We are proud to present Reverb of Resistance, a powerful evening of live music, visual art, and community connection, taking place Thursday, June 25 at The Grey Eagle Music Hall. The event is produced by … Read More
The Latest from CSE
Introduction
This collaged erasure, titled “introduction,” is part of a larger project I’m working on, As the Mobile Moves: a memoir in literary experiments. I envision this beetle poem as both an introduction and a … Read More
Community Advisory: Transgender Adults in the South Face Intensifying Political Attacks That Increase Barriers to Accessing Gender-Affirming Care
Nationwide, including all across the South – it is legal and possible for transgender adults to access gender-affirming care. However, anti-transgender organizations and political actors have made no secret of their agenda to restrict – … Read More
To Little Me
I see you, and all I want to do is make you smile with a deep belly laugh that stretches from fingertips to the toes that wiggle in the sandbox trying to be free and … Read More
LGBTQ+ Movement Leader Ian Palmquist Receives The Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award, One of the Highest Civilian Awards in NC
Palmquist’s lifetime of service and leadership recognized by prestigious award from Governor Stein and the launch of the Ian Palmquist Leadership Fund. RALEIGH – This spring, Ian Palmquist, a leader in the LGBTQ+ equality movement … Read More
Dear Younger Me
I love you, your shaggy Beatles haircut, Greenday t-shirts, bell bottoms, platform Sketchers, the way your violin sings and stirs others to do something about something that matters. Feeling unloved, unseen, unimportant, misunderstood, abandoned, … Read More
Having Learned to Hold Back Apologies
If home isn’t the place I grew up, and surely not the place I am now, where is my soul supposed to live? My childhood bedroom is scant now, last August I stripped its walls … Read More
As A Child, I Was Convinced I Was An Alien
As a child I was convinced I was an alien. I had been transplanted onto this orbiting rock called Earth to collect data on human behavior that evaded my understanding. The family I was placed … Read More
