My favourite Queer role model/celebrity… I’ve written pretty earnestly in previous years about Queer Icons and mentors both celebrity and otherwise. I love the fact that the queer family are so spread across the celebrity world and no longer in that funnysexual sort of way. Yeah I love RuPaul for getting Queer out and visible … Read More
(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
(Content warning – contains frank references to my sex life) Being bisexual doesn’t cause me inner turmoil these days, being bisexual within the context of other people frequently has. Yes, yes roll your eyes I’m sure somebody is rolling their eyes. Anyone saying “we live in a society”? – right, in anycase, get it out … 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
(Contains spoilers to The Machine movie and comedy routine) Sorry, I mistyped that title – THE MACHIIIIINE!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, if you were a certain sort of person in 2016 you died laughing to this sketch on Youtube. I was not certain that I was the sort of person that was supposed to find this funny, but … Read More
(Content Warning – description of seeing a suicide attempt. A lot of rambling and a lot of Mental health stuff) About six months ago I saw a girl in school uniform hanging from barbed wire under a bridge. And it totally wrecked me. I’ve been doing a lot of therapy. I’ve been doing a lot … Read More
I think some of my nicest memories are those of my Japanese Mothers telling me how I was supposed to look after my skin. The idea that cleanse, tone, moisturise wasn’t a proper skincare routine (it was still more than Skimble did) and should be at the very least enhanced by regular facials was definitely … Read More
Today was another hospital day to follow up on my having testosterone doing weird things and too much cortisol in my system. To follow up I have to pee into a bucket for twenty fours again as they think that my cortisol should be going down. In other words they were worried I might have … Read More
Fucking hell. I, and – fuck it I can’t be the only one – a whole chunk of my generation, have had some bad luck when it comes to children’s tv presenters. Jimmy Saville was just too fucked up for words but at least it was – in hindsight for those of us viewers who … Read More
