If you ask me if I am proud I will gladly say that I am But there are days I often wonder How easy life could’ve been if I was straight I’m not daydreaming of still playing a charade Or trying to find my way back into the closet No, I wonder how life would …
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Too Many Letters in the ABCs of LGBTQIA+
Was supposed to post this for Pride Month so better late than ever. To all the beautiful folks in the LGBTQIA+ community. They say the problem with our generation is that we are obsessed with labels. We are narcissistic that we need a word for who we believe we are and inconveniencing others to remember. …
LGBTQIA+ Cartoons I Wish I had as a Kid Every Saturday Morning
Seeing two women or two men on screen does not make you gay. If it did then all the years of hetero-normative entertainment should’ve made us all straight. Yet here I am, bisexual, queer fem dating a gender-fluid boy. If anything, all the “straight” cartoons made me more bisexual than straight. Shego from Kim Possible and …
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An Agoraphobiac in a Closet
When I was 13, I built myself a closet to suffocate in my non-existent heterosexuality. Decorated the walls pink and blue, hoping it would feel like home. I grew up thinking there was only gay or straight, no other option. So, I spent half of my life having a gay identity crisis. Then you came …
Coming Out: I’m Here, Proud and Queer
I am bisexual. I don’t know the percentage I fall under because for the most part I mostly lean towards anyone I find appealing. Whether it’s their personality or how their presence makes me feel, gender was never part of my type. If you want to go a little technical then I can safely say …
Dear Juliet 