‘This Mental Health Awareness Week, remember there are ways to create your own digital safe space’
I created my first Instagram account in March 2015 when I was 13 years old. Back then, social media was just a space for me…
‘How I became the proud and blossoming lesbian I am today’
Luckily, university turned out to be my damsel in shining armour. I made beautifully queer friends that were proud, unapologetic, and welcoming. I started to…
My life as an aceflux person
I’ve always been told I was picky. About food, about clothes, even about my car. I don’t mind, because people often don’t understand why I’m…
‘How my mum learned to accept me as a young trans person’
Coming out is a rite of passage for many LGBTQIA+ people. Some don’t feel the need to make a big song and dance of it…
Just Like Us launches LGBTQIA+ guide for parents, backed by Jonathan Bailey
Just Like Us has launched an “invaluable” guide for parents on how to be better allies to their LGBTQIA+ children. LGBT+ Guide for Parents: How…
‘Let’s ensure LGBTQ+ youth never feel scared or alone at school’
I was 17 when I realised I was non-binary. I couldn’t see anyone like me in my school at that point, and the idea of…
‘The haircut that paved my path to self-discovery and helped me reclaim my identity’
“When did you get the haircut?” It’s a question many trans-masculine and non-binary people have asked or been asked, an invitation to share a pivotal…
‘LGBTQ+ young people deserve to feel safe in school’
Most of us whose families celebrated Christmas will remember wanting a new bike, the latest toy, or the coolest trainers. But many of us in…
‘The new generation has given me hope for a future where coming out is simple’
As the talk moved on to homophobia and unacceptable behaviour, I saw more and more confused young faces in the audience. This was not because…
‘Will & Harper shows what trans allyship can – and should
When I think of Will Ferrell, I think of his fantastically, ingeniously stupid films like Elf and Blades of Glory. But the new documentary Will…
‘I’m the proudest bisexual you’ve ever met, so why do I still doubt that I’m queer enough?’
Unfortunately, most of the biphobia and bi-erasure that I have witnessed has come from within the LGBTQIA+ community itself. The rhetoric that surrounding bisexuality can…
‘Thanks to Chappell Roan, hyper-feminine queer women can finally take up space’
At 14-years-old I knew who I was. I had been raised near Manchester on a diet of old Hollywood films and Project Runway re-runs, and…