Mike McClelland lives in complete chaos with his husband, two sons, and three rescue dogs, and is the author of Gay Zoo Day and a recently completed novel about queer witches.
Constantine Chatzipapatheodoridis, Fulbright alumnus, holds a PhD from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research interests focus on LGBTQ culture, theater, and art.
Joseph Allchin is the author of Many Rivers One Sea, Bangladesh and the challenge of Islamist militancy, He has written for publications including The Financial Times, The New York Review of Books and The Economist. Follow him on twitter ...
Maya Phillips is a poet and journalist based in New York. She is the author of the poetry collection Erou and the forthcoming NERD: On Navigating Heroes, Magic, and Fandom in the 21st Century and is the arts critic fellow at the New York Times.
Emily Gordon is a poet and critic whose recent work has appeared in the Women’s Review of Books, Air Mail, and The Common Reader. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Emma Hine is the author of Stay Safe, forthcoming from Sarabande Books in January 2021. Her work has recently appeared in the Guernica, The Paris Review, The Offing, among other publications.
Habibe Jafarian is a writer and editor based in Tehran. She writes a column for the art and literature weekly Milan and serves as senior consultant to the nonfiction journal Nadastan. She has published several biographies in Persian.
Matt Brim’s most recent book is Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University. He is a professor of queer studies at the College of Staten Island, CUNY.