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NY Pride, 2017

February 19, 2018 by Kyle Labe

Today I left the window open, / Wind coursing through my veins / Like electricity.

Categories: Poem • Tags: author, books, Essay, experimental, feminism, feminist, gay, LGBT, LGBTQ, literature, longreads, new, new blog, Poem, poems, Poetry, writer

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I Am Only as Alone as Everyone Else

September 17, 2017 by Kyle Labe

I am now twenty. 20. Two decades in. According to estimations, I’ve lived a quarter of my life. I attend a university, but I have no idea what’s to come. When people ask the question, “What would you like to do?” I never know how to answer, being that life never heads in the direction you plan for. I could say, “Surely, I’ll write books,” or “Surely, I’ll become a reporter,” or even, “Surely, I’ll work in a publishing house,” […]

Categories: Essay • Tags: anxiety, author, books, depression, Essay, experimental, feminism, feminist, gay, kylelabewriting, LGBT, LGBTQ, literature, longreads, mental illness, new, new blog, quick reads, story, writer

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Gay

October 11, 2016 by Kyle Labe

I want to talk about my sexuality today, on National Coming Out Day, because it’s something I can speak of unabashedly, and I have no shame whatsoever. I like men, and I like women, and I like people because I’m not going to deny myself any sort of human pleasure available to me in the world. I started to question things as I entered high school a freshman. Then I found solace in a person I thought to be exactly like […]

Categories: Essay • Tags: Essay, feminism, kylelabewriting, LGBT, longreads, National Coming Out Day, new, writer

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