Is there something in my genes that is making me feel more sensitive to rejection? Is it possible that I actually feel more hurt when I’m ghosted than other people… and that there is a biological basis?

My whole life I have cried more than my friends, gone mental on romantic partners who took too long to text me back, and generally felt like the world was a bag of knives just waiting to jab me at every turn. I then found out that one of my genes may be responsible for some of these feelings… so I tested myself.

George Vulov found out he was different from others when he was in college.

Take this quiz to find out if you have aphantasia.

Lisa Diamond talks about sexual fluidity and how our understanding of same-gender attraction may be shifting.

There is a cluster of cells in our brains that may be influencing who we fall in love with.

Sarah and Dawn carried around recorders and each told their own stories that became their one story.

An audio diary of a woman who falls in love. There is a narrative that we often have overlooked in the queer community, but these other experiences are valid, too.

Why do we fall in love? Like on a chemical level… how does that happen? And can we make that feeling stay?

My grandfather is getting older, and I am losing him.