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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.
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Sep 3, 20234 min read
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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
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jan 26, 20224 min read
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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
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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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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Jul 12, 20214 min read
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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
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 11, 20213 min read
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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
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 11, 20216 min read
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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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Jul 10, 20213 min read
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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
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 9, 202110 min read
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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
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 8, 20213 min read
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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
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 7, 20214 min read
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Trans Masc Problems
Maxwell Hunter, a Trans Artist/illustrator, created this comic strip on some "Trans Masc Problems"
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 7, 20211 min read
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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
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 6, 20215 min read
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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. ...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 6, 20213 min read
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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.
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 5, 20216 min read
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The Rise – and Rise – of the Community Bookshop
Community bookshops have been an anchor point, a consistent boon I’ve sought out in whichever place I’m living in at the time...
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Jul 5, 20215 min read
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The Importance of an Inclusive LGBT+ History Month
And, just like that, I realised that what I was feeling was an accumulation of frustration, fear and determination. I am in my thirties...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Feb 27, 20214 min read
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The Question - A Comic Strip by Gwendoline Barr
A comic strip by Gwendoline Barr
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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The Bisexual Agenda - Bisexual Bookworms
As part of Leeds Virtual LGBT+ Literature Festival, one of our organisers joined The Bisexual Agenda podcast to talk about bi+ rep...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Aug 2, 20201 min read
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Love Lost in the Crown
Content warning: covid-19, isolation, swearing A poem by Eli Smith You come to me in packets Of bittersweet bytes A numbing swig of...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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When Did You Know? - A Comic Strip by Harry-Anne Bentley
Content Warnings: Internalised transphobia, transphobia Mx Harry-Anne Bentley (She/They) is the co-curator of indie comics publisher and...
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Aug 1, 20201 min read
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