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...
Boudica

Boudica

Boudica Activism, BDSM, Disability, Gender, Sexuality, Trans* Boudica ‘Gender Queer Femme, what is that? I get confused, I don’t know what to say, because people now say non-binary. Back when I started thinking about this stuff, that term didn’t exist, so I used to...
Speaking and Silence

Speaking and Silence

Speaking and Silence Class, Communication, Gender, Homelessness, Homophobia, Squatting, Violence Speaking and Silence   Speaking and silence, or rather silence and not speaking, has been a big feature in my life. I didn’t speak properly until I was around seven,...
Tired Of You

Tired Of You

Tired of You BDSM, Gender, Queer Culture, Sexuality Tired of You   I was going to the Black Cap in Camden from the age of 14. I wasn’t out then but I was always on the Gay scene seeing all the drag queens of the time Regina Fong and Lilly Savage, their shows were...