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Finding the Language to Feel “Normal”
Dec 27

Dec 27 Finding the Language to Feel “Normal”

Zach La Ford
Academic, 2018

After finding this language to finally describe how I felt, I immediately started looking online for more people like me.

A "Normal" Asexual
Dec 25

Dec 25 A "Normal" Asexual

Danyi
Personal, 2018

We live in a world now where any type of physical contact between two adults is seen as sexual.

Pronouns are for Other People
Nov 14

Nov 14 Pronouns are for Other People

Heidi Samuelson
Agender: An Anthology, Personal, 2018

But I just don’t feel non-binary or fluid. I feel like nothing.

Little Revelations
Nov 14

Nov 14 Little Revelations

Alex Barnes
Agender: An Anthology, Personal, 2018

The way I’ve begun to see it, I was always who I am, even if I wasn’t aware of it.

An Impostor: and other abstract thoughts
Nov 14

Nov 14 An Impostor: and other abstract thoughts

(Grappling Hooks)
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry, 2018

Sometimes, I feel like an impostor. A poser.

Welcome Drought
Nov 14

Nov 14 Welcome Drought

Lore Graham
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry, 2018

They call xym on the phone sometimes. / By mutual unspoken agreement, no / one speaks of the dam, though xe knows / what they think, and they know / xe knows.

How to Appreciate Unwanted Things
Nov 14

Nov 14 How to Appreciate Unwanted Things

Lore Graham
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry, 2018

He sheds tears for your ignorance, but breathes / relief, unburdened of long-unwanted antiques.

Słowa, z których składa się samotność
Nov 14

Nov 14 Słowa, z których składa się samotność

Ginny N.
Agender: An Anthology, Personal, 2018

It's not my breasts or my uterus that define who I am, just as my disabled leg does not define it. My mind defines who I am.

Thoughts on being a fem agender: And never feeling queer enough.
Nov 14

Nov 14 Thoughts on being a fem agender: And never feeling queer enough.

Shei
Agender: An Anthology, Personal, 2018

No matter how I look, I do not belong to any gendered category. I am just being me.

Untraditional
Nov 14

Nov 14 Untraditional

Audrey Duarte
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry, 2018

I’m not a woman nor am I a man / Nor any gender known under the sun.

The Skirt
Nov 14

Nov 14 The Skirt

C. Bougie
Agender: An Anthology, Personal, 2018

If you could only alter you as in a game, stretching cheekbones and thinning legs to mannish ones, pulling out little hairs along your chin — if only it were cheap.

On Gender (and Lack Thereof)
Nov 14

Nov 14 On Gender (and Lack Thereof)

Lijavi Toledo Loaiza
Agender: An Anthology, Personal, 2018

…there isn’t a void inside me where gender should be. I’m not missing anything.

I Got It
Nov 14

Nov 14 I Got It

Sebastian Noël
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry, 2018

I suppose I was unhappy with myself / Until my body started resembling an unwelcome guest / Maybe I just never gave it much thought / I let people paint and put a name on it

Living Agender, When the World Doesn’t Want You
Nov 14

Nov 14 Living Agender, When the World Doesn’t Want You

Sasha Valeria
Agender: An Anthology, Personal, 2018

Because even if gender isn’t something to ponder and question and agonize over for days or weeks or months or even years for them, it is for us.

The Road Model of Gender
Nov 14

Nov 14 The Road Model of Gender

Deramin
Agender: An Anthology, Academic, 2018

People live in the cities because it’s convenient. Their stuff is there, moving is a hassle, and socio-economic reasons pressure people who hate the city to stay.

What Am I?
Nov 14

Nov 14 What Am I?

Stone Ship
Agender: An Anthology, Personal, 2018

When I am awake, I act. Do my actions make me male? Do they make me female? Does doing things give me a gender?

A(gender): An Anthology
Nov 14

Nov 14 A(gender): An Anthology

AZE Journal
Journal, 2018

A(gender): An Anthology is a special collection of poetry and personal essays by agender authors exploring perspectives on the subject of gender.

Asexuality and "Transsexual, Transylvania"
Nov 4

Nov 4 Asexuality and "Transsexual, Transylvania"

Genevieve Hammang
Article, 2018

Normally, the Virgin Sacrifice does this with Dr. Frankenfurter. Tonight, I’ll be doing it with the other winner. On stage. In front of a packed theater.

If You Were Ace
Oct 29

Oct 29 If You Were Ace

Xin Rong Chua
Poetry, 2018

Song Parody by Xin Rong Chua.

Tash Hearts Tolstoy Is the Ace Coming-of-Age Story We Need and Deserve
Oct 28

Oct 28 Tash Hearts Tolstoy Is the Ace Coming-of-Age Story We Need and Deserve

Alex Henderson
Article, 2018

It is the ace coming-of-age story we need, and the one we deserve, and hopefully it will help pave the way for many more novels like it.

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