List: P&P Prompt Stories: Films and Literature | Curated by Jonny Masters

Mar 30, 2024
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P&P Prompt Stories: Films and LiteraturePrism and Pen stories written in response to the writing prompt: How Have LGBTQ Film & Literature Shaped You?
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Sarah TC
80s Kids’ TV Made Me Queer, Despite Mary Whitehouse and ThatcherMuch of the TV I watched as a child was pretty trippy
Mar 28, 2024
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Mar 28, 2024
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Chris Owens
Y2K: A Groundbreaking Year for Queer TV and MoviesBoth the silver screen and the small screen bring hope for a new millennium to queer people.
Mar 21, 2024
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Mar 21, 2024
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Torshie Torto
Why Homophobia Doesn’t Exist in My Fantasy NovelsThe origin of my creative philosophy
Mar 23, 2024
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Mar 23, 2024
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Matthew Frye Castillo
How Books Shaped My Life as a Gay Escort
Mar 25, 2024
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Mar 25, 2024
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John Peyton Cooke
Check It Out: “The Swimming-Pool Library” Is a Gay ClassicAlan Hollinghurst’s unabashedly sexy novel of 20th-century gay life made a big splash in 1988. Why did I wait till 2015 to dive in?
Mar 25, 2024
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Mar 25, 2024
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Esther Spurrill-Jones
How ‘The Last Unicorn’ Reflected My Invisible QueernessLoneliness, found family, love
Mar 16, 2024
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Mar 16, 2024
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Simply Sophia
When Trans Literature Was Almost Non-Existent, I Found HopeThe Tampon Box, Cosmo, and Ozma
Mar 15, 2024
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Mar 15, 2024
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Patsy Fergusson
Non-Binary Pakistani Debunks Stereotypes in “Sort Of”And brings on the fun
Mar 15, 2024
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Mar 15, 2024
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Josie Defaye
‘Moby Dick’ Gave Me a Glimpse of Queer HopeThe quiet queerness of Melville’s masterpiece
Mar 15, 2024
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Mar 15, 2024
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James Patrick Nelson
Why Did I Resist the “Campy” Gay Aesthetic?Out of the closet and into a box
Mar 14, 2024
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Mar 14, 2024
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Molly Martin
Open Letter to Pioneering Irish Feminist and Lesbian Nell McCaffertyFrom a northern California tradeswoman and her grrrl gang
Mar 14, 2024
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Mar 14, 2024
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Tin Tin
This Book Helped Me Accept My Ace IdentityLoveless by Alice Oseman
Mar 13, 2024
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Mar 13, 2024
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Lilian McDonough
Trans Hermione and the Importance of HeadcanonsFinding comfort in the art of the people who want you dead
Mar 12, 2024
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Mar 12, 2024
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Terry Barr
Is There a Queer Utopia? On the Virtues of David Mitchell’s Rock NovelI teach ‘Utopia Avenue’ in my Rock and Soul Literature class.
Mar 12, 2024
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Mar 12, 2024
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Kaylin Hamilton
How Video Games Helped Me Accept My QueernessRealisation and acceptance through digital interactive storytelling
Mar 10, 2024
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Mar 10, 2024
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LibrariAnna
My Take On “Maestro” as a Queer Woman Married to a Straight ManBeing bisexual and practicing non-monogamy doesn’t mean I love my husband any less
Mar 11, 2024
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Mar 11, 2024
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John suddath
When (Gay) LaLa Land Came to TexasAnd Opened a Whole New World for Me
Mar 11, 2024
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Mar 11, 2024
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Fay Wylde
Somewhere Over the Technicolor Queer RainbowIn The Wizard of Oz, one moment in that film meant so very much to me… and I bet you would never guess what it was
Mar 11, 2024
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Mar 11, 2024
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Jonny Masters
Meeting Maurice: A Journey of Discovery in LGBTQ+ CultureShaped by LGBTQ+ Film and Fiction
Mar 9, 2024
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Mar 9, 2024
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