Amplifying LGBTQ voices through the art of storytelling
Note from the editor
Prism & Pen is a collective of LGBTQ and LGBTQ-allied writers. We are novelists, short story crafters, and poets. We subvert the ordinary and overturn the expected. Look around, choose a tale, and discover a new world!
I’m a polyamorous, non-binary trans man (he/him). I edit for Queerly Trans, Prism & Pen, Enbyous, and Trans Love & (A)Sexuality. Twitter: @logan_silkwood.
Gay Christian. Editor of Poetry Playground, Inclusive Christianity, Prism & Pen. I write a daily drabble with themes such as pets, tourism, humour and politics.
Co-Author with Emily Swan of Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance, and co-pastor of Blue Ocean Faith, Ann Arbor, a progressive, inclusive church (a2blue.org).
Co-Author with Ken Wilson of Solus Jesus: A Theology of Resistance, and co-pastor of Blue Ocean Faith Ann Arbor, a progressive, fully-inclusive church. Queer.
Retired IT pro; BA Philosophy; auto repair shop owner; bleeding heart liberal; vegetarian; recurring MDD sufferer; proud mom of a brilliant queer woman.
Tea-drinker and surreal dreamer. My habitat is a blanket fort. I create nonstop, so here’s your ticket to the rabbithole, Alice! IG and Twitter @edrisquinnc
Scientist based in London. I write about tech, science, society and mental health. For collaborations, get in touch at denisa.blackwood [at]protonmail[dot]com
Trying to get lost in the thrill of it all — while documenting it. Nonconformist, justice-seeker, into fiction and opinion pieces. Oh! also an MD. (He/Him/His)
Transgender woman who believes in being visible to bring enlightenment and understanding, and perhaps some inspiration can be found. Writer, Guitarist, Singer
I am a writer, sharing my life with a partner and soul mate for over 57 years. We love to help others reach their Dreams. Thee Quest. Let us be your compass.
Larry Best is a retired trial lawyer who writes about the alienation that led him into the closet until he was 42 years old and his life since coming out
Sarah is a UK-based writer with an MSc in Psychology. She writes about mental health & Neurodiversity. She is also the Owner and Editor of The Blade & Beyond.
Political Science student and aspiring author. I write about myself, environmental and LGBTQ issues, and current events. | [email protected] | They/Them
Originally an Indiana farm boy with a mystical bent & homosexual libido, living such a varied and complex life for over 76 years, even I can’t make sense of it.
Member of Quirk-e, Queer Imaging & Riting Kollective for Elders, in Vancouver BC. Lifelong LGBTQ activist; retired public health educator; avid kayaker
Les has MAs in philosophy and theology and worked in ministry, industry, life coaching, and project management. He now writes fiction. Visit hlesbrown.com
The older I get, the less I know. That won’t stop me from writing about everything and anything under the sun. Join me in delighting and despairing about life.
https://linktr.ee/EPierson Just Another Teacher's Pet that Is Still Looking for a Significant Other (Plus Concubines). Meanwhile, Enjoy Some Sage Advice.
Eclectic trans woman, terminally curious. Too many degrees. Trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Attract stray puppies and social outcasts
| 40 Under 40 Nominee | Queer History with Step-Hen-ie | Former editor for award-winning and best-selling authors | https://linktr.ee/StephenieMagister
David Milley’s work has appeared in Bay Windows, Friends Journal, Christopher Street, and Capsule Stories. He lives in New Jersey with his husband, Warren.
I write essays & poetry about my life insights & philosophies, the LGBTQ Community & Dementia/ Alzheimer’s Disease. I am Old. Jewish. Buddhist. Gay. Widowed.
S*x educator, Freelance Writer for hire, Journalist. Words in Passionfruit, Pleaser, MamaMia, Giddy, Petit Mort, Daily Dot, Your Tango| demeterdelune.com
I write about art, history, politics & culture, without the confusing art speak. Crazy about dogs. Victorian historian. 19th-century gentleman in a former life.
LGBTQ writer and Spanish interpreter who enjoys wandering through nature, reading fiction and mental health content, speaking Spanish, and petting cats.
Former minister and professor. I now mostly work s a transpersonal spiritual director. I've got a cool Maine Coon named Baxter.! Thanks for reading my articles.
A survivor of multiple sexual assaults, I write primarily about my journey of unearthing and healing from my trauma. Shedding the shame, one story at a time.
I write stories about how growing up gay colors our experience of the world. I run www.bakliterati.com where we share LGBTQIA stories that heal & empower.
Mystic Princess and founder of Serpent and Butterfly, Department of Conspiracies and Nevermore Black. Artist, writer, occultist, gamer and philosopher.
Queer writer, creative director, and American expat living in Portugal. Writing wellness, happiness, life lessons, and creative non-fiction. JamesFHickey.com
Anna Eliza Rose. Neurodivergent librarian, married mom of 4, bisexual. Writes about sex, love, life. Overthinking everything since 1982. www.interestedinsex.com
Jackie is an almost licensed social worker (MSW in progress) and writer in the United States. She loves to read, spread awareness, advocate and connect people.
Just your typical burnt-out, mid-twenties transfemme queer. I write about anything and everything, from autism, queerness, storytelling, and my own experiences.
Historian, Syndicated Columnist, Public Speaker, Social-Cultural Critic. Professor of Black Studies and Gender Studies, at East Tennessee State University.
Buddhist monk, formerly an Orthodox Christian monk, before that a professor of English literature, before that expatriate writer, living mostly in Berlin.
Writer. Designer. Linguist. Teacher. Serial Hobbyist. Editor for Intersectionality & Long. Sweet. Valuable. Join me in the rabbit hole at https://smorejon.com