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Badreads by
- “Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.”Being Alive by
- “A weekly newsletter exploring transmasculine experiences and amplifying trans joy.”- “Disabled, neurodivergent, various forms of LGBT+. I'm freaking tired. He/him, he/they, they/them, and she/they, depending on the day. Feel free to ask!”
Beyond Survival with Clare Egan by
- “Weekly essays written with “authenticity, vulnerability and insight” about grief, trauma and rebuilding my life in the aftermath of sexual violence. My mission is to change how we think (& talk) about life after trauma.”by - “Andrea Thomas is a queer American writer. Her essays, poems and creative nonfiction speak of being a late bloomer and testing cultural norms. Writing nonfiction. Living a life that seems unreal. This is my mid-life crisis origin story.”
BoEa writes “reflections from a life as transgender.”
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’s literary work centers on his passion for historical fiction, time travel, portal fantasies, and dreams and visions that are weaved into narratives that explore inner and outer realms. His newsletter “Devin’s Dreams” is a repository of his essays, short stories and poetry, and is also the title of his first novel, available on Amazon. His book of historically informed poetry exploring queer love, Scents of Lavender: Queer Love Through the Ages - In Verse, is also on Amazon.
Diary of a Lesbian Housewyfe by
- “I'm that friend who drops by for a chit-chat and makes you spit your tea all over your new tablecloth. Subscribe for silly stories about my life as a lesbian housewyfe—travel, knitting, recipes, Mack the Dog, and other household adventures.”
Drop Out | A queer coming of age story about coming out and being out, childhood sexual trauma, family rejection, alcohol abuse, falling the fuck apart, self-harm, chain-smoking, suicidal ideation and suicide, by
. Queer. Writer. Dad. Storyteller. Connector. Conversationalist. Outlier. Factually ecstatic and bonkersly grateful that we get to do this whole being alive thing together.
worked in the HIV/AIDS field from 1983-2022 and shares selections from a memoir he’s writing about his life before and during that experience.
edgard by
- “i write essays on life, politics, & relationships; with music, poetry, & humor mixed in. ✨my mission: to inspire, to inform, and to love.”by
- “Earl was born in 1963 in the Burke County Hospital in Waynesboro, Georgia, the Bird Dog Capital of the World. He was named Deborah Anne McBride. That’s where the trouble starts. "E.M." is the survival story of a particular kind of fellow.”by
- “i write about tv shows, music, queerness, and everything that matters to me. i have too many big feelings about too many things and i like to (over)share what's on my mind”
FORD KNOWS | Mr. Troy Ford delivers a weekly dose of fiction, essays, and wonder ~ soaked in lunacy, dusted with glitter ~ sometimes silly, and sometimes serious. He is the author of Lamb, an LGBTQ+ coming of age novel, available now as a paperback or Kindle pre-order.
Gathering by
- “a multifaceted newsletter, dipping its toes into writing, neurodivergence, film, ecology, history, art, activism, television, education, chronic illness, gender diversity, race, and politics. Nothing is off limits here.”Gay Musings by
- “Lil Cheeky Stories.”Geek Out by
- “For people who use nerdy subculture to make sense of the world. Weekly essays on queer introspection, millennial nostalgia, and literary analysis.”I love love, anything is possible by
- “Radical overshares on relationship, trauma, gay sex, polyamory and long distance hiking. I believe the choreography of every day life is the wildest kind of magic.”
Jake Zuppa - “Writing is the oxygen that keeps my spirit alive. Creative non fiction, fiction and the accidental poem.”
Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW - “A newsletter about my random (and generally timely) thoughts as a writer, coach, and "them fatale"! Welcome the the genderqueer side!”
Life at the Bottom of the Canyon by
- “Thoughts, free-writes, a poem or two, an essay here and there, upcoming book chapter previews. Live, from my little adobe at the bottom of the canyon.”Life of Gay by
- “Mediocre homosexual by Perry Phalla.”
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is queer, neurodivergent and angry as hell. A Light in Outer Darkness is this seahorse dad and former Mormon’s memoir of sloughing off the layers of CPTSD; and being an expat, academic, and current Creative Nonfiction student.
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- “Hilarious and heartbreaking personal stories from the intersection of culture, family, and Silicon Valley.”by
- “Essays on a bizarre eccentric hermit.”by
- “Writings on my internal world, among other things.”
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writes for creatives seeking to ideate in constantly varied settings. Chaotic in nature, Musings challenges content creation culture. You are not a machine. Subscribe for Writing and publishing updates, short stories and book giveaways, cultural commentary about Substack and the world at large, book reviews and recommendations, and writing insights and community.
Musings from a Curious Mind by
- “Generalist. Curious. Sometimes I write about it.”
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- “Learn about my 30+ years of being a small magazine publisher; my journey back and forth between Hawaii and New York City, and what I’ve ‘let go.’”by
- “Exploring embodiment and identity, storytelling and art, agency and resistance, and the disruptive potential of chronic illness. Looking for meaning against a backdrop of Instagram incoherency. Wrangling experiences that resist articulation.”NeuroDivergent Rebel’s Substack by
- “Stories, ramblings, and musings of Lyric Rivera: Trans Autistic/ADHD, educator, consultant, artist, & best selling author of the business ethics book Workplace NeuroDiversity Rising.”
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- “This is not a lifestyle blog. At best, this is a candid memoir of that time my life looked like a lifestyle blog. Illustrated with art and photography by the author.”Oh, Kay! - Lavender Stories by
- “Stories from a high-profile TV investigative journalist who busted out of her straight jacket, opened a bookstore in Dallas for lesbians, taught school and now writes from memory.”by
- “Open Secrets is a home for memorable, revealing personal essays about all the subjects we're taught to keep “secret.””Out of Japan by
- “Charting the intersections between me, Japan, and queerness.”
PalCinema, Television, & Music |
—Film Professor at DePaul University in Chicago, Film Critic, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Festival Programmer and avid music fan—digs deep into his knowledge and personal experiences to share the meaning of entertainment. And he loves to interact with people who have similar interests!
- “Melbourne-based journalist and storyteller. Lover of short stories and creative non-fiction. Poetry dabbler. Queer, neurodivergent, and navigating life one word at a time. Proudly sober. Dachshund dad. Runs on coffee and curiosity.”
Queerly Enlightened: Releasing the Barriers to Joy by
- “Let there be rule-breaking enlightened queer award-winning writing & video about love as a practice! Including memoir, the fae gender, spirituality and poetry. Releasing the barriers to joy! Because we can. We really really can.”
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- “My personal Substack. An artifact of contradictions - ancient wisdom housed in a modern vessel. Transgender. Indigenous. Neurodivergent. Millennial. Lover of history, psychology, law, politics, science, music, art, coffee, fiction, and of course ... writing.”Screaming Into the Void: Notes from the In Between by
- “Writing about my life, disability, mental illness, intersectionality, and complexity. Expect a lot of opinions, and a lot of nuance. Complex cases be complex, yknow?”
small magic by
- “Writing. Creating. Existing. The little things. From a poet, essayist, science writer, and sea hag.”by
- “Social Deficit is a love letter to the off-putting and tediously cringe. It is space to explore the dusty corners of my mind. It is a lake to drown myself (and you) in topics that make the common pedestrian uncomfortable and uneasy.”That Trans Friend You Didn’t Know You Needed by
- “Trans and queer activist and writer of all things personal and cultural. Creator of a collection of the finest newsletters with fewer than 1,000 subscribers.”by
- “Queer non-binary trans person, poet, empathetic lover of human rights and animals and trees. Not a big fan of fascism tbh! Publishing essay/poetry/tree photos (from a cemetery nearby that I am obsessed with).”by
- “Notes from the transmasc underground.”Ultracold by
- “Notes on being a queer, immigrant, nobinary physicist-turned-writer, former teacher and one of those people that just have a very cold-seeming face.”
Unfixed |
is founder and director of Unfixed—a multi-media company that explores how adversity can broaden our definition of what it means to live a “good life.” “Our world needs more models for how to live a meaningful, unfixed life - a life liberated from fixed notions of how we must feel in order to live fully.” Kim is a great ally, patron and friend to the Qstack community.
Very Mark McCormick | Mark McCormick is a retiree from tech, business, design. He writes poetry and musings on cultural subjects when he’s not teaching yoga, writing and coaching.
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is a “Misfit Asian Gen X progressive web dev geek ADHD trans she/her American artist author, amongst other things. Loves cats. Loathes fascists. Loaves labels. Just trying to survive” (for a start) who writes about the experience of coming out trans in 2023 just as the current regime doubled-down on persecution and hate. Kelly’s writing addresses all of these things and more, always with honesty and a firm grounding in core humanist values.
Wild Letters by
- “A weekly newsletter about self-exploration and building a right-fit life from the author of two adventure memoirs: HOW TO BE ALONE and WHAT WE OWE TO OURSELVES.”by
- “a soft space to share what i’m learning as a deeply sensitive and radically loving Spirit feeling my way through a political, creative, sexual, and spiritual awakening in my queer, neurodivergent, Black cis femme body.”
