A Heart beyond Cure

Essay on death, familial homophobia, and grief.

Published in No More Potlucks, #47: Loss, May 1, 2017.

Heart the Size of a Small Car

Essay published in the anthology In the Company of Animals: Stories of Extraordinary Encounters. Edited by Pam Chamberlain. Published by Nimbus Publishing. 2014.

Phantom Itch: Scabies, Stigma, and Parasitic Revelations

Essay on parasites, parasitism, and stigmatic guilt.

Published on No More Potlucks, September 1, 2013.

Otter Lust

Essay on body hair and gender identity.

Published on Revolver, July 18, 2013.

Documentation in the time of AIDS

Essay about important cultural documents from the AIDS crisis.

Published on the Indiewire blog The Lost Boys, December 1, 2011.

Kinkiest animal countdown: Faggity Ass Fridays presents Animal Kingdom

 

Essay about sex and sexuality in the animal kingdom.

Published in Nightlife, September 28, 2011.

The Drean to Exist: Helem from Lebanon to Montreal

Interview with Sam Khoury, president of Helem Montreal.

Published in 2B Magazine, March 9, 2011.

How to Get Fabulous Muslces: The Bob Mizer Work-out Routine

Essay about Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild and beefcake culture.

Published in Lickety Split #8, June 4, 2010.

Retail is Desire

Short essay about my experience working in retail.

Essay published in Lickety Split #8, June 4, 2010.

Love is a Ballad that Eviscerates

A narrative review of a selection of solo performances given by Diamanda Galás.

Published by Empty Mirror Books, March 20, 2010.

Swan Song of a Queer Decade

Ruminations on my favourite moments in queer sound from the past decade.

Published on Xtra.ca, January 21, 2010.

Hauntingly Familiar: Stevie Nicks is following me

An essay about how Stevie Nicks, her classic Landslide, and thoughts on what makes a song attain perfection.

Published on Xtra.ca, November 27, 2009.

My body is a Mix Tape

A eulogy for cassette tapes, mix makers, and a way of listening to music.

Published on Xtra.ca, October 28, 2009.

George Michael is an Aphrodisiac

A confession about the erotic potential of music, in this case, the music of George Michael.

Published on Xtra.ca, October 2, 2009.

Homo Sonic: Introduction to a Diva

The first column of Homo Sonic.

Published on Xtra.ca, September 7, 2009.

The Signal is Jammed: A Confession

An essay exploring the relationship between sound and desire.

Published in the Lambda Literary Award finalist I Like It Like That, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver BC.
September 2009

Chick Lit is a Death Sentence

An editorial about why I find the term and genre "Chick Lit" to be so pernicious.

Published on Cliteraturejournal.com, Volume 12, June 2009.

The Queer Voice of Antony and the Johnsons

An essay about the voice of Antony Hegarty.

Essay published in Subversions: Journal of Gender and Sexuality, vol. 5/Spring 2009.

An Ode to Sarah Connor: The Cyborg Has Failed

Thoughts on the feminist potential of the Sarah Connors character in the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

This essay was written for the "Beyond Human" theme of Lickety Split #7.

Published by Lickety Split, November 2008.

Electric Blue Aural Body

This essay was the inspiration behind the more fleshed-out version featured in the Arsenal Pulp Press anthology I Like It Like That.

Essay published in Lickety Split #7
2008
Winner of Montreal Expozine Best Zine 2009 Award