A Truly Tremendous Transformative Time — Wow, what a year y’all! I can’t believe it’s already here. Tempus fugit et cetera. If you’re a long-time reader of mine, and it’s never too late to start anything in life {experto crede}, then you’ll know that, in addition to writing complicated sentences full of Latin {and brackets}, today…

My response to a superhero writing prompt — CW: Sex, Misgendering. Excelsior! This is a story of fantasy and whimsy, dear readers. A tale of superheroes and their superpowers. Purely personal prose of transgender longing and innate transgender potential. And an ultimate answer to an interesting question. …

A Queer Summer Tryst Between a Sun and a Moon — Please read part one before proceeding: The Day it Rained in Southern California | Part One A Queer Fortnight of Polyamorous Sexting, Friendship, & Growthmedium.com We had been mutuals in the bird app for around a month with the occasional exchange of likes and retweets. And then, a fortnight ago, she uploaded a photo that begged a proper response. That was the day everything changed. …

Ignorance is not bliss; it is a violent, perpetual lie — CW: Suicide, Substance Use, Strong Language, Trauma, Mental Decline, Dysphoria, Dissociation, Disease, Death, Addiction Allow me to start with an apology. I’ve been lying to my community, a community that means the world to me. This lie is one of omission—an omission I can no longer bear to keep. …

An unsent Twitter rant turned poetic philippic… — Riot Against Wretched Reliquary Finding vital vocation as a highly sensitive, autistic, autodidactic, & alliterative transgender queer, relationship anarchist, & INFJ w/ ADHD & an aqueous/alluvial astrology, a petty polymath who knows a lot about a little & a little about a lot, is damn near impossible in this perversely…

Chapter Two: Finding Fulfilling Flights of Felicitous Fantasy — CW: Brief mentions of pornography and trauma Our editor and chief here at Trans Love and (A)Sexuality, Logan Silkwood, is the quintessential taskmaster, demanding we pump out stories at an ever-increasing pace to meet relentless deadlines, whipping us into prosaic submission, escalating tensions... umm, er, apologies. It seems I was…

Chapter One: Recommended Risqué Reading — CW: Language, masturbation, orgasm Hey there, horny hopefuls! Homework?! I hear you fictional readers who live in my head. Ugh! I know, right?! But I never said this was going to be easy. We have to rediscover how our bodies work and there’s no quick fix for that. And despite…