I have been and am very lucky. I’m very social as standard, I have a lot of friendly acquaintances and friends and I honestly haven’t found this lockdown to be an isolating experience. Dad dying did completely shut me down, there appeared at least three people at my door bearing gifts and cards and flowers … Read More
I have a particular relationship with makeup. I am absolutely fascinated by it, I used to nick my cousins make-up when I was a kid, probably because I wasn’t allowed any when I was that young. (She’s a year older than me). Maybe just because I was an annoying kid. I had one of those … Read More
Some days I am better than others. Dad is gone and everything I didn’t manage to do and tell him about some days hits hard. Some days it puts me into his back patio one summer’s day talking about his grief for his Dad. I had longer with him than he had with his Dad. … Read More
I listen to a lot of True Crime podcasts. I read a lot of True Crime too. I’m aware of patterns of behaviour of criminals, and to be fair the interesting ones are very similar to the boring ones they just tend to be smarter, more personable or luck into a blind spot in the … Read More
No Remote Pride prompt today, it feels weird. I’m missing my Dad. The Princess, Mum and I discussed gravestones today and looked at what we wanted written on Dad’s. There’s some other memorials we talked about too. Mum cried, I didn’t, quite. The Princess is less bothered by grave markers than she is by other … Read More
This one was an easy prompt, I knew exactly the photo. It’s from Lancaster’s first Pride. There’s me and a number of nerdy queers wearing t-shirts that I had made with queer versions of the LURPS dragon on them. The sign I’m wielding is in support of the Georgian LGBT organisation that was at the … Read More
Now admittedly I’ve come close when talking about my mentor and such, Aunty Kate, Julie d’Aubigny, Freddy Mercury, Anna Madrigal. They could all come close to Icon in some ways. To me though, a Queer Icon needs to be something else, for some Queer Icons all seem to be those public figures who are hugely … Read More
I have two girlfriends. My main employer knows I’m poly. Everyone I work with knows I like girls. I do not have to marry a man and bear his children to be able to live within society. My nephews know they have two Aunts. My parents know my girlfriend transitioned. I have not been shunned. … Read More
I’ve got a book, somewhere, the cover of which has glitter on it. I think it’s called Gay Wicca. A lot of it talks about the changes from the unthinking heteronormativity of the myths and stories of Wicca. I mean when your basic understanding of the changing seasons comes down to God fucks Goddess it’s … Read More
Today’s prompt is the best part of being Queer. I mean I don’t want to repeat yesterday exactly but it’s the people. I felt hugely an outsider growing up, I’d guess that basically everyone has that experience in their teens, I don’t know if all nerds have it when they’re younger. I certainly did, it … Read More
