Photo by Zoë Collins (she/her) Accompanied by Seethers’ Careless Whisper – Listen Now i want to meet you in a different universe.i’m not sure if i’m ready to meet you in this one. i’m not sure if i will ever…
If Walls Could Talk…
Photo by Zoë Collins (she/her) My hand drifted up against the wallFeeling each subtle groove and bumpInteract with my fingerprints,As if the wall was telling me a story,And I listened and told a story back. The wall said it knew…
a queer friend in need
Graphic by Chrys Marr (She/They) sometimes you just need a queer friend in your life. a queer friend that is always by your side. someone that checks on you to see if you’re okay. someone that is always there to listen…
text me back!
Graphic by Steph Liu (She/Her) touch me like I’m not a friend. Don’t touch me on the shoulder; or Do, as long as you mean it like “i want you” and not like i told a joke and you’re just…
Permission
Illustrated by Cole Lopez (They/Them) Called me by my name for the first time Today My name Given as a long-awaited gift Murmured under held breath A breath exhaled After decades of holding something sacred to a silent heart frightening…
Resisting Norms, Redefining Identity
Illustrated by Steph Liu (She/Her) categories, categories, categories boy or girlmale or femalegay or straight the world loves to categorize,put us in a boxabsolve us of who we arediminish our rainbow splattered paintinginto a blank, white canvas. rip out our individuality,…
Isolation Sucks
Isolation sucks! Isolation when I already have abandonment issues, it sucks! Living on the hill during the Spring Quarter is lonely, it sucks! I feel forgotten, it sucks! I need a hug, it sucks! SUCK! SUCK! SUCK! UCLA without my…
They/them
Graphic by Chris Ikonomou Do you ever look at your reflection and have absolutely no fucking clue who the person is staring back at you? Sometimes my reflection is a stranger Unfamiliar to me, and the only thing…
Ad Altiora Tendo
Graphic by Angela Zheng The power of a star The light The warmth The weight of worlds collapsing under their own greatness You stir that feeling in me Even space and time bend in awe It felt right from the…
