...Naveen Minai The terms “desi” and “butch” are difficult to define separately but open up new possibilities for thinking sexuality and borders when located next to each other on the page. “Desi” can mean people from South Asia, and gestures toward land as home. “Butch” can mean queer masculinity...

... out and coming into sexual minority status. This piece explores narratives in which the legitimacy of queerness is unaccepted, unassured, and undermined. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California 2020 queer autoethnography critical interpersonal communication privacy sexuality...

... a portrait at exhibition, an image speaks long after the brushstrokes stop and the canvas dries. We are asked to see new things in a painting every time it’s viewed. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 2020 time heteronormativity grief sexuality Love...