Another June comes around, and here I am facing another birthday and anniversary of being out. It was round this time last year I made the ‘last’ move in accepting my queerness. There is a lot of significance placed in one’s coming out. It differs for many in its actual […]
Identity
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Unlike English, the French language relies heavily on grammatical gender. While we can use the pronouns they/them, the only French equivalent is ils/elles (plural male/plural female). There are many other challenges facing the French, with many unwilling to change the language. The innovation of neutral pronouns like iel or ille […]
Pride month enables people to feel more comfortable with their true selves. I feel ready to reveal who I am to you, whoever you are.
When she was away for university, Rhea reminisced about the only place she found belonging, Mouldon, serenity forever preserved, alone among the Taw Valley of Wiltshire. Now she wanted nothing but to escape it. Her parents were always arguing, making home so cramped that every wall felt drawn apart like […]
He left the club early that night, nodding to the bouncer on his way out through the back gate. Crowds roamed between the bright signs of the kebab houses and the clubs. He was, so he thought, the only one walking away. A wrong turn down Quarry Road, brought him […]