Tag: Queer

The first image of Promare is a triangle constrained inside a rectangle, distorted and maimed as the walls close in around it. There’s a place for subtlety in art, but there’s also a place for distilled simplicity. And the more I think about Promare the more I feel...

“And so I go into the woods. As I go in under the trees, dependably, almost at once, and by nothing I do, things fall into place. I enter an order that does not exist outside, in the human spaces. I feel my life take its place among the lives — the trees, the annual plants, the animals a...

In the tapestry of life, each thread is a story, weaving together a portrait of who we are. My story, an intricate blend of Asian heritage and a rainbow identity, is no exception. It’s a narrative peppered with digital escapades, heartfelt searches, and the kind of humor that only life’s...

“Gintong Biyaya ni Ikapati” or (The Golden Blessings of Ikapati) was an artwork more dedicated to our Filipino farmers who are experiencing harder life than ever during the pandemic. I used the deity Ikapati, as more with androgynous features, cause aside that she changes gender at times...

Iwrite to share with you my love for four dear women I befriended this year as a woman. I came out as a trans in June 2022. After a combination of factors delayed my social and medical transition (seasonal affective disorder, incompatible career, sperm bank scheduling conflicts), I began h...

Actually, I just made that up based off OG, which I get called a lot because I’m old. (61 in the gay male world can feel more like 161!) OQ is my little joke, but I’m not really kidding. When I joined Queer Nation in 1990, I was among the first people anywhere to start actively reclaimin...

Autistic people experience diagnostic overshadowing. We’re not allowed to be anything else or have other conditions. Any illness, ailment, or difference is seen only in the context of being autistic. Unfortunately, this, alongside the high numbers of trans and gender variant people being autis...