Alaskan queerness is a different experience to that of our urban LGBTQ+ counterparts. Metropolitan cities like Seattle bustle with the vibrance of an out and proud queer community, while we often prefer the quiet peace that Alaskans are familiar with and surrounded by. We're more likely to find ourselves perched on a four-wheeler on top of one of our mountains than we are to be in the center of a wide-scale and rowdy pride parade. Rather than large collectives, we have a small local connections and events. We are few, but when one LGBTQ+ person finds another here, we can develop deep connections that last for a lifetime. Here, in *Finding Your Aurora*, is a space for we Alaskans who also happen to identify as LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning, among other labels like asexual and intersex). Now we can all meet each other and experience each other's perspectives through these fiction stories.
