Emilio Cabral

Last quarter, I wrote a piece on the need for more queer authors. At the time, I was satisfied with my explanation, portrayal and challenge of an industry I still believe is not representative of the diverse and changing queer community. However, after a Zoom call with Becky Albertalli, the author o…

Content warning: This story contains mentions of conversion therapy. I was 15 years old when my mother asked me if I was gay. The copy of André Aciman’s “Call Me by Your Name” I borrowed from my sophomore English teacher sits in her lap, and tears slide down her cheeks, dripping onto the cover of...

On Sunday, I went to the Barnes & Noble in League City, Texas for the first time in six months. Aside from an expanded science-fiction section, the store was exactly as I remembered it: the nonfiction section at the front bursting to the brim with celebrity memoirs, vinyls of the latest Kacey Musgra…