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When I finished the last editorial arc, I thought I’d feel ready for what came next. I didn’t. I just felt blank. Not burned out, not sad, just… empty in the way a room feels after you’ve moved all the furniture out. The queer nervous system arc had taken a lot out of me, in…
This past week, I didn’t publish. Not because I’ve stopped caring, but because I needed to care elsewhere. My husband and I celebrated six years, his mom visited from out of town, and birthdays filled the air. Life was full. I wondered if anyone noticed the pause, but I realized: since September, I’ve shown up…
There’s a specific kind of quiet that can settle over you after something terrible happens. Not peace. Not calm. More like fog. I’ve lived in that fog before. I want to name that clearly, because this post might sound “clinical” on the surface. It talks about the nervous system. It explains why numbness shows up….
This article was a deep dive, wasn’t it? LoL – if you got through it I want to thank you for taking the time to read it. It felt important to write personally. Not because research was difficult for this type of article, and not because the topic was unfamiliar to me. It took longer…
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My recent blog on Black Queer Contributions to LGBTQ Rights and Liberation didn’t arrive during a planning session. It showed up while I was in bed, lights off, brain very much trying to rest. I was thinking about Black History Month, about how I wanted to honor it in a way that actually made sense…
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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.
This Behind the Blog reflection shares how a recent Yule celebration in Orlando shaped the writing of Small Queer Rituals for Long, Dark Nights, and why the piece was intentionally kept gentle and brief for the holiday season.
This Behind the Blog reflection shares why I wrote Queer Belonging When “Home” Hasn’t Been Safe, the care it took to write it, and what I hope readers carry with them during a season that can make family pain feel heavier. This space is an invitation to pause, reflect, and remember that belonging can be built on your own terms.
Queer and Unbroken launched in the end of September, but the work behind it began long before that. This end-of-year reflection looks at what we built in just a few months, the early signals that matter most, and how intentional, values-led growth is shaping what comes next in 2026.
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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.
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.
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.
This behind the blog reflection explores why these queer owned businesses made my holiday list and how spending with intention can uplift the LGBTQIA+ community.
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