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Getting Lost Was Only The Half Of It
A young woman searches for herself and answers for her love life on the streets of Paris in this queer love story by Raychel Anderson
Raychel Anderson
Dec 3, 20238 min read
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My Meat; His Beak
Lukas T. Woodyard analyzes the murder of Jun Lin, violence against gay, Asian bodies, and sexual trauma in this experimental piece on firsts
Lukas T. Woodyard
Aug 25, 202111 min read
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Bi Erased
Meredith Waugh talks about bi erasure in this vulnerable article that dismantles the stereotypes and narrative around bisexual people
Meredith Waugh
Jun 30, 202110 min read
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The Male Gaze is Ours Now, Actually
Lyvie Scott explores and identifies how to reappropriate the male-gaze-centric films that defined a generation of WLW
Lyvie Scott
Jun 28, 20216 min read
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Being Bisexual Bites
The writer talks about coming to terms with her sexuality and the struggles of biphobia and bi-erasure.
Anonymous
Jun 16, 20215 min read
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Asexuality and the Lack of What?
Ellen Gillespie writes about being asexual, struggling to make friends, and trying to find where she fits in within the LGBTQ+ community
Ellen Gillespie
Jun 14, 20219 min read
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Seen Anything Good? - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Lola Estok analyzes "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and why its honesty, portrayal of mental illness, and queer representation showcases what pride is
Lola Estok
Jun 9, 20216 min read
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Why I've Never Been to Pride
Maddy Sutka talks about why she hasn't been to pride and her struggles to find identity.
Maddy Sutka
Jun 2, 20215 min read
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Editors' Note - June 2021
Blossom Mag co-editors Maddy Sutka and Lola Estok share their feelings on pride as we head into June.
blossom mag
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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Dearest Creatures
Lukas T. Woodyard writes about their queer experience in love, both romantically and with pets, in this piece inspired by Virginia Woolf
Lukas T. Woodyard
May 19, 20217 min read
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Are Friends Really Benefits?
Elizabeth Pamboukian investigates what makes a "friends with benefits" relationship work through a series of interviews with young adults
Elizabeth Pamboukian
May 17, 202111 min read
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Video 2021: Nostalgia Without a Conscious
I am at a loss. In the middle of Georgia, above a set of rooms, there is a closet with a door that opens to an attic. In there, lies a...
Lukas T. Woodyard
Apr 26, 20217 min read
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It's Easier Coming Out as a Ghost
Growing up in the modern American South is weird. Every sex talk includes "now it's okay if you like men" and concludes with "God made...
John Godspeed
Apr 14, 20217 min read
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Fanfiction: The Beginner's Guide to Queer Sex
I was fifteen when I had my first official state-approved Sex Education class. Being that I'm from Indiana, this included preaching...
Jessie Ballard
Apr 5, 20215 min read
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