A Lioness

A Lioness

Lioness Gender, Homelessness, Joy, Race, Sexual Violence, Sexwork Lioness   My earliest memories? My earliest memory is of my beautiful mother who I adore and the colour violet all around, violet everywhere, surrounding me. Another is age three, putting on a...
Switching Focus

Switching Focus

Switching Focus Activism, BDSM, Butch, Femme, Gender, Military, Sexuality, Sexwork Switching Focus I grew up with my mother telling me I wasn’t good enough at being a woman, that I wasn’t a proper woman. Coming out I didn’t feel confident around Femmes so a lot of my...
In The Circus

In The Circus

In the Circus Activism, Disability, Sex Work, Squatting In The Circus   ‘There’s a documented history of EDS*. You can see it, trace it through photographs of the old sideshow traditions of the circus, all of those people who lived in freak-shows or...
Third Sector

Third Sector

Third Sector Activism, Austerity, Education, HIV, Homelessness, New Age Travellers, Sexuality, Squatting, Working Lives Third Sector   When I was coming out in the 80’s, it was at the same time as a lot of public health campaigns about AIDS. That did a lot to...
Liverish

Liverish

Liverish Activism, Austerity, Drugs, Sex Work, Sexuality Liverish ‘I’ve taken a lot of drugs in my time, truck loads, shed loads. Drugs I didn’t even know the names of, great drugs, shit drugs. That was a long time ago, I’ve been in recovery for decades now. I guess...