“How had she achieved the task of spinning this raw, wordless pain into neat dimensions, and stunning prose? How had she found me?” BY AYSE “BLUE” HUSEYIN The year was 2013. The summer Orange Is The New Black would drag thousands of women out of the closet by the ankle, the photograph of Angelina Jolie [….]
“Whenever I talk about bisexuality around my family the word sits dirty in my mouth” BY IRENE PAZ The first person I ever came out to was my best friend in high school when I was 16. With it came an acquiescent feeling of relief, but I also felt scared. Scared that somehow, now that [….]
“You are not alone, sister. We are legion” BY DEBRA-JANE APPELBY As everyone knows, coming out can be an horrendously stressful time. For some it can be an anti-climax as the days, months or years of anxiety can be welcomed by close family members and trusted friends with an… “About bloody time! Now let’s get [….]
“Within two days I have come out to my cleaner, and then to my 20-year-old son” BY WOMAN ON THE VERGE It has been quite a week. I don’t know if there is something in the water but, after a long time of not discussing my sexual preferences with anyone, within two days I have [….]
“I was suddenly on high gaydar alert for any mid-life lady-lovers” BY WOMAN ON THE VERGE This is quite a shocking admission, coming as it does on a website for lesbians, bisexual and queer women, but until I fell in love with a woman at the ripe (some might say fermenting) old age of 42, I [….]
