Pride Month always makes me feel extra-light in my loafers. Summer brings everything into dreamy soft focus. Even as the culture wars rage on, there is plenty of joy to be found in the stories radiating from LGBTQ+ lives. Comedian Jeff Hiller delineates his "20-year trail to overnight success" in the sidesplitting memoir Actress of a Certain Age, and graphic novelist Mike Curato celebrates a Seattle found family in the heartfelt Gaysians, while Lori Ostlund's engrossing short fiction asks the timeless question Are You Happy?
Whether gay as in happy or queer as in fixing to fight--fellow friends of Dorothy, I hope this week's issue encourages you with boisterous laughter, healing tears, sparks of optimism, and unflinching resilience for challenging times.