QUEER BOY AS CRUCIFIXION Your mother discovers you are queer from the neighbour’s son who goes to the same school as you and calls you a shame. Your mother calls you a shame, the same way she said shame when she realized your uncle was queer and died from anal cancer. To evict the shame, […]
In a world where we are judged for who we areIn a world where we are told what to do, how to dress, how to speak, who to love, who to marryIn a world where we must conform to the laws of fellow menIn a world where we can’t be seen out of our shellsIn […]
People never seem to understand They judge without even trying to understand Living in a world where freedom is a scarcity A world where hiding is a normality It is never easy, being gay It is even harder to say It’s like standing still without knowing which way Hiding in plain sight is the new […]
CategoriesComing Out Our StoriesI found myself in a closet yesterdayAnd it felt nothing like NarniaI was faced with the horrors of doomAnd crawling in there are the faces of gloomI see hungry claws and fangs in the darkAnd they are thirsty for blood – my bloodWith all might, I try to take flightBut I am repressed by the […]
