by Douglas Calhoun

My mother moved around a lot. She had little need for companionship beyond her two brothers Steve and Wayne. Wanda Jewell was an adamant girl with dark hair and a penchant for pla...

by Jason Costa

FEATURED ARTIST – Alexis Millena STORY by Jason Costa My best friend in the first grade was Peter Papidakis. We didn’t have much in common, really, other than the fact that we...

by Ashley Evans

I was in the car dealership with my mom when I was about 7 so she put me in the little kids area. I was bored for a while and then she came in. I don’t know her name. I barely r...

by Cody

Kansas City is an okay town. I still live in the area, but it wasn’t the best place to grow up when nature saw fit to give me a girly brain in a body with boy junk stuck on it. ...

by Michelle Stone

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Michelle Stone If there was only one important fact that I could have learned when I was a little girl, it would be that your attraction t...

by Richard Robinson

At the young age of 5 I had my first homosexual experience of any sort. I took another boys hand while in line to walk out for recess and I kissed it like I saw in those Disney mo...

by Frances

It is my dad’s 36th birthday and I am holding a cardboard box that is moving. He’s on the phone—he’s often on the phone—but the night’s plan has no room for interrupti...

by Bella Gambino

NOTE: Sylvia’s Place is an emergency night shelter and daytime community space for homeless LGBTQ youth, 16-24, in New York City. Every story this week will by someone from Sy...

by Kate W.

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Kate W. I find my femininity sometimes, lurking, like the sticky film left when melted ice cream is too-quickly mopped up with an unclean s...