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Personal Essay

How my bisexual big sister blazed a path for me
Love Like Mine

How my bisexual big sister blazed a path for me

We have two queer identities, but share one sibling bond

By Hannah Moskowitz
One love story told two ways
Love Like Mine

One love story told two ways

“I think I’m trans, too,” I said. “That’s okay,” he said, “I know.”

By Dylan Morrison, Rowan Morrison
You thought your coming out story was complicated?
Love Like Mine

You thought your coming out story was complicated?

I was a lesbian who turned straight overnight. Then my husband came out as a trans woman.

By Lindsay
Here, now and always: remembering transgender people every day
Trans

Here, now and always: remembering transgender people every day

Trans is here and it is here to stay

By Terrence Abrahams
How weekly trips to the theatre with my father helped me come out as gay
Love Like Mine

How weekly trips to the theatre with my father helped me come out as gay

He learned that my sexuality didn’t entirely define me

By Joey Moser
I had sex with a client in a Chinese restaurant
Hard Labour

I had sex with a client in a Chinese restaurant

‘I wasn’t sure I was in the right place’

By Devon Delacroix
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I came out as trans while in a heterosexual relationship
Love Like Mine

I came out as trans while in a heterosexual relationship

‘He said he was not attracted to men — even the man who used to be his girlfriend’

By Jonathan U
How coming out to my wife changed our relationship — for the better
Love Like Mine

How coming out to my wife changed our relationship — for the better

‘She told me I must now embrace the man I was always supposed to be’

By Max Morgan
The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer
Love & Sex

The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer

It’s not F to M, it’s F to something else entirely

By Katie Sly
Why LGBT representation in pop culture matters
People Like Me

Why LGBT representation in pop culture matters

By Natalie Wee
Why I couldn’t stay hard in a gangbang
Hard Labour

Why I couldn’t stay hard in a gangbang

‘Even in the most anonymous situation, a reliable erection requires some kind of connection’

By Devon Delacroix
What it’s like to be a bisexual woman in a heterosexual relationship
Love & Sex

What it’s like to be a bisexual woman in a heterosexual relationship

As someone who is in a heterosexual relationship, it’s easy to assume that I’m just another straight woman

By Hannah Bing
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The ongoing search for bisexual guys in pop culture
Culture

The ongoing search for bisexual guys in pop culture

Being bisexual can often mean being invisible — but we’re catching more glimpses of ourselves

By Frederick Blichert
Why coming out as bisexual was an act of self-love
Love Like Mine

Why coming out as bisexual was an act of self-love

Acknowledging that I was bisexual was the best, most radical thing I ever did

By Eleanor Wilson
Dating in the age of HIV stigma
Love Like Mine

Dating in the age of HIV stigma

‘I was angry at myself for being afraid when I knew full well there was no reason to be’

By Kevin Connery
My client asked me to wear a balaclava during sex
Hard Labour

My client asked me to wear a balaclava during sex

I look more like a bike courier trying to stay warm and less of a sex worker

By Devon Delacroix
What it’s like navigating relationships as an asexual Filipino Mormon
Identity

What it’s like navigating relationships as an asexual Filipino Mormon

At the intersections, I’ve been told I have to choose one identity

By Community-Based Research Centre, Lowell V Acorda
I was a metaphor until I wasn’t
Power

I was a metaphor until I wasn’t

Being Asian, queer and a woman meant there were a myriad of ways I could vanish, and I saw it each time I watched a movie

By Natalie Wee
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