Relationships
How My Hometown Homie Makes Me Feel Beautiful
In any serious picture of me, I am not comfortable enough to look directly into the lens. I don’t know if I will ever be.
A Gay Gaye Holud for Two Bengali Brides
Promiti Islam on queerness, Bengali-American identity, and the complexities of family acceptance,
The Silence of My White Friends After Atlanta
I wondered: Who was I when I first formed this friendship?
Sending My Son Out of America to Save Us Both
I didn’t want it to make sense—to send my children away for who knows how long—but I did need them to survive. I needed to survive.
Every Immigrant Is in a Long-Distance Relationship
Distance, though it may be physically distancing, need not make a couple grow distant.
Moving Past Silence as One Relationship Ends and Another Begins
For a decade I’d tricked myself into believing I was happily married, never thinking there could come a time when the trick no longer worked.
Breakdancing Shaped Who I Am As a Black Man and Father
I discovered breakdancing in that VHS time capsule, and that was as close as I’d ever get to a culture that did not exist where I lived.
Grieving When You Can’t Gather
Nora Feely on loss during the pandemic, chosen families, and the small but devastating things 2020 took away.
Kindness Makes Us Neighbors
I know my neighbors now a little bit better than before.
How to Build a Life with Your Chosen Family
I was already in love with all my friends. But in my newfound singleness, I was falling in love with them more deeply.