The Wild, Sublime Body
Before I learned about beauty, I delighted in my body. I sensed a deep well at my center, a kind of umbilical cord that linked me to a roiling infinity of knowledge and pathos that underlay the trivia of our daily lives.
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Before I learned about beauty, I delighted in my body. I sensed a deep well at my center, a kind of umbilical cord that linked me to a roiling infinity of knowledge and pathos that underlay the trivia of our daily lives.
Melissa Febos The Yale Review Mar 2021 15min Permalink
In staying, I was not only denying myself the chance at true happiness, but I was keeping him from having it, too. It was that realization—that I was preventing my husband from having the life he deserved—that ultimately outweighed the fears I had about leaving.
Britni de la Cretaz Catapult Nov 2020 15min Permalink
George Floyd’s killing galvanized a nation. But small groups like the queer-led collective Black Visions are channeling that energy into a movement for political change.
Jenna Wortham New York Times Magazine Aug 2020 30min Permalink
For many trans people, getting gender-affirming surgery can be life saving. But a complicated and quickly expanding system can sometimes leaves patients feeling left behind.
Katelyn Burns Jezebel Aug 2020 25min Permalink
The world is consumed by violent fights and hostile disagreements. Sarah Schulman sees a way out of them.
Molly Fischer The Cut Aug 2020 30min Permalink
A trans activist from El Salvador who has helped countless trans migrant women fight for asylum in the U.S. finds asylum for herself.
Alice Driver Longreads Jul 2020 15min Permalink
A queer Black man's chance encounters.
Brandon Taylor them. Jul 2020 25min Permalink
A portrait of a modern family undone by the political zeitgeist.
Aaron Gell Medium May 2020 20min Permalink
How a group of 17 trans athletes came together last November to make history.
Katelyn Burns SB Nation Apr 2020 15min Permalink
At 28, I thought my life was pretty settled. Nope.
Jazmine Hughes New York Times Magazine Mar 2020 20min Permalink
The U.S. had been his home since he was 6 months old. When he was deported to Mexico 26 years later, it was more than he could bear.
Valeria Fernández California Sunday Aug 2019 20min Permalink
It was a place where you could, whatever you needed could to look like, for so many folks who’d been told they could not.
Bryan Washington Buzzfeed Jun 2019 15min Permalink
Homemade porn and life choices lead to deep introspection for grad students.
Brandon Taylor Catapult Jun 2019 25min Permalink
Two years ago, the climbing photographer known as Nathan Smith saw no way out, after struggling for years with gender-identity issues in the male-dominated outdoor industry. Then—slowly, bravely—Nikki introduced herself to the world.
Julie Ellison Outside Apr 2019 30min Permalink