Peyton Thomas is a freelance journalist and the author of the novel Both Sides Now, forthcoming in Fall 2021 from Dial Books for Young Readers and Penguin Teen Canada. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Billboard, and Pitchfork, among other publications. He was a 2016 Lambda Literary Fellow and a 2014 recipient of the Norma Epstein Foundation Award in Creative Writing. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 2015, majoring in political science and sexual diversity studies. He lives in Toronto.

Writing

Music

"Still Tears Left to Cry" for Billboard

Album Reviews for Pitchfork

U2's "Zooropa" for Pitchfork's Sunday Review

Soccer Mommy's "color theory" for Pitchfork's Best Albums of 2020

Denzel Curry's "ZUU" for Pitchfork's Best Albums of 2019

Sleater-Kinney's "Hurry on Home" for Pitchfork's Best Songs of 2019

Television

"Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This Turns 1980s Pop Anthems Into Lesbian Love Songs" for Pitchfork

Film

"What Will It Take to Get a Gay Character in Star Wars?" for Vanity Fair