People
How to Look at an Argument: Goodbye
“I told you all these lies because I was afraid you would leave me.”
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.