first person What Does It Mean To Be a Lesbian, Actually? Notes About Bein’ Lesbian From a Southern Black Soft Masculine Lesbian Woman Mo Nikole Jan 27, 2026
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first person Names I Have Been Called There are so many names I have been called that I now have taken on for myself. Call it reclaiming. I’m not sure what it is but it has largely… danijanae — Mar 14, 2022
first person Fault Lines She was in the middle of a long divorce, and I had pulverized myself to fit into the life of a secret girlfriend. Alayna Becker — Mar 7, 2022
first person Every Young Queer Crush I Had As A Baby Ballerina There is, apparently, a ballet child to queer adult pipeline, and I want to come out as a person of queer ballet experience. Analyssa — Feb 25, 2022
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first person Grief Exists in Its Own Time Zone There’s a reason people say things like “grief isn’t linear,” and “you won’t feel this way forever,” and there’s also a reason it feels like you’re hearing those things through… Rosemary Donahue — Feb 24, 2022
first person We Call It Time Travel To love someone new is to agree to travel somewhere that doesn’t exist yet together. Vanessa — Feb 23, 2022
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