(Spoilers for the final Anna Madrigal book ahead mention of suicide ideation) Last year at least the prompt was top five… My favourite book is a series, the Tales from the City series by Armistead Maupin. Honestly Anna Madrigal is lifegoals in many ways. I swear it’s not just old characters deciding to kill themselves … Read More
Oooft. Marriage. Huh I think you’re going to get more of a feminist answer to that one than a queer answer. When gay marriage just wasn’t a thing of course I supported it, after all equality of relationship opportunities is something I believe in. However, I am not the biggest fan of marriage. At least … Read More
I love Pride. Sure I’ve got so many criticisms of its playing into the capitalist materialistic culture that overtakes A Lot of mainstream queer culture. I hate the Rainbow Washing that corporate entities with problematic records on queer employment try to do by sending straight people posing as allies to Pride parades. Good gods the … Read More
Being in the closet is one of those things that some people have to be, I hate it. But growing up I was always very aware that my opening my mouth reflected on other people. Well, by other people I mean my parents, my little sister. It may surprise you, dear readers, to learn that … Read More
Oh yes. This. (Content Warning – Frank discussion of problems with my parents, mention of mental health problems) The thing is I’m 41 and I still find people with entirely open and honest relationships with their parents to be something of an oddity. If there is one thing that growing up in the eighties and … Read More
I suspect this prompt was written on the understanding that religion means one of the main six, and probably one of the Abrahamic ones. I’m a Wiccan though, and there’s a mainstream cultural understanding that Paganism is free and easy when it comes to gender and sexuality… And then there’s Wicca. My religion was created … Read More
Gods I don’t even know who counts anymore. I guess the first girl I kissed, the girl on holiday because to be honest until I actually kissed her I’m not sure I was really out to myself, it was all just very theoretical at that point. When I told my best friend at the time … Read More
I mean knew what? Funnily enough I remember thinking deeply (for my age at the time not in comparison with deep adult thoughts) about gender but sexuality didn’t make an appearance for a while. I remember wondering what made a boy a boy and a girl a girl mostly because I did not like wearing … Read More
I am honestly not sure I had any experiences a a child foreshadowing my sexuality. Or nothing as obvious as you see on TV at any rate. I do remember getting angry with Dad over a Saturday lunch about him equating gay men and paedophiles, or at any rate him agreeing with the radio news … Read More
I suppose if I wanted to be very boring then I would say that I am bisexual and a girl. But that wouldn’t give you much to read would it? There was a girl I sat next to in French when I was at secondary school and I fancied the pants off her. later I … Read More
