Carlynn is a student at the University of North Carolina double majoring in English, concentrating in Social Justice and Literature, and Women’s and Gender Studies. In their free time, they love to read, make silly little crafts, and hang out with their cats!

She is passionate about furthering her academic career, utilizing the intersection of her studies to critically analyze popular and classic literature through a feminist perspective.

To read some of their writing, go check out Queer Vision Vol 1 #5, #6 and #7!

Megan is a member of the Queerolina team and has shared a lot of her soul in articles in Queer Vision so far. You can find her About Me in Vol 1 #1 and more of her articles in Vol 1 #2 and #5.

We interviewed Megan in episode 14 of the Queer Vision Podcast

Meet Leah! The Queer Vision team got to sit down and interview her about her experiences with addiction, surviving rape, schizophrenia, coming out as a lesbian later in life, and competitive cooking! Somehow, we covered all of these topics and more in just one hour. Leah has definitely lived a full life and we got the chance to learn from her.

Leah’s interview is episode 12 of the podcast and in Vol 1 #5 of the magazine.

Ivo is a trans man who moved to North Carolina from Florida to start a better life. He has found a much safer, better community here in Wake Forest.

To read his article, check out Vol 1 #4 of the Queer Vision.

Kit is a local NC queer artist. Their art focuses on giving a voice for authentic queer expression. With cultural pulls from Hispanic heritage they blissfully use bright bold colors and images. She aims to show the world that "the black sheep of the family" were actually the RAINBOW sheep in the family.

To see some of their art, read Queer Vision Vol 1 #6

Meet Arcadia Espinoza (any pronouns). They are a writer, drag performer, and activist. We featured a one of their poems in Vol 1 #7 of the magazine. To see more from Arcadia, visit their Instagram @arcadiaespinoza31

Abby is a pharm tech and pharmacy student at UNC Chapel Hill. In episide 21 of the podcast, we also got to sit down with her partner, Vectus. Together, this couple has worked to create a very successful fundraising show for queer healthcare and overall balance each other very well. It was so fun getting to know them not only as individuals, but also as a couple.

You can read some of their interview and see more pictures in Vol 1 #7 of The Queer Vision