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The Queer Love Project

Jerry Portwood, Lane Scott Jones, Laura Leigh Abby, Megan Okonsky, Stephanie Sellars, Wayne Scott, Neth Williams, Lynette D'Amico, Samu, Leslie Vooris, Pierre P. Paton, Jamie Brickhouse, James Brooks, Michael Lowenthal, Bronson Lemer, Steve Majors, Clarence A. Haynes, Ben Egerman, David Clarke, Mark Addison Smith

What do we know about love? Find, accept and explore love and commitment among gay, lesbian and trans people in queer relationships through storytelling and interviews with LGBTQ+ folx.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Jerry Portwood

    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.

  • Lane Scott Jones

    Writer in Nashville exploring modern mythologies. Leaseless since 2022. Currently on sabbatical.

  • Laura Leigh Abby

    I love to explore New York's beautiful Hudson Valley with my wife and our two young boys. I'm always searching for a the perfect view, a trail that's off the beaten path, and a friendly place for some good food.

  • Megan Okonsky

    Ghostwriter of business books. Author of The Barefoot Followers of Sweet Potato Grace (Lanternfish Press). Austin, TX. All opinions are my own, or my cat's.

  • Stephanie Sellars

    Writer, Filmmaker, Performing Artist in NYC and the Hudson Valley. MFAs from Columbia University and Bennington Writing Seminars. Feature film Lust Life Love on Apple TV etc. Jazz singing on Spotify etc. LGBTQ+ Cat Lover!

  • Wayne Scott

    My memoir, The Maps They Gave Us, is a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and short-listed for the Lambda Literary Award. Writer, teacher, & psychotherapist in Portland, Oregon. www.waynescottwrites.com/

  • Neth Williams

    Neth turned 20 years of drafting legal documents and reports into writing full-time. He produces many lifestyle and poetry pieces and is hired by insurance agencies, law and accounting firms, and licensing institutions to write material for them.

  • Lynette D'Amico

    Lapsed queer femme. Writer, editor, gardener. Author of MEN I HATE: A Memoir in Essays

  • Samu

    Between everyday life and writing. Observing. Questioning. Open to change.

  • Leslie Vooris

    Writer, children's advocate and occasional filmmaker. Dancer and feline mom of 2.

  • Pierre P. Paton

    Writings of a gay millennial, airing the closet I came out of, one skeleton at a time.

  • Jamie Brickhouse

    Author Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir of Booze Sex & My Mother, published in NYTimes, WashPost, Salon, DailyBeast, HuffPost, TEDx speaker, Moth GrandSLAM winner & 6-time Moth StorySLAM champ, performs 4 solo shows including Pearl Necklace AGaySexcapade

  • James Brooks

    James writes on environmental norms and queer social politics for Discourse & Society and The Advocate, City University of New York.

  • Michael Lowenthal
  • Bronson Lemer

    author of THE LAST DEPLOYMENT and THE LONELY VETERAN’S GUIDE TO COMPANIONSHIP, writer, teacher, veteran, dog AND cat person, NoDak gay, he/him \ud83c\udff3️‍\ud83c\udf08\ud83e\uddf6\ud83c\udf6a\ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc31\ud83d\udc36

  • Steve Majors

    I’ve spent 25 years leading communications through some of the toughest challenges organizations face. But the stories that have taught me the most about leadership didn’t always happen in boardrooms. They sometimes happened in my family. I’m the a

  • Clarence A. Haynes

    Author of the contemporary urban fantasy novels The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery (summer 2025) and The Broken Hearts Agency (summer 2026), freelance book editor, arts and culture lover

  • Ben Egerman

    Zines and more covering the history of queer Maryland!

  • David Clarke

    David Clarke is a journalist & communications strategist covering arts, politics, LGBTQIA+ issues, and community leadership. His recent bylines include OutSmart Magazine & BroadwayWorld. He was named to PR Week’s Pride in PR 2024 list.

  • Mark Addison Smith

    Queer Typographer / Associate Professor @SAIC / You Look Like The Right Type is my 17-year archive of daily drawings from overhead conversations

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