Oh my gods how do I choose!?! My Top (series) was obvious to me but I did need to think to get it down to one and I very nearly just Anna Madrigal’d the whole list… however I put a bit of thought into this instead! 5. Fingersmith – by Sarah Waters. Yeah I know … Read More
It’s complicated to try and divide how being Queer vs how societies perceptions of being queer affected my mental health. Because honestly, being attracted to other girls, in and of itself, hadn’t been a problem. The feelings surrounding trying to keep it hidden, those have fucked me up. I think on some levels they still … Read More
For most of my life I have been Depressed and for some of that I’ve also suffered with Anxiety. That has I think been responsible for my pervading sense of isolation, I complained earlier this year that my main LARP character, Liissá wasn’t especially fun to play because she is essentially a very lonely person. … Read More
It’s pride month and although I have changed which prompts I’m using there’s always going to be a coming out story one. Despite the fact that I keep pointing out that I’ve come out a lot over the years, because whilst straight remains the assumption all of us who aren’t are going to have to … Read More
Ok I’m doing new prompts for this pride month. I did two years with the previous ones, and I’m starting with my favourite content creators. I’m not sure I like the term content creators by the way, I’m pretty sure artists covers all bases… but in anycase. Over on instagram I follow the Uncle Davids, … Read More
I’ve written before about how coming out is never one moment, it’s a continual process in a world where straight is still the default. (A slight aside here, today I accompanied a client to the doctor’s and was asked if I was a friend or partner in a situation that would not have been read … Read More
Lancaster’s Second Pride, and the last one I marched in because COVID managed to cancel last years. Look at us all! Lovely Queer Ladies marching.
Last year I named my ultimate, life-long Queer Icon. This year I’m going to name the person who has been most Queerly Iconic to me, and that absolutely has to be Symone. She’s the Drag Race winner of this year but that’s not what makes her iconic to me. What makes her iconic to me … Read More
Last year I wrote that it was the people, the sense of community and family. I stand by that, I was absolutely right, but also, there’s more. It’s the language, the jokes, the shared experience. The fact that Being Queer is Awesome. We get to be one the edge of mainstream culture (that makes us … Read More
I found this difficult to answer last year, I kept thinking about all the very easy to interact with things like Drag Race or stickers or the flags up around my house. Not really ‘culture’ per se, just nicely packaged rainbow QUEER ready for the capitalist system. But last year I was grieving, a friend, … Read More
