{"title":"Benny Peterson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBenny B. Peterson (they\/them) is a writer and editor based near Washington, DC. An editor at The 51st News and a contributing writer at Washingtonian magazine, they have also worked at Foreign Policy, the New Republic, and Street Sense, DC’s street newspaper. They have written about culture, politics, gender, and LGBTQ+ issues for The New York Times, Washington Post, Elle, Slate, and The Atlantic, among other places, and received an MFA in fiction from Bennington. Their debut novel, The Maidenheads, a queer coming-of-age story about indie musicians in DC, came out in May 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0845\/1745\/4097\/collections\/Authors_-_2026-07-01T232621.457.png?v=1782944846","url":"https:\/\/lavendercon.com\/collections\/benny-peterson.oembed","provider":"Lavender Con","version":"1.0","type":"link"}