Open Call · Trans & Queer Issue
Queer Unfiltered
Emotions, Moments & Journeys
For a moment, let us imagine a world beyond heteronormativity. A world where children are not assigned futures before they are born. A world that does not prescribe how people should dress, speak, move through the world, or whom they should love. A world where human experience is not measured against a single norm, but embraced in all its complexity and possibility. Perhaps this world is not entirely imaginary. It already exists—in moments of queer joy, in chosen families, in radical care, in resistance, in becoming. Queer Unfiltered, Usawa’s trans and queer issue, hopes to gather these fragments and possibilities: part archive, part sanctuary, part blueprint for more liberated futures.
We invite LGBTQIA+ writers to send us poems, short stories, graphic fiction, creative nonfiction, and photo essays that reflect on the world they inhabit and the world they dream of. Send us stories of small and big acts of resistance that inhabit this world. Or, conjure up entirely new worlds for a transtastic tomorrow. Send us poems about moments of self-discovery, found families, or queer joy. Send us your lyrical odes to a diverse, equitable world. And send us essays that let readers into your world, work, and daily lives.
While we look forward to submissions of high literary merit, our focus is on featuring unique voices and perspectives. We accept short stories, poetry, graphic fiction, creative nonfiction, photo essays and humour pieces. If you have anything else that doesn’t fit into these categories but makes your heart sing, send it to us; we are open to hybrid and experimental forms.
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