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LGBT+ Lit Fest
Jul 29, 20234 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20222 min read
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
Jan 26, 20224 min read
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, 20218 min read
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
Jul 12, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 9, 202110 min read
The Importance of LGBTQ+ Characters in YA Literature
Representation is an opportunity for all of you to be seen, and shown, and heard and recognised. It’s all of you; not just the asexual or qu
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 8, 20213 min read
How Literature Helps Bridge the Gap Between the Deaf and LGBTQIA+ Communities
Being LGBTQIA+ has never been easy, and even in today’s progressive climate, it’s still difficult. However, if you’re juggling two separate
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 7, 20214 min read
I Blame The Internet
I found spaces where people felt the same as me. Being a fan led me to where I was honoured by people sharing their authentic selves and th
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 7, 20211 min read
Trans Masc Problems
Maxwell Hunter, a Trans Artist/illustrator, created this comic strip on some "Trans Masc Problems"
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 6, 20215 min read
AIDS Archives: Black, Gay Writers and Reagan’s America
Through their writing Beam, Hemphill and Saint captured not only the trauma and violence of the early years of AIDS, but also the heat and j
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 6, 20213 min read
Understanding Demisexuality
In October 2019 I came across a tweet that revealed that I was demisexual. That there was a term to describe how I identified sexually. ...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 5, 20216 min read
Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Asexuality in Classical Myths
I didn’t identify as asexual until my late 30s; I didn’t have the words. In the early ‘90s no one was talking about asexuality.
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