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Behind the Blog: The Friends Who Stayed
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Behind the Blog: Sitting With 2025
2025 did not land as one clear story. It arrived in fragments. Some heavy. Some tender. Some still unresolved. This reflection sits with what queer and trans communities carried through the year, honoring exhaustion, care, grief, and the quiet ways people kept going.
🔒Behind the Blog: Still Here, Still Rising
Winter has always carried a complicated weight for me. The shorter days, the long nights, and the memories that return with the season have shaped my own mental health journey in ways I am still learning to understand. In this Behind the Blog reflection, I share how my experiences inspired this week’s cornerstone article, the tools that help me through the hardest moments, and why I felt called to write about queer mental health this winter.
🔒Behind the Blog: Why I Chose These Five LGBTQIA+ Fights for 2026
A behind the scenes reflection on how I chose the five LGBTQIA+ fights to watch in 2026, what I left out, and how I stay grounded while writing about policy in an overwhelming news cycle.
🔒Honoring the Elders Who Shaped Leather Culture
In writing about the leather community, I found myself reflecting on the elders who shaped queer culture long before I ever understood my place in it. This piece shares the personal lessons, memories, and moments that did not make it into the main article, including why this history matters so much to me today. It is a look at the emotional and spiritual journey behind the writing, and a tribute to the people whose courage helped create the queer world we now call home.
🔒Behind the Blog: Queer Lineages of Resistance
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