Laura LaingMy Queer History: The Wood SongNoah must have had a complicated relationship with God, no matter how the Bible tells it. Even a true believer would feel resentful after…Jul 27, 2021Jul 27, 2021
Laura LaingMy Queer History: GhostThis essay is part of a series that explores my personal history of queerness through the songs of the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily…Sep 13, 2020Sep 13, 2020
Laura LaingMy Queer History: “GoI swear I heard him* say it. Or maybe my father told me that he said it. “Your daughter is going to be lonely,” he told my parents. We…Feb 6, 2020Feb 6, 2020
Laura LaingMy Queer History: “Fugitive”I didn’t intend to hide for her. I wasn’t aware of my queerness; I couldn’t know that loving another woman was weightier than a simple…Jan 9, 2020Jan 9, 2020
Laura LaingMy Queer History: “Driver Education”In my little hometown in the 1980s, the high school kids spent Friday nights at the football game and Saturday nights driving up and down…Dec 19, 2019Dec 19, 2019
Laura LaingMy Queer History: “Dirt and Dead Ends”My time visiting Granddaddy and Grandmother in the Shenandoah Valley was split into two time periods: when they lived on Rt 4 and when…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
Laura LaingMy Queer History: “Burn All the Letters”When you’re a 50-something writer working on a coming-of-age memoir, you pull out all of the letters you saved from that time, because…Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2019
Laura LaingMy Queer History: Me and the Indigo GirlsI’ve been listening to the Indigo Girls since “Closer to Fine.” I was a senior in college when their self-titled album came out. I had…Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2019
Laura LaingO’Malley’s Waterloo: Five Baltimore Teens Campaign in IowaIowa seems as far from Baltimore as the moon. First, there’s the physical difference: it’s nearly 1,000 miles between Charm City and…Feb 18, 20162Feb 18, 20162
