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5/1/2023 0 Comments

19 Queer Arabs & Arab Americans to Celebrate

Elessar Younglove (they/fae)

      If I have learned anything as a communications major it’s that visibility matters. Seeing someone who looks like you, and seeing someone seeing someone who doesn’t, on screen impacts how audiences think about and interact with others. LGBTQ+ representation is on the rise, but it has a long way to go, especially for queer people of color. Lack of representation has various consequences. It can promote prejudices, particularly unfavorable ones, about particular ethnic or cultural groups.  Shining a light on white queer people denies the lives and experiences of queer people of color. If Arabic people are shown to only be cishet, then viewers assume that all members of this group must take this route because they only perceive negative stereotypes or a lack of representation in these groups.

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the dishes

Franklin Lassen

i think about my gender 
when i'm washing the dishes
my favorite chore when i was a kid
​the only one i ever did 

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"Filler Text for an Author's Note" - prose poem

Blake Byle (they/them) 


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10 Gay Watches (TV Shows)

Padma Danturty (she/her) 

For me, starting a television show is a big deal. If I’m going to commit my time and energy to caring about characters and reflecting on their decisions, I need it to be good. I also cannot watch shows that show no diversity, and I often get bored very easily. I don’t mean to say that I can’t care about characters that are different from me, but I find that it adds another interesting layer of depth and reality when shows include characters that are POC and/or queer. It’s even better when these characters aren’t pushed off into a B story, with such little screen time that their presence almost doesn’t matter. So, here is a masterlist of TV shows that include main characters who are queer!

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"Excuse me? I think I got the wrong Bill?" - An Erasure of the Bill of Rights

Blake Byle (they/them) 

Congress respecting 
An establishment prohibiting, 
​abridging freedom

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she

Franklin Lassen


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Alibi, or An Abandoned Road

Elessar Younglove (they/fae) 

​I wrote this song when I was 17 years old. Below is a picture of me at that time. The song is a bit sad as, when I wrote it, I was struggling with my emotions and mental health, not to mention the fact that I was closeted while attending a Catholic high school. Now, this song shows me my strength and how far I’ve come. It feels right for it to be the final creative piece I submit to “The Michigan Gayly.” Thank you all.

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"War Song" - An Erasure of the Declaration of Independence

Blake Byle (they/them) 

dissolve the powers of the earth, 
which Nature's men
instituted among Men, to alter
Safety and Happiness. ​

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bodies/prisons

Franklin Lassen


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4/1/2023 0 Comments

The pleasure of the look

Atticus Spicer (they/he) 

soft jaw, 
         plum
    and gentle,
empress,
my coherence leaves
    and gaze follows behind, 
limp and          ------ dragged 
by a voyeurist shame
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