We Blessed: Nonfiction by John Boucher
We Blessed
by John Boucher
The following story is true. The names have been changed and composite characters created in order to protect the innocent, and...
“Save Tonight”: Nonfiction by Jennifer Sembler
Save Tonight
by Jennifer Sembler
We were standing among G’s drunken Italian friends who were singing an awful karaoke rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance...
Stella: Nonfiction by Hank Trout
Stella
by Hank Trout
I first met Jim the day I tried to pick up his boyfriend at the Polk Gulch Saloon.
The Gulch was a...
Magic and Mercury: Nonfiction by D.W. Anderson
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”—H.P. Lovecraft
Eighth grade,...
Clean: Nonfiction by Norman Belanger
Are you clean?” my Grindr date asks me. He’s cute and young, about thirty, give or take. His name is Kenny.
“What do you mean?”...
Just Another Death Sentence: Nonfiction by Hank Trout
One morning in July 1989, I woke up with my right eye swollen completely shut and cysts all over my chest and belly. I...
Love Wins: Nonfiction by Tim Patten
President Obama was on TV! It was June 26, 2015, and the president was making a speech about marriage and how it now represented...
The Heaven of Our Eyes: Nonfiction by Raymond Luczak
Creative Nonfiction by Raymond Luczak
The Heaven of Our Eyes
in memory of my 25 deaf gay friends who’ve died from AIDS-related complications
I awake to find...
Long-Term Survivor: Nonfiction by Victoria Noe
Winner of the Christopher Hewitt Award 2015: Creative Nonfiction
Long-Term Survivor
by Victoria Noe
It’s only the past few years that that designation has become widely used....
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Elizabeth, Larry & Diana
Three Heroes
Honoring Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Larry Kramer and Princess Di
by John Francis Leonard
When we recently lost that great man of letters and prominent activist,...
