Review: Pose

Review: Pose

The largest ever cast of trans actors on a scripted series assembles for something both entertaining and resonant.   The Pose screening held at New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center hosted a wonderfully eclectic crowd....
Interview: Mariko Tamaki

Interview: Mariko Tamaki

Mariko Tamaki is an artist and writer of mixed Japanese Canadian and Jewish Canadian descent, known for her graphic novels Skim and This One Summer (co-created with her cousin Jillian Tamaki). Recurring themes in her work include becoming, identity, and queerness....
Review: The Black Tides of Heaven

Review: The Black Tides of Heaven

  The Black Tides of Heaven by nonbinary queer Singaporean writer JY Yang is an impressive feat of both subtly and depth. While fantasy isn’t usually known for its brevity, Yang manages to deliver a richly textured world packed with fascinating characters...
Make it Queer, You Cowards

Make it Queer, You Cowards

 Queer-baiting has become the lazy writer’s way of incorporating queer characters without doing the work of actually representing the queer community. It’s enough to drag queer viewers and readers along, hoping that someday these characters might...
Make it Queer, You Cowards

The Queer Content Conundrum

Queer content is at its truest when it’s created by queer artists, writers, designers, or other creators. Stories written by people outside of the queer experience tend to be full of tropes and wild inaccuracies. And it’s difficult to get queer content to...