Appel, Ben

Ben Appel

writer

Ben studied creative writing at Columbia University. His first memoir, Cis White Gay, with Post Hill Press, is forthcoming. He lives with his husband in New York.

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Issues by Ben Appel

Today, LGBT individuals who challenge prevailing orthodoxies are exiled from their own communities. But what these heretics stand for can never be killed.

Articles by Ben Appel

The Re-Demonization of the Gay Male

The vitriol against cis white gay men in activist circles seems new, but it’s been decades in the making.

Victimhood is One Helluva Drug

“Chase Strangio, you can have ‘fa**ot’ if you want it.”

Interviews by Ben Appel

The Category Errors of Sexual Politics

As activists bend, expand, and contort the LGBT movement, what began as a fight for love and equality has become a war on reality.