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LE Beyond the Pale Projects Presents
UNDERSTANDING YOUR BODY’S HISTORY
After Coming Out
As Trans
Raine Grayson
SEX with another trans person becomes more of an exploration than a maze. Doors are opened and the rules are fast and loose because both people understand the intricacies of dysphoria and the importance of comfort. This is not to say that sex between a cis person and a trans person can’t also be a journey, but there is a baseline understanding that creates a strong foundation for communicating even the most ephemeral of feelings, insecurities and wants when both people have had similar insecurities.
100 WORDS / 12 HITS / GRAVITY
Gina Moriarty
WE untangled our luggage and collapsed beside each other on the couch. After twelve hours, the physical separation from feet to floor, from chest to back, was unfamiliar. I was ungrounded, cold without him. We went to bed immediately, slept tucked together, like when the bike turns hard into a steep turn, and the pressure smushes us together like one.
LIKE OXYGEN
Suzanne Lea
I want to hear surrender
catch in the back of your throat
ragged and gasping.
I want to be kissed
Properly
Anthology HIGHLIGHTS
Suzanne Lea The Specificity of Desire
Penny Blood Doppelganger
James Gallant Tickling Our Ears: Sex in the 19th Century
Lina Buividaviciute Cycle Eros
Bill Jackson
Subhaga Crystal Bacon
Alex Stanley
Richard Stimac
Rachel Cann
Michael Oakes
Jack Cooper
Joan Mazza
Nonah Palmer
Timothy Parrish
Thomas Penn Johnson
Sarah Blanchard
Jason Gaidis
Dominic Blanco
Kate Meyer-Currey
Mark Rice
Gary Bolick
S. Hosdale
Laurel Benjamin
Joni Whitworth
Erica Scoggins
Joseph William Simmons
Lesley Howard
Katie Haley
Edward M. Cohen
Karla Linn Merrifield
Sara Miller-Hanner
Richard Stimac
Elizabeth Lerman
Liv
Timothy Parrish
Pawel Grajnert
Tom Marrotta
Laurel Benjamin
Dominic Blanco
Catherine Con
L N Lewis
Brendan Praniewicz
Karina Lutz
Elissa E. Minor
Teddy Anne
Laura LeMoon
Kristen Henderson
Katrina Byrd
Torrence Holland
Emily Duffy
Kelsey Hontz
Thomas Weedman
Duane Herrmann
Jerome Berglund
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