As a Twin Peaks fan, I wanted a cover for Real Queer America that featured a neon sign—and I got one, thanks to an amazing designer at Little, Brown. Gaze upon its beauty! I like that the image—and the color scheme—is Americana through and through, and yet there’s the word “Queer” right there in unapologetic letters on the … Continue reading
Look. Now is the perfect time to pre-order Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States. If you do it now, you’ll have enough time to forget about it before it shows up in your mailbox or on your doorstep, and then it’ll be a nice surprise! Who doesn’t want a present from themselves in the … Continue reading
My whole life, I have wanted to write something beautiful and true. So when Danielle Friedman, my former editor at Fusion, reached out to see if I would tell my love story for Amazon Original Stories, I nervously accepted. Writing said story would require me to flex literary muscles I hadn’t used in a while: In … Continue reading
Remember a while back when I said that I was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award? Well, I won a GLAAD Media Award for my Splinter piece “Why Bisexual Men Are Still Fighting to Convince Us They Exist.” I can’t believe it! The award was hugely validating, and affirming, and also heavy: I left it with … Continue reading
I’m thrilled to share that I was nominated for “Outstanding Digital Journalism Article” by the LGBT media advocacy group GLAAD for my January 2017 Splinter article “Why Bisexual Men Are Still Fighting to Convince Us They Exist.” This article, for me, was a labor of love. Blessed with an editor who gave me ample time … Continue reading
Here’s an interview I did with the excellent blog TransEthics about coming out as transgender, transphobia within the academy, my career as an LGBT reporter, and what it will take for us to see full acceptance of transgender people in our society. Read more at the link below: https://transethics.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/trans-education-samantha-allen-on-gender-career-and-acceptance/ Continue reading
For my debut under Fusion’s Sex+Life vertical, I wrote a 2,500-word essay about learning how to achieve orgasm again after sex reassignment surgery. Please read it below and share it on Facebook, Twitter, or your blog if you’re feeling generous: “How I Learned to Orgasm After Sex Reassignment Surgery” This is a piece that has … Continue reading
