Love Letter: Embracing Your Inner Drag King

“I imagined myself as my lover, a cisgender man, talking to a woman dressed to receive him as I always have. "

"Slow, slow-talking, with a wistful sense of humor, my lover was in many ways my ideal man," writes Maxine Swann in the Modern Love essay this week.

“So when we were told to impersonate a man in my drag king studio, he was the one who came to mind. »

Need to listen to Labor Day? Consider NPR's podcast, "Rough Translation," whose new series explores the "Love Commandos," a group in India that worked to protect and shelter runaway young lovers.

We want to hear your stories. Here's how to submit a Modern Love essay or an Unhitched column. Don't feel like writing more than two X posts, an Instagram caption, or a Facebook post? Consider submitting your application to Tiny Love Stories, which is no longer than 100 words.

Love Letter: Embracing Your Inner Drag King

“I imagined myself as my lover, a cisgender man, talking to a woman dressed to receive him as I always have. "

"Slow, slow-talking, with a wistful sense of humor, my lover was in many ways my ideal man," writes Maxine Swann in the Modern Love essay this week.

“So when we were told to impersonate a man in my drag king studio, he was the one who came to mind. »

Need to listen to Labor Day? Consider NPR's podcast, "Rough Translation," whose new series explores the "Love Commandos," a group in India that worked to protect and shelter runaway young lovers.

We want to hear your stories. Here's how to submit a Modern Love essay or an Unhitched column. Don't feel like writing more than two X posts, an Instagram caption, or a Facebook post? Consider submitting your application to Tiny Love Stories, which is no longer than 100 words.

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