by William Keck

FEATURED ARTIST – Alexis Millena STORY by William Keck I’m from Santee, California. In that small, poor suburb of San Diego, I grew up in a big, Mexican family. Every Christ...

by Zee

My name is Zee and I’m from Turkey. My story is about my father. When I was a kid, I was very different than the other kids. I remember they got me–my parents got me–toy tru...

by Michelle Kupiec

I come from a quiet midwestern suburb of Cleveland. Hardly diverse and overall has a tone of intolerance just lurking below the surface for anything not white, straight, and moder...

by Kenyatta Taiste

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 William Weaver

FEATURED ARTIST – Paul Richmond STORY by William Weaver I grew up in Granville, Ohio. A small, white, privileged, community whose pretentiousness and/or lack of reality is held ...

by Aaron Akins

FEATURED ARTIST – Brian Ness STORY by Aaron Akins 1980. I was born at Stouder Memorial Hospital in Troy, Ohio, on April 24, 1980. My parents were 24 and 26 years old, I believeSoaking up the beauty of a late summer morning at Sprague Lake was more than enough compensation. Discovering the stash of hundreds of old Playboy magazines in our cabin was a sho...

by Jimmy Doyle

“Well it’s by the hush me boys/And that’s to mind your noise/And listen to poor Paddy’s sad narration/ I was by hunger stressed/ and in poverty distressed/ So I took a...