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…4 min read·Jul 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…4 min read·Sep 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…3 min read·Feb 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…3 min read·Jan 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…5 min read·Dec 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…5 min read·Dec 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…3 min read·Dec 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…3 min read·Dec 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…13 min read·Feb 18, 2016--2--2