[1] Launched in 2012 by editor Andrea Routley as a platform for new work by LGBTQ writers,[1] it originally published biannually in electronic format for distribution on e-readers and tablets;[1] in early 2014, the magazine announced that it was also launching a conventional print run.
[2] Routley, a creative writing student at the University of Victoria,[3] launched the magazine as a self-directed study project within her academic coursework.
[4] In addition to Routley, the magazine's editorial staff includes poetry editor Aysia Law and film and video curator Dorothy June Fraser, while advisory board members include John Barton, Maureen Bradley, L. Chris Fox, Sara Graefe and Arleen Paré.
[4] According to Routley, the magazine's goal is to provide a venue for innovative and unapologetically queer writing: Canada needs a venue where we don’t have to write our way past these queer narratives that have dominated mainstream representations.
[1]Two pieces first published in the magazine, by Matthew R. Loney and Peter Knegt, were selected for inclusion in Lethe Press' anthology Best Gay Stories 2013.