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’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
I don’t know that there is a part of Queer culture that I vibe with. I watch a lot of the easy to digest RuPaul shows but that’s not really vibing so much as passively consuming. Same with queer music, and to be honest I’m not sure I’m a huge consumer of Queer music. I … Read More
Interacting with the Queer Community. Some part of me still thinks I’m an awkward nerdy teenager still trying to figure out what it was that made her weird, and doing that in the middle of nowhere. I had no queer community when I was figuring out that I was queer. I mean it was hard … Read More
Whew. Critical of something in the Quiltbag. It’s hard to be critical out here in front of the Straights. Because I grew up in a world where the Queer world was criticised and attacked the idea of critiquing Home means I’m worried it will read like the type of attacks that I hated as a … Read More
This one stumped me because I literally went um… well the gay girl I crushed on at school but I didn’t know she was gay (she had a boyfriend and everything). Then I thought, well I knew that I was bi, but I mean I knew I was bi before I acted on it I … Read More
Queer is a good word. I really like it, of course I’m of the generation that has never really had it used against them in anger. Or at least when it has been that has been overshadowed by the fact that it’s been familiar to me as a reclaimed slur. Queer. It’s a weirdly friendly … Read More
Can I do this? A friend has posted a Lockdown Pride prompt grid and I want to do it. Obviously what’s given me pause is the first entry. Now, before last year I genuinely assumed that cis people could feel gender euphoria but telling a trans lass that she got really angry with me. I … Read More
