Mortgage of Convenience

by Dani McLean

There’s no test to pass to be queer, and anyone who says differently is an asshole.

Yes, I want a family. What scares the crap out of me is letting them down.

“The way you look at me, I…” Finding the right words has never been harder. “I don’t need to be a certain version of myself. I can be any version I want to be, because you’ll accept me the way I am. I’m not used to having a person look at me without wanting something.”

Pour me into a glass and call me half-full, because that orgasm just gave me a new lease on life.

clench up tighter than a Supreme Court justice getting questioned over a conflict of interest.

who has very little reason to criticize the hand that jerks him—I’ve