Identity
An (Aro)Ace in the Hole
Sex and romance have always been touchy subjects for me. That is not to say I'm the type to run screaming from the room when a kissing scene appears on TV or to gag at a picture of genitals in health class. While I've never minded approaching either subject from an intellectual standpoint, I can't relate from an emotional standpoint, and the thought of actively participating in either makes me uncomfortable. I view sex and romance the way some people view skydiving, fun in theory but not in practice.
By Morgan Rhianna Bland2 years ago in Pride
Representative literature
Author: Dream Books Sanjeevi Discovering The Namesake mirrored my immigrant struggles, affirming my cultural identity and transforming feelings of alienation into pride, ultimately shaping my self-acceptance and love for diverse narratives in literature.
By Sanjeevi Kandasamy2 years ago in Pride
Represented. Content Warning.
In recent years, the visibility of LGBTQ+ individuals and their stories in mainstream media has grown exponentially. This shift has fostered greater understanding and empathy across diverse audiences. One particular moment that profoundly deepened my appreciation for the LGBTQ+ experience occurred when I watched the film Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins. This powerful coming-of-age story, centered on the life of a young Black man grappling with his identity and sexuality, became a catalyst for my understanding of the complexities and nuances of queer experiences, particularly those that intersect with race and class.
By Hansel Golden-Adah2 years ago in Pride
CONFESSIONS OF A MASK. Content Warning.
In the dim confines of my childhood, I lived in a hoouse shadowed by the heaviness of sickness and old age. My grandmother, "a narrow-minded, indomitable, and rather wildly poetic spirit," consumed my early years with her sharp intellect and bitter demeanor, her illness gnawing at her nerves. She pulled me from my mother's arms on my forty-ninth day, raising me in a suffocating room, "perpetually closed and stifling with odors of sickness and old age." It was here, in this stagnant atmosphere, that my identity, already shaped by exclusion, began to take root in longing.
By ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR2 years ago in Pride
The Pink Shoes
I grew up in the eighties and nineties, a period in England, if not elsewhere, where the word “gay” was still bandied about as an insult at the beginning of my secondary schooling, alongside “poof” and “fag” and (gasp) “lesbian”. By the end of school however, a large proportion of my peers no longer considered “gay” to be an insult, or “poof” and “fag” to be acceptable at all. The jury remained firmly out on (whisper it) “lesbian”. Did the jury come back on that yet?
By Hannah Moore2 years ago in Pride
Colin Bridgerton: Demi-Romantic Representation
. I've written before about Bridgerton, for all it's flaws, doing good things in terms of representation. I'm not the only one talking about that, but there's one thing that I'm not sure anyone else has actually noticed, something that I honestly never expected to see in a Romance show.
By Natasja Rose2 years ago in Pride
