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Brennan Bogert

Brennan Bogert is a poet, freelance writer and editor, and collector of street-sounds from Iowa City, Iowa. Her work has appeared in Iowa’s Best Emerging Poets, Ink Lit Mag, The Paha Review, and Little Village. She is currently pursuing her M.F.A. in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. You can contact her and learn more at brynnbogert.com.

September 8, 2022

Brennan Bogert

Ezra Furman’s Songs Follow Tired People With Haunted Heads

Furman’s songs have always followed queer characters, outcasts, and tired and desperate people with haunted heads. When I felt aimless, her songs were a compass. When I felt so disconnected from the earth that I would float away, her songs were an anchor.

July 15, 2022

Brennan Bogert

No Cabaret Is Without Grief: InfraSound Ensemble Performs Lavender Nights

“We’re not afraid to be queer and different. / If that means hell, well hell we’ll take the chance. / They’re all so straight, uptight, upright, and rigid. They march in lockstep; we prefer to dance. / We see a world of romance and pleasure. All they can see is sheer banality. Lavender night, our greatest treasure, where we can be just who we want to be.”

April 8, 2022

Brennan Bogert

The Miraculous Mingles With The Horrifying In Natalie Wee’s ‘Beast At Every Threshold’

Her Mouth A Door, After Which / There Is Another Door

May 6, 2021

Brennan Bogert

Shea Diamond Wrote ‘I Am Her’ As A Last Testament Behind Bars. Since Then, Her Voice Has Only Gotten Stronger

“I would lay on the bare floor of the cell, and there was no light in there. So the only light you’re seeing was a little bit of light from under your door. I would get on the floor and start singing that song. It gave me a little bit of hope again. It made me realize I could dream.”

March 1, 2021

Brennan Bogert

A Cop, A Junkie, A Woman, A Man: Artist & Activist Marla Anselona Changed As Rapidly As The City Around Her

“I was more afraid when I went out to clubs, dressed in drag, than I was when I was befriending a drug dealer or up in some apartment buying for the NYPD, with no gun or shield. I would’ve rather been found dead, in some dumpster, because a dealer found out I was a cop than been busted in drag.”

February 4, 2021

Brennan Bogert

Living In The Afterlove: Emily Blue Talks Loss, Love, & Creation

It’s a new dimension where we live well and dance. It’s a queer, colorful world; it’s just one person short. 

January 30, 2021

Brennan Bogert

SOPHIE, Beloved Trans Avant-Gard Musician, Has Suddenly Passed Away

SOPHIE, a staple of queer dance parties and avant-garde playlists, has died at the age of 34. According to a statement from her label, Transgressive & Future Classic, Sophie Xeon “had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell.” 

December 1, 2020

Brennan Bogert

Actor Elliot Page Comes Out As Trans In Heartfelt Public Letter

“To all trans people who deal with harassment, self-loathing, abuse and threat of violence every day: I see you, I love you and I will do everything I can change this world for the better.”  

November 27, 2020

Brennan Bogert

Becca Mancari Went Home Looking For Demons. Instead, She Let Go.

“We are so much more than our sadness.” 

October 1, 2020

Brennan Bogert

Softee Is Making The Queer Babe Soundtrack To Your Fall Feels

“Keep On” is all the imaginative capacity of the internet and all the solitude of airplane mode.

September 15, 2020

Brennan Bogert

Today Was Good: Finding Chaos — And Hope — In Sonja Sekula’s ‘The Town of the Poor’

“Maybe a fire will come, maybe a war, maybe death or loss of mind, but today was good.”

July 8, 2020

Brennan Bogert

In ‘The Last Of Us: Part II,” Queerness Finds A Way To Survive

There are many moments when the Last of Us Part II asks the player to do something she doesn’t want to do.

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Apocalypse Noir

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Spook & Spa Halloween Party

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We Met IRL Queer Speed Dating

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Femme House

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Pride 365

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Home Videos

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Femme House

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PLANET YES · D*ke Night

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Femme House

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June 30, 2020

Brennan Bogert

Pride Is Both A Riot & A Celebration, & So Am I

I want to be both things.
Lesbian watching her laptop

May 26, 2020

Brennan Bogert

I Escaped Quarantine For A Night By Losing Myself In This Feminist One-Act Play

For forty minutes I was able to forget New York’s shelter-in-place order and the dim glow of my own apartment’s overhead lighting.

February 27, 2020

Brennan Bogert

In ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ There Is No Guilt, Only Art

The most erotic shot of an armpit we’ve ever seen.

January 31, 2020

Brennan Bogert

Looking At My Eyes, Lined And Primed By My Mother, I See Myself. I See Her.

The orange to cancel the old blue of my chin. The concealer and all the cakey foundation I misapplied. I never got used to mascara. But now, looking at my eyes, lined and primed by my mother, I see myself.

October 4, 2019

Brennan Bogert

Saying Goodbye To Jacob Riis Beach, Until Next Summer

At Jacob Riis beach, I feel less alone.
"Odes To Lithium"

August 28, 2019

Brennan Bogert

Shira Erlichman’s “Odes To Lithium” Is A Beautiful, Complicated Look At Mental Illness

“I will name names. I will be explicit.”

July 8, 2019

Brennan Bogert

Queer Poetry Books To Ignite Your Most Inspired Summer Ever

Pride is over, but queer poetry never ends.

March 26, 2019

Brennan Bogert

Celebrate Transgender Day Of Visibility With These Trans Icons

Get inspired by these amazing trans originators.

February 13, 2019

Brennan Bogert

Music & Memes, Divas & Dogs: Sir Babygirl Gets Real

“Wow, what would it be like if I grew up and got to listen to someone at Britney Spears’s level who was overtly singing about girls?”

January 30, 2019

Brennan Bogert

Melissa Etheridge Albums Ranked By Lesbianism

Spoiler alert: they’re all gay AF.

November 29, 2018

Brennan Bogert

Tegan and Sara Albums Ranked By Lesbianism

Here it is, the absolutely 100 percent scientific list of Tegan and Sara albums ranked by lesbianism.

November 28, 2018

Brennan Bogert

I Talked To 5 Queer Elders And Learned An Important Lesson About My History

“Young people who are gay and talk to old gay people, this is just occurring.”

November 20, 2018

Brennan Bogert

TDoR: I Will Not List The Names of The Dead, I Will Honor Them

Remember queer and trans desire and joy.

October 23, 2018

Brennan Bogert

Trump Can’t Redefine My Trans Lesbian Existence

Don’t let your definitions be changed.

October 10, 2018

Brennan Bogert

7 Queer Girl Horror Films That Fight The Patriarchy

For a horrifying time.

September 17, 2018

Brennan Bogert

My Boss Found Out I’m A Trans Woman, Then I Got Fired

“Tomorrow will be your last day,” he said, “it has nothing to do with you.”
Trans beautiful young man as a beautiful woman.

September 10, 2018

Brennan Bogert

11 Dating Struggles Only Trans Lesbians Will Understand

The real fact is that trans lesbians have been around forever.

September 6, 2018

Brennan Bogert

LGBTQ Healthcare Is At Risk, Here’s Why

Healthcare, like every other political issue is an LGBTQ issue.
Woman performing on stage

August 17, 2018

Brennan Bogert

5 Reasons Why Queer People Lose Their Minds Over Slam Poetry

Queer people love slam poetry so much because it’s just like us.
Couple Dancing During Pride Month

August 13, 2018

Brennan Bogert

Scared To Say ‘I Love You’? Try These 7 Romantic Lesbian Poems

When those three little words are too hard to say, these poets have your back.

August 8, 2018

Brennan Bogert

5 Up-and-Coming Lesbian Poets to Swoon Over

Lesbian poets are writing and fighting the white male canon while producing amazing works of art.

January 16, 2018

Brennan Bogert

I Was A Lesbian Before I Knew Girls Like Me Could Be

Sometimes I want to be femme. Other times, I’m sure I’m a tough punk-butch.
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