莽莽 is a Chinese-language youth media newsletter that publishes long-form essays and reported features on queer identity, sexual liberation debates and community life across the Chinese-speaking world and diaspora. Each issue pairs a personal or analytical argument with concrete community detail, such as events, online controversies and naming history.
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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.
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.
Personal essays, memoir-style stories and poems about human experience, including grief, queer history, mental illness and loss. Readers get raw, first-person writing that mixes vivid scene detail with emotional reflection.
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