pride month

A pride flag hangs in front of a grey building. The flag includes the rainbow colours, as well as the pink, blue, brown, and black stripes.
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Finding unexpected queer community in a religious school

Fern Ridley June 27, 2022

Content warning: queerphobia, religious bias I think most people who grew up aware of their queerness felt like they were the “only one” at some point. I was attracted to girls before I even realized I was expected to like guys, but felt like I couldn’t tell anyone because I had no one like myself to look up to. Thankfully, the indoctrination never came from my family, but when you spend seven hours a day at a homophobic religious school, you can’t avoid queerphobia.  I was 12 when I cut my hair short for the very first time. It felt…

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I’m sick of being my own ally

Dev Petrovic June 1, 2021

Pride Month is once again around the corner and as much as I’d like to celebrate and forget about the atrocities of our not-so-queer-friendly reality, there’s still too much that weighs on me daily. Non-binary and gender-diverse folks still face…

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