The first time I hear someone use ‘gay’ as an insult, my body rejects it but my tongue— The acrid taste of the word pricks the inner lining of my cheek and I try, I try, I try to swallow the word whole it spews from my mouth fully formed “Yeah, that’s so gay”. What […]
Author: Rima Zalghout
Rima Zalghout is an educator and a part-time writer from Michigan. She channels most of her energy into writing free-verse poetry about being a hyphenated human. Lately, she's been writing about being a queer Muslim.