Substack for and began reading the “Queer Old Me” series. It’s one of those serendipitous realities of Substack that I’ve come to cherish. I soon learned that La lives in Madrid, has a tumor t...
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Taylor Mac and the cast in a production of Bark of Millions.
You probably know Ryan O’Connell’s work by now. The writer, actor, and creator who has spent over a decade systematically dismantling how the world views queer and disabled lives—usually while making us laugh until we cry.
He’s the Emmy-n...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
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.
Award-disdaining Author, Exile & Kook | Qstack - Highlighting the queer writers of Substack | Ford Knows Books - Books with a side of self-publishing chaos | The Pink Sheep Novels: Lamb and Waterspout | Assoc Producer - This Queer Book Saved My Life
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.
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.
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.
Author of Alligator Tears (Crown, '25) and High-Risk Homosexual (Soft Skull Press, '22). \ud83d\ude1c
I write Geek Out: a newsletter where I share personal essays, criticism, and fiction \ud83d\udc9c\ud83e\ude90\ud83e\udd84 \ud83e\udddb\ud83c\udffb
Wyatt O'Brian Evans is that Quintessential Renaissance Guy: Author, Journalist, Podcaster, and Intimate Partner Abuse Specialist. The new novel, "Nothing Can Tear Us Apart--RUTHLESS!", is available on Amazon. “Speaking My Mind Loudly And Proudly!”
Joel is a medical student, researcher and writer in Kenya, with published work spanning mental health, health equity, and non-communicable disease. Substack is his first venture into personal narrative.
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.
\ud83c\udf08Brazilian writing Poems exploring urban perception, desire, and decay through poetry. My work turns cities like into fragmented mirrors of inner experience, where light, absence, and memory blur into shifting states of vision.
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.
I am an emerging LGBTQ+ author, currently finishing up a memoir of my relationship with my transgender husband. My paying gig is veterinary surgery. When I'm not operating or writing, I enjoy reading and spending time outdoors.
poet, writer, editor, designer MA JMU ‘26
Queer (bi) Jewish poet. "Moon as Salted Lemon", 2025 (2026 Lammy Nomination). Sonnet! Boom Second-Place Winner.
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!
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