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The Queer Issue XIV

June 2023

A colorful impressionist painting of a rainbow over a tree-lined village street

"Rainbow over a Village" by Arnold Peter Weisz-Kubínčan, Slovak National Gallery, Slovakia. Public Domain. Via Europeana

A close-up of a vinyl record player

Photo by Adrian Korte on Unsplash

Unfasten the Silk of Your Silence

By Souad Labbize

Algerian poet Souad Labbize pens a sequence of love poems to the voice of a female singer.

Translated from French by Susanna Lang

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Black, gray, and white storm clouds

Photo by Harshit Sharma on Unsplash

A Second of Stillness

By Jintu Gitarth

Under a boundless sky stretching across the horizon, enveloped in a silence spanning miles, Diganta sat beside his favorite person.

Translated from Assamese by Harsita Hiya

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Bright green fabric

Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash

Man of Satin

By Souhaib Ayoub

He smoked incessantly. I watched him with a silent longing.

Translated from Arabic by Sharon Grosso

Two men's shadows

Photo by Robert V. Ruggiero on Unsplash

A Kiss between Boys

By Victor Heringer

They all eyeballed one another, weighing up the possibility of a mass brawl.

Translated from Portuguese by James Young

Damascus street

© Vyacheslav Argenberg / http://www.vascoplanet.com/, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mohammad and Youssef

By Omar Youssef Souleimane

Mohammad is torn between fear and excitement. He doesn’t know this man. What if he’s an informant?

Translated from French by Ghada Mourad