How Clea DuVall Helped Me Find Queer Joy
But I’m a Cheerleader gave me something to hold onto: for the first time, I had seen queer love and community.
The Intervention
But I’m a Cheerleader CommittedShe’s All ThatGirl
boygirl
The Facultydobe
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
sarcastic and a bit androgynous.
But I’m a Cheerleader
Dykes to Watch Out For
But I’m a Cheerleader (R) Daily at 4:15, 7:10, 9:15; Fri–Sun also at 1:30 PM.
But I’m a Cheerleader
Mel King is a trans and queer writer. Born in Albany, NY, he has been based in Brooklyn for fifteen years. His work has appeared in Catapult, Cortland Review, and North American Review, among others. He received his MFA in Fiction from Rutgers-Newark and has been awarded fellowships from the Truman Capote Foundation, Lambda Literary Foundation, and the Yiddish Book Center. He is currently working on a memoir.
Mel has spent his working life in LGBTQ nonprofits and is currently the Director of Grants & Administration at Equality Federation. www.melkingwrites.com
Enter your email address to receive notifications for author Mel King
Success!
Confirmation link sent to your email to add you to notification list for author Mel King
More in this series
What It Means to Be Trans in My Tiny Town
My trans friends rarely come home, and when they do, it is for brief bursts of time. They question why I’ve chosen to keep living here.
The Big Gay Move
For all the meaningful internal changes I’d made since coming out, the city and space and circles I occupied were keeping me tethered.
How the Secrets Came Out
This was about protecting the new self growing its delicate way within me.