Out Loud! is a collection of music, sounds and voices gathered for the second issue of I Don’t Do Boxes magazine. Through an open call for submissions our editorial team invited queer-identifying musicians and youth to submit original recordings to compliment stories and artworks featured in this latest issue. We received everything from raucous punk anthems, to ambient noise experiments, queer oral histories, and queer-hop beats. Listen closely and you may hear yourself in the intimate stories shared.
Through the Fire
Deonna Kelli Sayed (Greensboro, NC)
Self Portrait
Sam Kardos (Richmond, VA)
The Summer
Michael Johnson (Lincoln, NE) I have glimpsed in my dream last night that which may be no more than a dream. It comes, from somewhere in the sands of time, moving its liquid thighs, sloughing through the air and rippling…
Atlanta Stories Series
Marjorie E. Hendrix (Atlanta, GA)
Digital Dating (In a Small Town)
Peter Pendergrass (Greensboro, NC) Meeting people online is one of those things that everyone hates to acknowledge, but many (if not most) of us have done. There are many ways to connect with new people online, and some of them…
Spark
Lydia Henderson (Nashville, TN)
Erasure on the Steps of the American History Museum
Michael G. Williams (Durham, NC) On April 25, 1993, I sat on the steps of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and watched a troupe of drag queens and a column of Roman Catholic nuns pass delightedly through one…
Kitty Surprise, B&V
Guen Montgomery (Urbana, IL)
The Fall of the Hero
Daniel Jones (Centerville, GA) We arrive at the Anime Weekend Atlanta annual convention ball and already people are rushing over wanting to take pictures of my beautiful friends in their gorgeous My Little Pony gala costumes. No one wants pictures…
Melosis
Downtown
Luke Legrand (Greensboro, NC) Down here you know what you are, and everyone else knows it too. If you’re confused, well, they’ll be happy know for you and pass that information along. A man is man, just like a tree…
Music You Need to Know
Peter Muniz & Peter Pendergrass (Greensboro, NC) Top Five Songs for Falling In Love 1. The Knife – Heartbeats 2. The Drifters – This Magic Moment 3. Exposé – Point of No Return 4. Kingdom (feat. Kelela) – Bank Head…
