Every morning when I swallow one of these pills, I think about the possibility there are people out there who can't afford this drug that helps prevent against one of the worst epidemics to hit the LGBTQ community — my brothers, my sisters, my family.
love in your dreams, a poem
Queer libraries
rose-tinted fries, a poem
What is love?
doubt.
Happiness is…
When making friends means being exploited
This fear is a part of me now, and somehow I'll just have to make my peace with that.
My first trip to CAPS, then the ER
Three, two, one: What do I do when I fall in love with another boy?
All good stories begin in a bar
Today, I shocked an editor at work with my stories of drinking while under 21. I told her I had lived outside of the US. Then I realized how incredible that moment was — she met me, read my Asian American body and projected "Yeah, American."
The Sound
Multiplicity
I texted him: "I don't feel like anyone could understand me without knowing more about me than most people do. I usually do not have the time to explain the about-150 years of geopolitical and sociocultural history of the U.S., Europe and Asia and how that impacts me."
Adulting 101
Adulting is hard.
About the Chicago Sun-Terns on #NationalInternDay
Thank you all for supporting me and teaching me so much. And a special shout-out to all my fellow Chicago Sun-Terns, who put up with me naming us the "Sun-Terns," and who didn't slap me when I walked over and said I'm giving up on myself because I started a section of my article with: "Like many U.S. cities, Chicago has roads."