By Martine Mussies Dating is difficult, complicated, messy, and awkward for everyone, I assume. But autism adds an extra layer of turmoil to that already unstable cocktail. Especially if you’re bisexual—and those last two identities often go hand in hand. Still, relatively little has been published about these intersections. In this essay I would thus…
2 poems by k.l.zelaya
Ode to the Emotionally Unavailable She kisses me like we aren’tin the men’s bathroomat a drag show. Her touch is so lightI wonder if she knowswhat she is doing. She breathes into melike she was never gone. King Princess and Hayley Kiyoko serenade us.The beginning of each songis the crashing of a wave,and we are…
how I find it
By Nest Valorfixer our bodies whisperhonest need.I have too muchlove to carry.I was told I’d be ignoredfor my shamelessfat body.my belly only knows truth.my thighs are blatant. and Love knocks on my doorevery day.I swing the door openand see shebrought a wild ideafluttering with vibrancy.I’m listening to the new songshe left on my doorstep.I’m learning…
love to be found
By Carol E Moses
Wondrous Love
By Neen Chapman Love Sweet Love. Love is a Battlefield. Crazy in Love. Love’s not Time’s fool. My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song. How many loved your moments of glad grace. Variations on the word love. Just The Way You Are. Baby Love. All Of Me. Justify My Love. And The Power Of…
being my own girlfriend experiment
By Laura-Marie River Victor Peace I was trying to be my own girlfriend for a year or so. I’d heard the concept of being your own best friend, which I like, but I preferred a different intimacy. The experiment concluded when I decided I can’t be my own girlfriend, that relationship is about receiving something…
AROUND THE WORLD: Natalia Anaya, Mexico City, Mexico
Interviewed by Robyn Ochs Robyn Ochs: Natalia, please tell us about yourself. Natalia Anaya: My name is Natalia. I currently identify as a bisexual, pansexual, non-monosexual. and non-binary transperson. Also, I am an atheist,feminist, and transfeminist. I am an activist for all these identities. I also like to use the labels: bigender, multigender, intergender, and…
What Do I Bring to a Relationship?
By Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti In December 2019, I learned about an upcoming event at She Bop (a women-owned sex toy boutique in Portland, Oregon). It was called “New Horizons in Kink & Polyamory: An Evening with Authors Kevin Patterson & Dr. Liz Powell.” Since this event was scheduled to take place the day after my birthday,…
Why the Sex Doesn’t Matter
By Robyn Walters Oh, I’m not saying sex shouldn’t matter, particularly to younger, nubile, virile adults. You know—20s through 60s, say. It certainly mattered to me back then. Marriage, babies, “self-help.” Some good memories there as well as some recognition of obsessive solitary behavior. Other than a Naval Academy Midshipman cruise to Brazil and time…
Editor’s Note
Dear Community, In this issue, we turn to a theme we had planned before the pandemic disrupted our lives: Finding Sex/Finding Love. The prompt was: “How do you seek and find romantic and/or sexual connections? Do you use technology such as dating apps; why or why not? Have you intentionally sought these connections, or stumbled…