People
Closed Casket: One Family’s Story of Suicide
“I never told dead brother I loved him. My fear of him was too great.”
What the World Gets Wrong About My Quadriplegic Husband and Me
They imagine I’m his “caretaker,” a loaded word, veritably stuffed with presumption.
Guidelines to a Safe Abortion in Nigeria
“Culture should change as people do because people should define culture.”
Island of Debris: The Unofficial Toll of Hurricane María
“Very deep down I know that we will rise, but for now, I still need to mourn the debris.”
How to Look at an Argument: “I Love You, Anthony.”
Once upon a time, in a land much larger than this one . . .
“If a Girl Isn’t Pretty”: When Beauty Is the Ideal and Humor the Fallback
“Being a funny girl like Fanny continues to skew the way I see myself.”
Learning to Fly: When You Have to Be Your Own Parent
Even as a child I found extreme pleasure in the things I could control.
The Thanksgiving We Never Had
“1993 was the only year when my parents and all my siblings and I could have spent the holiday together.”
On the Internet, Everybody Knows You’re a Horndog: On “Beach Rats” and Gay Chat Rooms
Remembering the online world of gay chat rooms in the digital moment before social media.
What I Saw When My Father Wrestled Cousin Pedro
The object of my desire is rarely men like my father, uncle, or the other men in my neighborhood. Cousin Pedro is an exception.