Confetti Westerns

The desert’s Radical Faeries, High Country News, March 2024

The Sapphic Lizards of the Southwest, High Country News, December 2023

A Naughty, Queer Little Bird, High Country News, September 2023

The Flamboyance of Wildflowers, High Country News, April 2023

Recent Clips

This Camel Has a Very Important Job, Vox, February 2024

Covid-19 Infections are Further Disabling People with Long Covid, The Sick Times, February 2024

The NIH Says It “Inappropriately” Censored Long Covid Patients On Social Media, COVID-19 Data Dispatch, August 2023

How the ‘Magna Carta’ of HIV/AIDS Activism Sparked a Revolution, National Geographic, June 2023

Once Upon These Islands, National Geographic (Print), June 2023

As Queer Spaces Return to “Normal,” Disabled LGBTQ+ People Are Being Left Behind, Them, February 2023

What Patients Find at Long Covid Clinics: Rejection, Outdated Therapies, and Unanswered Questions, Popular Science, December 2022

Poets Reflect on the Club Q Shooting in Colorado Springs, High Country News, November 2022

A Smoldering Threat to Wildland Firefighters, High Country News, October 2022

Why Is the Monument of a Historic Gay Bar Covered in Shake Shack Signs? Them, September 2022

Long Covid May Burden More Trans and Bi Adults. The Reasons Why Are Complicated. Them, July 2022

Explore 13,000 Years of Human History on this Remote California Island, National Geographic, June 2022

What’s Wrong with Manitou Cliff Dwellings Museum and Preserve?, High Country News, April 2022

Is California’s Condor Trail the Next Great Thru-Hike?, National Geographic, March 2022

Marooned with Long Covid, Uncommon Path, March 2022

A Brief History of Avian Drag, Audubon Magazine, June 2021

How Trail Work is Connecting Queer Youth with Conservation, National Geographic, June 2021

California’s Super Bloom is Under Siege, Vogue, April 2021

The Los Angeles River’s Overlooked Anglers, High Country News, April 2021

Joshua Tree National Park Is More Popular Than Ever—But Its Namesake Trees Are Facing Extinction, Vogue, December 2020

Coral Griefs: Finding Hope Amidst Loss, Nautilus magazine, October 2020

Long COVID is a Thru-Hike Across the Unknown, Adventure Journal, August 2020

To Protect Coral Reefs, Protect Fishes and Birds, Nautilus magazine, August 2020

Jose Villalobos, Xtra Magazine, April 2020

How To Celebrate Pride Outside, The New York Times, June 2019

The Venture Out Project is Carving Out a Space for Queer and Transgender Backpackers, Backpacker, February 2018