LGBT+ Lit Fest
Between Identity and Pain
I was brought to tears as I stood in front of a physical representation of the anger and frustration I feel when my friends are attacked by
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Sep 3, 2023
- 4 min
Becoming Unstuck
This is the first time I've ever written about my sexuality. It's the first time I've ever processed it through written words.
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 26, 2023
- 3 min
Queerness in Disability
The rainbow of difference is beautiful, and the defiance to conform to unnecessary rules is sublime.
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 19, 2023
- 4 min
Why letting go of my femininity has made me feel like more of a woman
My gender identity is who I am, and by leaning into my more masculine side, I have been able to discover another dimension of wonder...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 12, 2023
- 6 min
De-pathologising LGBTQIA+ mental health & crafting better anti-carceral community spaces
To create queer spaces that centre our mental health, that are better for ourselves and our folk, we must identify the oppressive structures
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 5, 2023
- 5 min
Fertility treatment and parenting in a heteronormative world
Whilst the routes to parenthood are often (but not always) different for LGBTQIA+ parents, and the systems around it rarely reflect...
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LGBT+ Lit Fest
- Jul 29, 2023
- 4 min
On ableism and loneliness in the LGBTQIA+ community
I’m just asking for inclusion, and for disabled queer people to be able to feel welcome and considered in the queer community...
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LGBT+ Lit Fest
- Nov 28, 2022
- 5 min
Dear fellow British cisgender queers
We are a community, and we should stand shoulder to shoulder with trans people in the face of vile and blatant discrimination. Cisgender que
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LGBT+ Lit Fest
- Jun 4, 2022
- 2 min
Rebranding to "LGBT+ Lit Fest"
We are rebranding! As we have grown over the last few years, we’ve realised it’s time to update our name to LGBT+ Lit Fest...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Mar 19, 2022
- 2 min
"Straight Passing"
This poem is about how I feel in response to bi-erasure, both in the cis-het community and the LGBT one.
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Jan 26, 2022
- 4 min
Epiphany of a Bibliophile
I felt sad that my friend was uncomfortable sharing their book selection with me, for fear of being judged for it, but I was also recognisin
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Nov 30, 2021
- 8 min
Creating a Consent Culture
“Being in queer spaces with codes of conduct have helped me understand that I have the right to say no to any type of physical contact that
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s poor bi+ representation
Such onscreen adaptations continue to erase and poorly write bi+ characters, playing to harmful stereotypes (just give us a bi who can’t si
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
Anxiety: A Snake Coiled Around my Chest
This poem is how I was experiencing anxiety at that time. The act of writing these feelings down, on focusing on the physical aspects...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Sep 23, 2021
- 4 min
How Books Helped Me Grow Into a Bisexual Bibliophile
I turned the pages as I progressed through life, first overcoming my fear of being different, and subsequently accepting my bisexuality and
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
Bimisogyny and What it Means
Very little discourse exists about bimisogyny – the intersection of misogyny and biphobia, which not only affects the lives of bisexual w...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Jul 12, 2021
- 4 min
Why do we need LGBT+ literature festivals?
There are so many layers to our identities in terms of gender and sexuality, and seeing other people who don’t fit within that cis-heteronor
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Jul 11, 2021
- 3 min
Book28 Library - Why we made a Queer Library
Section 28 has cast a long shadow in the way local councils handle LGBTIQ+ issues, and libraries are a part of this. Book28 are working to
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Jul 11, 2021
- 6 min
Representations Of Celebratory Queerness In Cinema
Real-life queer stories are filled with the joys of life, the excitement of a new romance, the comfort of finding acceptance, the inner-stre
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
Trans Erotica
Now Trans Erotica, written by and about Trans People, says that sex is a many splendid thing, and through its different forms kindly and kin
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