I know at least one bisexual woman (who for the longest time I assumed was straight) who absolutely hates the idea that I would describe her like that. There’s a bit in The L Word where Melissa Etheridge describes herself as labelfree and the entirity of the main cast roll their eyes. (At that point … Read More
I think everyone has a number of Queer mentors, they fulfil different inspirations for you. Or me at any rate, that’s how my brain works. Kate Bornstein is far and away the woman I have said most often, “I want to be her when I grow up.” I even have a get out of hell … 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
Today I’m supposed to be learning about a queer person in history. Last year I did a whole lot of looking up Marsha P Johnson, because who doesn’t want to know about Stonewall. Earlier this year I looked up a whole lot about Stormie Delaverie, same reason. However. Having seen this video, which is rather … Read More