Winter’s Orbit, Fireheart Tiger, and the Empire By Amanda Hudgins • February 5th, 2021 I started reading Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger around the same time as I started finishing Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit and found overlap in both the temporal and literal sense.
Microaggressions By Jeremy Signor • July 24th, 2019 The more media takes little swipes at the core of who you are, the more you wonder if you should be consuming it in the first place.
The Gay Dating Conundrum By Jeremy Signor • July 17th, 2019 Dating sims are increasingly taking on a queer bent, but few examine the quiet devastation of absence felt by the rural gay.
DC’s TV Universe Represents Queer Heroes Like Marvel Won’t By Kenneth Shepard • June 7th, 2019 Avengers: Endgame is not the queer representation mainstream superheroes need, but DC’s TV universe is full of the heroes queer fans deserve.
Romeo(s): Where Art Thou? By Blake P • January 24th, 2019 The depiction of a trans character by a cis actor will always be the second-best option—the ideal situation being actually hiring a transgender actor instead.
Feature Excerpt Crack the Network: It’s Called Cyberpunk Not Cybersecurity By Liam Conlon • November 23rd, 2018 While disappointed by Cyberpunk 2077’s announcement to exclude a non-binary option, Conlon thinks it’s necessary to desire more than small kernels of representation.
The Gay Normalcy Fantasy By Jeremy Signor • September 12th, 2018 Sometimes we just want to escape into a power fantasy. For many gay people, there’s power in the fantasy of normalcy.
Stardew Valley: Love Who You Actually Love By Melissa King • March 16th, 2016 Farming simulators are finally letting you follow your heart, not societal mores.
Tangerine: Familiarity Breeds Understanding By Matt Sayer • February 23rd, 2016 Tangerine is a movie that doesn’t give two hoots for social norms.
