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
Phew. Queer Space. Queer Space. It’s been a while since I was on Canal Street which will always feel like my home gaytown but is by no means my favourite Queer Space. My first gay bar was The Albert with it’s Pride Flag and Drag DJ on a Friday… lets not dredge up the horror … Read More
I guess I kinda went into this when I did the ‘Who is your Queer Mentor’ post. Yet, I’m not automatically going with Aunty Kate for this one. Or someone I’ve met, nope I’m even going for futher distance. Who is a Queer Person who inspires me? Anna Madrigal. Yeah not only can I not … Read More
I mean, I’ve said to a lot of Younger Millenials, Zoomers and whatever we’re calling the generation between them…there is one right? No? Just Millenials and then Zoomers and because I’m only just a Millenial I think that there seems like there’s another one? Right, gotcha. Anyway I’ve said that I hope they get to … Read More
Oooooh boy. So, Lancaster reached a milestone last year in that not only did we have a Pride Parade we also had an alternative Pride. Pride is more than just the Parade, the Parade is important, I can’t explain exactly what it is that makes me so happy that we get to walk down the … Read More
Gods I love Pride. I cannot even express how much I love Pride. I went to my first Pride in Tokyo in 2005. I marched with the Chestnut and Squirrel and DykeNetwork girls and I loved how it felt. How much community there was and how much feeling of Family. I also enjoy confusing people … Read More
I originally thought I wanted to share something contemporary. Raise the profile of someone currently creating. But the thing is, I love Art, I love Art History, that hasn’t changed since I was eighteen, well it might have deepened somewhat. There’s a period I have loved since I did my A Level personal project on … Read More
What song means a lot to me as a queer person? I mean I always find dancing to YMCA at straight weddings kinda hilarious but I’m thinking there should be something with a bit more substance to it. Something by the Indigo Girls or something. I’m not hugely into Rent nor do I see Rocky … Read More
I’m incredibly lucky in many ways. I’ve never been assaulted for being bi. I’ve been more directly discriminated against for being a Wiccan than for being bi. I’ve had more physical violence directed at me for being a woman and for my job than for being bi. What would I say to my younger self? … Read More
I mean, I kinda wish I could say ‘The L Word‘ or ‘But I’m A Cheerleader‘, both of which I saw at my Queer coming of age in The Women’s Centre, Saitama. But of course no such luck. I have a feeling that the first Queer person that I knew was Queer would have been … Read More
