A lesbian writer and co-owner of a lesbian bar mixes essays on queer representation and politics with personal notes on homemaking, Jewish holiday observance, and community conflicts in queer spaces. Readers get a candid, opinionated take on queer culture and the practical realities of running queer community businesses.
Website: https://dykedomesticity.substack.com
A personal essay newsletter where the writer reflects on memory, belonging and everyday objects through short, literary pieces based on writing prompts. Each issue is a self-contained meditation drawing on personal history, such as books, a childhood mirror, or a family trip to the Arizona border.
BOY CULTURE is a daily-ish culture newsletter by Matthew Rettenmund covering gay history, film, and pop culture, with links, film reviews, and archival retrospectives on figures like early AIDS-era celebrities and pioneering gay adult filmmakers. Readers get a mix of news roundups and personal, well-researched essays on LGBTQ cultural history.
Personal essays by writers raising trans kids, and by trans contributors, on activism, family, identity and navigating bureaucracy and shifting cultural attitudes. Readers get reflective first-person storytelling that connects parenting, solidarity and LGBTQ history.
James Dale, the former Eagle Scout expelled for being gay, writes personal essays on his lawsuit against the Boy Scouts, his childhood, his relationship with David, and queer community life. The excerpts are reflective memoir with a clear voice, mixing humor, childhood recollection and political commentary.
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