Girls who want boys / Who like boys to be girls / Who do boys like they’re girls / Who do girls like they’re boys / Always should be someone you really love – Blur, “Girls and Boys” *** Fuck me like you hate me. – Slogan seen on a t-shirt during Pride weekend *** … More love on the menu
Things I learned at Pride this year, either at community day or during the parade: 1. A lot of people are completely clueless about the existence of the bi flag and the leather pride flag. Luckily, they ask questions. I don’t think I’ve done that much basic education in a long time! 2. Some gay … More pride lessons
Over the past few weeks, I’ve received dozens of phone calls, e-mails and in-person questions from people wanting to know what the heck is up with Pride this year. I find this particularly funny because in all my years of queer organizing in Montreal, I have never played any part in managing our Pride festivities. … More pride: queer in triplicate
Not too long ago, my book club – the Queer Ladies’ Reading Society – read Vladimir Nabokov’s classic work of fiction, Lolita. It amazes me to think about some of the things that made it into print in the repressive 1950s. Lolita was published in 1955, and it’s pretty darned scandalous even by today’s standards – … More the layers of lolita
I’ve been thinking a lot about the practice of non-monogamy lately. Hanging out with Freaksexual, aka my sweetie Pepper Mint, will do that to ya – he instigated a brainstorm the other day on gender-related power imbalances in various forms of non-monogamy (some of which wound up in his post here, if you’re curious), and various … More sex and the “single” non-monogamist
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