Queer Vision Vol 2 No 7

This month, we're talking about what it means to hold each other up. Judy McCord opens the issue — 79 years old, 40 years into a marriage that survived her husband's transition, and still co-hosting a radio show that's become a lifeline for queer elders in Orange County. Actor Jason Caceres follows with a look at growing up between two cultures in Miami, and what "authenticity" looks like when you're first-generation. Then drag king and Marine Corps veteran Link Nevermore shares a story about chosen family, foster care, and finding drag through a mother who loved it first. The centerpiece this issue is a candid conversation with Mother, Kai, Ko, and Becca — a real, no-easy-answers roundtable about race, gatekeeping, and accountability in the local nightlife and drag scene, prompted by mixed community feedback after a recent event. It's not comfortable. It's not supposed to be. Rounding things out: poetry on identity and mortality ("What is Queer?" and "Dear Body"), photo recaps from Alt-Pride and Belly, Ask Aunt Dorothea, Cosmic Bullshit, a look at the surprising history of the Pledge of Allegiance, and a Queer Potluck logic puzzle to test your brain between interviews.