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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 5, 20215 min read


Lesbian Visibility Day - Visibility and Representation
I think it’s really important that LVD provides a platform in an accessible way – not just in the form of celebrities, but also...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Apr 26, 20213 min read


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


The Question - A Comic Strip by Gwendoline Barr
A comic strip by Gwendoline Barr
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Aug 2, 20201 min read


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


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


Queer Identity
Content Warning: biphobia, erasure and invisibility of queer identities, erasure and invisibility of disabilities, ableism I couldn’t...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Aug 1, 20204 min read


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...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Aug 1, 20201 min read


I wish I had robotic hands to write with fierce speed – How I became an LGBTI+ journalist
It wasn't easy to switch to being an LGBTI+ journalist. Where I come from, rulers once labelled LGBTI+ citizens as “worse than dogs and pigs
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 31, 20203 min read


Why Teach About LGBT+ People at a Young Age
Did you just ask yourself “What is a drag queen?” Well let me tell you: I am whatever you want me to be! I can be a fairy, a princess...
Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
Jul 31, 20204 min read
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