Perfectly Perfect

Parents often worry about the words children hear from classmates, social media, and the outside world. But physician and author Dr. Tiffanie Tate says one of the most influential voices children will ever hear is the one they eventually develop inside their own minds. “Children are always listening, especially to the words that become part […]

Golden Age of Trance and Other Stories

A poet, slam performer, speaker, and author, James Schwartz is the Lambda Literary Award-nominated author of “The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America,” and a Pushcart Prize nominee whose work has appeared in numerous literary journals. Bold, heartfelt, and impossible to forget, this collection further cements Schwartz as one of Alien Buddha […]

Pride Journeys: Walla Walla, Washington

Joey Amato is the founder and publisher of Pride Journeys, anLGBTQ travel website and syndicated column. There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when a small town decides to throw open its doors — not just to visitors, but to everyone. Walla Walla has long been celebrated as one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier […]

A River Finds Its Flow

Grace Walcott Discusses Her New Documentary Film, River of Life, LGBTQ+ in an Interview with Mick Sandoval. When Grace Walcott first imagined a documentary that would bring LGBTQ+ people together to build a space of acceptance, she worried the idea was too simple — not “cutting-edge” enough to matter. She needn’t have worried. By building […]