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Daddy's Boy
He’s looking for a “good boy” who needs tough love, strong direction, and a firm hand in his life. I call him Sir in every sentence. As much as I need…
 • Steve Majors
Poetry: Call for Submissions
We will be publishing a poetry drop every month, starting with June, just in time for Pride.
 • Riley M. Hollars
How to Submit to The Queer Love Project
The Queer Love Project is open for submissions from all interested writers. We publish essays that are original and not previously published on any…
 • Jerry Portwood and Michael Narkunski
The QLP Questionnaire: Andy Barrow
"My divorce was heartbreaking—but not heartbreak. It was more sadness for causing pain to someone I loved and letting go of a life I thought I was…
 • Jerry Portwood
A Place for Poems to Grow
Introducing Poetry to the Queer Love Project
 • Riley M. Hollars
The QLP Questionnaire: Frank Pizzoli
"You don’t have to rescue yourself from the one you love. They accept you with all your foibles. And you accept them as they are."
 • Jerry Portwood
How Bob Smith Changed My Life
HBO Comedy was the only place where I could see reflections of myself that weren’t caricatures, tragic figures, or the butts of jokes. Later, the out…
 • Steven Jude Tietjen
45:28
Katrina Anne Willis explains why the first real betrayal in a late-in-life coming-out story is the "betrayal of self"
With her debut memoir 'Hurricane Lessons' out now, Katrina discusses unlearning who she was "supposed to be" and her search for various meanings of…
 • Jerry Portwood
The QLP Questionnaire: Justin Elizabeth Sayre
"Remember that sometimes you’ll be lovers and sometimes you’ll be friends, and when you’re in a lovers period, there’ll be a friends period after that…
 • Jerry Portwood and Justin Elizabeth Sayre
“Are you lesbian now, or what?”
Vignettes of a love story still unfolding.
 • Moriah Richard
54:24
Barry Walters on the power of music to explore queer love, gender and identity
The veteran music journalist and pop culture critic discusses his new book, 'Mighty Real'
 • Jerry Portwood
Love Found on the Rebound
I figured he'd be one of those men I met, gushed over, and never progressed with. Because everything always ends in stalemate. Luckily, I was wrong.
(Mini) Flash Nonfiction Essay Contest
Share a perfect day of travel that resonated with you and sparked “queer love” of some sort (in 300 words or less)
 • Jerry Portwood
The Polyamory of Grief
Despite my best efforts, I fell in tangled, complex love by using scraps of my tattered heart that I was willing to share.
 • Lane Michael Stanley
The Queer Love Project
The Queer Love Project
What do we know about love? Find, accept and explore love and commitment among gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people in queer relationships through storytelling and interviews with LGBTQ+ folx.
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The Queer Love Project

What do we know about love? Find, accept and explore love and commitment among gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people in queer relationships through storytelling and interviews with LGBTQ+ folx.
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