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Every email goes straight to Nicole or Evan at the kitchen table. No ticketing system, no auto-replies, no PR intermediary. You write to us, we write back.
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Or find us on social — DMs are open but email gets a real reply faster.
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Clicking any “email us” link opens your mail app with a pre-filled subject so we can sort it fast. Writing in a browser or don’t have mail set up? Just paste the address and the subject manually.
Just saying hi
Something we wrote hit you? You want to tell us what you wish we’d cover? You just want to say hey because this work matters to you? Write it. There’s no form, no limit. Those emails fuel the whole thing.
Email hello →Pitch a story
Personal essays, reporting, opinion, explainers — all welcome. We pay for accepted work. Trans, queer, and BIPOC writers especially encouraged. First-time writers welcome; you don’t need a byline.
In your email, include: a 100-word pitch, your pronouns, 1–2 links to writing you’re proud of (or 2 paragraphs on your topic if no samples), and whether you have a draft or just an idea.
Send your pitch →Send a news tip
Local legislation moving, a business harming the community, a win that nobody’s covering, a policy change that’s going to hit people’s lives — we want to know about it. You don’t have to write the story; you just have to point us at it.
In your email, include: what happened, roughly when and where, how you know about it, and whether you want to be named, attributed anonymously, or stay fully off-record.
Send a tip →We got it wrong
Factual error? Misgendering? Dead link on the Resources page? Phone number that stopped working? Tell us. We correct publicly, credit the correction, and never delete-and-pretend. Our “learning in public” commitment means corrections are a feature, not a failure.
In your email, include: the specific page or article URL, the exact line that’s wrong, and what’s correct. Screenshots help.
Flag a correction →Press & partnerships
Media interviews, speaking requests, event partnerships, collabs with queer-owned businesses, nonprofit coalitions. We prioritize working with other independent queer media and community orgs over institutional press — but we read everything.
In your email, include: your name and organization, what you’re asking about, and your timeline. Specifics save us both time.
Reach out →Advertising & sponsorship
We don’t run intrusive ads, and we don’t take money from advertisers whose values don’t align with ours. If you’re a queer-owned business or a community org whose work overlaps with ours, we’re interested in ethical partnerships — newsletter sponsorships, cross-promotion, co-produced content. Non-aligned pitches won’t get a reply.
Pitch a partnership →For when it matters that nobody knows it’s you.
We don’t yet have SecureDrop or a Signal tipline — those are on the roadmap. Until then, here’s our honest guidance if you have sensitive information and need to protect yourself:
- Use a burner email. Proton Mail is free, encrypted, and signing up takes under two minutes. Create an account that isn’t tied to your real name or identifying info.
- Write from a network that isn’t yours. Public library, coffee shop, mobile data on a travel hotspot — anywhere you don’t regularly log in to personal accounts.
- Don’t include metadata that identifies you. If you send photos or documents, strip EXIF data first (most phones have this in the share menu). Don’t include timestamps, badge numbers, or anything that narrows the pool of who could have known.
- Be clear on the level of protection you want. Tell us in the email: “I don’t want to be named, attributed, or quoted” is different from “you can attribute this to an anonymous source” — both are valid, but we need to know which.
We do not share source information with anyone — including law enforcement, employers, or other journalists — without the source’s explicit consent. We will go to jail before we burn a source. That said: we are not a law firm, we cannot guarantee legal privilege, and no system is perfectly secure. The steps above reduce your risk; they don’t eliminate it.
What to expect.
Being honest about how fast we can get back to you matters more than performing availability. Here’s the real deal.
Corrections
Flagged errors get priority. We respond and post a correction within two days.
General & tips
General hellos and news tips: about a week. Longer during news-heavy periods.
Pitches
We read every pitch. Two weeks is the outside window — most get a response faster.
Anonymous tips
Silence isn’t dismissal. Sometimes reporting takes weeks or months before we can respond.
Who’s reading: Nicole and Evan. Literally us. Not a PR firm, not an intern, not an auto-reply system. If we miss your email, please follow up — we’d rather you nudge us than assume we didn’t care.
Write to us.
We’re here.
— Nicole & Evan