Defy erasure. Protect history. Celebrate community.
Protect our migrants
Immigration is the heart of what has built the United States as a collection of diverse communities, rich in varied cultures, languages, backgrounds, but unified in their ability to contribute to the society they call home. The current U.S. administration has been merciless in its campaign of anti-immigrant sentiment and policy. ICE raids terrorize neighborhoods, mass deportation leaves families devastated and tortured under inhumane conditions. Migrants, outstanding reflections of the so-called ‘American Dream,’ must live in fear as the nation that should have welcomed their efforts only punishes them brutally, calling them the ‘enemy.’ It is vital in such challenging times that we stand in solidarity with immigrants, that we support their cause in resisting the injustice they are currently facing. In this way, we recognize the beauty and strength in a U.S. that is defined by diversity, collective unity, and acceptance.
Elis Lundholm: The first (out) trans athlete in the Winter Olympics
Elis Lundholm is a 23-year-old mogul skier from Sweden. He is the first openly transgender athlete to ever compete in the Winter Olympics. He identifies as a transgender man and uses he/him pronouns in English, but competes in the women’s category. In his recent Olympic debut, the NBC announcers proceeded to misgender him multiple times despite the announcers at the event gendering him correctly. NBC later apologized and cut the footage of his segment, unfortunately deleting the footage of this historic moment. He finished 25th in his category but has made history as the first not only openly trans man to compete, but also the first transgender athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics. At a time when trans people in sports have become so demonized, I think it’s important to see people like Elis compete and prove that we deserve to be here just like anybody else.
Step on ICE
As families are viciously torn apart and lives are being upturned due to ongoing ICE crackdowns, we have to stand together and be there for our community and our people. ICE is not welcome — not here, not anywhere. People should not have to live every day in fear wondering if their life or the lives of their loved ones will change at any second. People should not be afraid of stepping outside of their homes, picking their kids up from school, going to work — living their lives. We can not and will not rest until this is no longer our reality and ICE is abolished.
Between the lines: utilizing music to shape mood in fiction
Music is woven into our everyday lives. It starts our mornings, softens our nights and sustains us through the difficult moments between. A single song can brighten a day. A familiar melody can feel like coming home. It is no surprise, then, that music plays an equally vital role in the stories we tell. Music doesn’t merely sit in the background of our favourite movies and television shows; it shapes how we feel, what we notice, and what we understand about the characters before they even utter a word. Sometimes, music whispers secrets to the audience that even the story itself is too timid to reveal. This rings especially true in queer stories, where music expresses desire and intimacy and evokes emotion that the narrative might otherwise leave unspoken.
Partners in Slime
Happy early Valentine’s Day to all! No matter how you’re celebrating, take care of your loved ones and keep it weird.
In a world where I am loved
Becoming an adult was defined by overcoming queer trauma. There are days where I fall back into feeling like I am not lovable. But the friendships I have found pull me back into reality, into a world where I am loved and can exist authentically. And so I write them all down in my book and read them to myself when I have doubts. I love you, I love you, we love you so much.
What Trump’s gender manifesto says about trans power
As you read this article, the Trump administration is attempting to rewrite history by erasing evidence of transgender Americans’ existence over time. At the start of 2025, the Trump administration released an executive order defining the parameters of sex and gender titled “DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,” also called Executive Order 14168. This order aims to limit the government’s ability to advance the goals of what Trump terms “gender ideology” (or the belief in the fact that sex and gender are two separate identities) by requiring government agencies to acknowledge sex and not gender, defunding gender affirming healthcare and excluding transgender resources from mental health agencies, prisons, schools and more.
“The Skin and Its Girl”: Queer Palestine isn’t a fantasy
Soon after her birth, Elspeth Rummani died. Except she didn’t. She came back to life before anyone could even write the time of her death, her skin cobalt blue and otherwise a healthy infant. On the same day, the Rummani’s blue-soap factory was bombed across the world in Nablus of the West Bank in occupied Palestine. Now, 25 years later, she visits her great-aunt Nuha Rummani’s grave at a crossroads akin to the decision her aunt faced years prior to Elspeth’s birth: whether to choose her beloved or a separate future. Elspeth recalls her childhood of ostracization, family, and mystery, woven together by tales from her great-aunt about her family’s history and their soap factory.
Flower Maiden
Kaden/OutWrite There’s a knock, and the house seems to pause. Three years have passed, three years since you last saw her, but the air still holds the weight of stories and laughter that once filled the corners. You step inside,…