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Breaking the Silence

“Breaking the Silence: Queer Self, Life, and Love in Northeast Ohio” is a writing project of Literary Cleveland, led by Alexander Saint Franqui. After a tragic year for our community, Breaking the Silence seeks to uplift narratives that center on the queer experience in the Greater Cleveland area, especially those written by Black/Indigenous/People of Color. The project accepted poetry, prose, essays, creative non-fiction, and flash fiction written by queer/LGBTQ2 identified people.

Breaking the Silence's Latest Articles

Breaking the Silence: Pride is Finally Here (Poem)

By Breaking the Silence ● Pride ● April 16, 2021

A sea of rainbow all around. My smile growing and growing with each passing sound. Pride is finally here.

Breaking the Silence: Justification (Poem)

By Breaking the Silence ● Transgender ● April 15, 2021

‍I stroll alone along serene streamers of snow slithering toward the end of time

Breaking the Silence: Under the Rainbow (Creative Nonfiction)

By Breaking the Silence ● Pride ● April 14, 2021

“And then, we saw it. The Rainbow Pride Flag!”

Breaking the Silence: Visibly Trans on a Sunday Afternoon (Poem)

By Breaking the Silence ● Transgender ● April 13, 2021

When my friends and I meet in the park in our own version of Sunday Best, painting ourselves into Seurat, it is not just for quality time, it is liberation – celebration.

Breaking the Silence: Costume Change (Creative Nonfiction)

By Breaking the Silence ● Culture ● April 12, 2021

“I was pushing us to go to a Halloween party that sounded, well, questionable.”