Tag Archives: LGBTQ

Here are 8 People’s Stories About Coming Out to Their Grandparents (Slate article)

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Melanie Laura

I almost forgot! I’m featured in this short, heartwarming piece about coming out to grandparents! https://www.slantnews.com/story/2015-07-02-here-are-8-peoples-stories-about-coming-out-to-their-grandparents

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Rip Out (edited version)

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Melanie Laura

you loved me whole from the gut until my flesh was caught in your teeth then you sliced me open with your heat all I remember is fuck you and fuck me and we fucked and forgot until the words … Continue reading →

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Upon Going Home (review of The Messiah Complex)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Melanie Laura

My review of the play, The Messiah Complex; about the intersections of Blackness, queerness, gender identity and addiction is now live on Autostraddle! http://www.autostraddle.com/upon-going-home-review-of-the-messiah-complex-239760/

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