Openly, Honestly - A Free Short Story That Bridges Two Gay YA Novels (And Follows The Romance Between Rafe and Ben)

Openly, Honestly by Bill Konigsberg

Rafe Goldberg was planning to spend winter break at home in Colorado openly mourning what he almost had with Ben. He wasn’t expecting his best friend, Claire Olivia, to kidnap him. And he definitely wasn’t expecting what she has planned to cheer him up...

Ben Carver was honestly planning to spend winter break at home in New Hampshire not thinking about Rafe. But he wasn’t expecting to run into his ex-girlfriend, who’s still interested in him. And he wasn’t expecting to find himself still attracted to her...

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In a Bind - a new free-to-recipients chest binder program for male identified trans youth and young adults

In another example of our queer and allied community reaching out to help those who could use some help, the In a Bind distribution program of the Portland, Oregon nonprofit TransActive aims to

"collect pre-owned chest binders from guys who don't need them anymore and donate them to trans-masculine youth in need."

It's pretty cool that a program like this exists, and I'm delighted a reader told me about it so I could share it here with all of you.

Namaste,
Lee