Prism & Pen

How the “Parental Rights” Playbook Targets LGBTQ+ Kids The Proprietarian Fallacy of State-Sponsored Closets

This summarized manifesto deconstructs the proprietarian fallacy, examining its historical roots, its psychological drivers, and the devastating human cost of treating human beings as property.
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#LGBTQ #Parenting #Children

I Wrote an LGBTQ+ Novel in the Age of Banning Books My thoughts on the first anniversary of ‘Hollywood Pride’

In March of 2025, I jumped into my next new beginning. My novel Hollywood Pride launched — born into the Age of Banning Books.
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#LGBTQ #Queer #QueerBooks #USPolitics #Authors

Why Would a Guy Want to Be a Woman? Why would anyone want to be transgender? Here’s my story.

Why would a guy ever want to be a woman?
I mean, seriously? Why would he? The advantages of being a guy so outweigh being a woman on so many levels. I mean, think about it.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Sexism

I’ve Spent Four Years on Testosterone as a Trans Man Has it been what I expected?

It feels so much longer than 4 years, but then I have always felt like a man inside; he’s always just been me. The freedom I feel now to be me is incredible.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #HRT #Testoterone

A Trans Woman, an Ex-Wife, a Courier, and Five Endings A story for those who like alternative endings

This is what happens when the ‘what-if’ machine runs amuck. Originally written as one piece, I came up with four other scenarios, all based in the same room, at the same time of day with the same characters.
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#LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #Transgender

Tips from a Gay Man on Aging and Sexual Performance How I keep at it

Yes, this smacks of TMI, (too much information,) and the squeamish might want to pass on this piece. But for men, STRAIGHT or GAY, dealing with aging and concern about how it will affect their sexual performance, the read might be worthwhile.
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#LGBTQ #Gay #Sexuality #Aging

A Gay Arab’s Take on the Iran-Israel War Navigating this loud, bloody mess.

I wish Iran could defend Palestine without oppressing women.
I wish Israel would stop bombing civilians and expect us to just be subdued.
I wish our southern borders were respected.
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#LGBTQ #Gay #MiddleEast #Iran #War

Heated Rivalry’s DL Obsession (or why we love closeted conservatives) What this queer sensation says about our media priorities

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that most of the big name properties in popular culture about queer men portray them struggling to keep their relationship a secret or on the ‘dl’, especially in recent years as our culture becomes more conservative.
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#LGBTQ #HeatedRivalry

Would I Press The Magic Queer Button To Become A Cisgender Woman? Unequivocally, irrevocably, resoundingly, YES.

For all those fears and concerns that other trans people have, I simply do not have them. So, without question, I am smashing that magic queer/trans button to make me a cisgender woman!
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #ThoughtExperiment #MagicButton

I’m a “Fruity Boyfriend,” No Doubt About It In me, my girlfriend has a partner who actually loves to go shoe shopping with her.

Posts on social media suggest that straight women — particularly younger straight women — are expressing a preference for guys who are unafraid to exhibit their feminine side.
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#LGBTQ #Queer #FruityBoyfriend #Trends

I’m a Trans Mom with Traumatized Kids in South Minneapolis This is how weathering the ICE storm feels in my family.

In the last five years, our city has become a world-wide household name. Minneapolis has become the epicenter of the resistance. You can no longer avoid us on the 6 o’clock news. We are what’s going on.
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#LGBTQ #USPolitics #Minneapolis #Resistance

A Real Trans Woman, With Real Fake Nails What happens at the ends of my fingers doesn’t always stay at the end of my fingers

Despite my neophyte status in this gender, I know there are a bunch of types… acrylic, dip powder, gel, silk wraps, and full-cover tips. But my only experience is with home applied acrylics, so I’ll start and stop there.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Fingernails #AcrylicNails

The Thumotic Gorgon: A Sapphic Retelling of the Greek Myth of Medusa Sacrilege or sacred jealousy?

She was born of foam and sand, of waves crashing by the shore. The only mortal child of two sea gods, her family’s divinity constantly loomed over her, a storm in calm waters.
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#LGBTQ #GreekMyth #SapphicFiction #QueerFiction

Would I Push The Queer Magic Button? Err… Like a “choose your own adventure” video game, you’ve put me on the spot…

Seriously though, who would even give me this button?
I’d be very skeptical; no thank you!
I’ve read way too many stories in my life where the lesson is “you don’t get anything for free.”
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #ThoughtExperiment #Magic Button

Would I Press the Queer Magic Button To Become a Cis Woman? What about the the fine print?

It’s not as if I haven’t wished at least a million times that there was a button that could instantly transform me into a cis woman.
But but but. What about the fine print?
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #ThoughtExperiment

Here’s My Trans Perspective on the “Queer Magic Button” Question I wish a button existed for certain cis people!

Here’s the premise: would you have pressed the “magic button” to NOT have been #transgender (or #gay, or #queer, or anyone other than a binary cisgender heterosexual upright citizen), if such a button had existed at any time in your life?
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#LGBTQ

Coming Out as Gay Later in Life: My Man Was So Worth Waiting For Or how I learned to forget about “Buttons.”

Would have, could have, should have is a circular game that ultimately goes nowhere and only nourishes soul destroying regrets. When I was living straight, I would have made a deal with the devil to be like “regular” men.
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#LGBTQ #Queer #ComingOut #Gay

My Changing Relationship with The Queer Magic Button How I desperately wanted, then found I didn’t need the button

That was the promise, push the button and one’s gender dysphoria disappeared. You walk in the door in an unwanted form, and out the door a real woman.
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#LGBTQ #Queer #Transgender #MagicButton

The Only Magic Hetero Button I Ever Pushed At around age 12, I learned the word ‘heterodox’.

At around age 12 or so, I learned the vocabulary builder word ‘heterodox,’ meaning different in philosophy from the prevailing viewpoints. I found this amusing — I got to be hetero after all, but in an alien way.
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#LGBTQ #Gay #Memoir #GrowingUp

Performing ‘Him’: The Cost of Attending a Funeral Closeted Middle-aged and muddled, I do what I must. As always.

The jumper is quite long, a bit too long for a guy. The look of a longline jumper dress helps. I put the tie on…
It feels like a noose every single time.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Closeted

Banning Kids From Social Media Won’t Save Them From Society’s Prejudice But it will harm LGBTQ kids and other marginalized kids

No research has been able to determine causality, and the evidence directly linking social media use to depression and anxiety is fairly weak. Researchers suggest the link could be bidirectional, or even the opposite.
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#LGBTQ #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan

Wow, I’m Going To Be a Gay Dad! Let me tell you about our UK gay adoption journey

When I accepted my sexuality, I grieved for my dreams of becoming a parent. I didn’t expect to find a partner, and I didn’t expect to have any children.
Then I met Alex.
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#LGBTQ #Gay #Adoption #Family

My Take on the Queer Magic Button Question: The Magic Dot The red dot reveals all…

As her feet touched the floor, she found her slippers and made her way to the bathroom. Once again, she confronted her nemesis, the mirror. Her hair was a mess and still thinning.
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The Mythology of Transgender Violence Where does violence come from?

Over and over again, the right in America has tried to push a myth of trans people being an imminent, massively disproportionate, violent threat — as though it were a serious problem.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Violence

Masc Enough: The Gay Script I Ran for Years Performing manhood in plain sight

No one discussed the performance. You watched it, absorbed it, ran it yourself, and called the result personality. By the time I landed in queer spaces in my twenties, I had been practicing for years. But I arrived already fluent in the wrong language.
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#LGBTQ #Gay #Masking #Manhood

Would I Push the Magic Button To Become a Cis Girl? Why I don’t think I would

If you could push a button to swap sexes, would you? What if it were permanent not impermanent? What if pressing the button meant everyone has always known me as a girl, so there’s no sacrifice or stigma?
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #MagicButton

My Transition Is When I Gave Up My Banana For Breakfast Ham The death of my male identity

I began to explore and search for my mum’s bras. I tried wearing it on my head, like a pilot getting ready to take off.
I wore the bra, and would sneak the bra back to the wardrobe before my parents came back.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #Memoir #Singapore

We Need You For The Trans Allies Hub Calling all trans writers and allies alike

My wife and I are in the process of starting a website called The Trans Allies Hub. This is a website and blog dedicated to helping people become more empowered allies of the trans community.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Announcement #TransAllies

Limited Love A poem

It is striking, is it not,
the silence
of those you love
who do not love like you?
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#LGBTQ #Poetry #QueerPoetry #Gay #Love

If I Could Press a Magic Button To Be Cisgender, I Would Walk Away I am a woman. I am a transgender woman.

I think about the magic button a lot. It’s burned into a lot of trans people’s brains, because it’s a tool we almost all use at some point — usually when we’re struggling the most.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff