As my father lost his memory, he began to regard my gender as increasingly fluid.
Category: Love (Emotion)
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My Invisible Husband
David Khalaf’s family hid his husband Constantino from his 96-year-old grandmother for years.
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Tiny Modern Love Stories: ‘Her Smooth Leg Brushing Mine’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Besé a mi colega conserje en medio de un montón de basura
Después de ser atacada por dos hombres, pensé que ya no encajaba en ningún lugar. Luego, busqué sanar en el continente más frío, seco y ventoso de la Tierra.
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My Fetish for a Second Skin
As a gay Korean American, I yearned for the privilege of being heterosexual or white. So I began wearing latex, a new skin.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘Who I Was Without a Wedding Ring’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Kissing a Fellow Janitor Amid the Trash
After two assaults, I sought healing on the coldest, driest and windiest continent on earth.
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The Gift of Holiday Men
The hole left by generations of absentee fathers is filled by a powerful matriarchy.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘My Entire Body Shook With Passionate Interest’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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La última lista de compras que le hice
Una botella de vino tinto, cloro, jabón en polvo y una sábana blanca. Era todo lo que necesitaba para exhumar los huesos de mi esposo.
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Was I Married to a Stranger?
I thought I knew my husband of 20 years. I didn’t — and still don’t.
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Sex on the Run? No, We Parked.
An artist learns the ropes of car sex later in life — and finds a husband in the process.