I gave my body to the fire Touch my hands and kiss me on the cheeks Living for me has always been a sort of risk I don’t fear or praise any invisible thing My only enemy is resting beneath my skin
"Why do I sometimes feel a bit like RuPaul?" It's not often that I'm asked to talk about questionmark. But that happened a few weeks ago and in the post below you can watch my interview [https://www.kweer.io/post/building-a-more-inclusive-lgbtq-community-through-stories-kweer-blah-interview-with-questionmark] and
Drugged, raped and pozzed I had relocated to Spain just eight months before and the change of scene from Dublin to Barcelona was beyond what I had expected. In Dublin, I lived a very sheltered life, very naive and innocent and didn’t get myself involved in the gay scene. It just didn’t interest me. When I moved here, I...
Cannot have HIV twice* The following story was sent to my inbox anonymously through the surveys section [http://questionmark.dev.onpressidium.com/surveys/]. Do you have a story? Share it with Questionmark. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “When I arrived in Dublin, I got drunk in freedom and got addicted to my newly felt independence. – *Information on title may
Learning the word "Asexual" “It wasn’t until I was 21 that I discovered the word ‘asexual’. Before then I’d constantly put off thinking about sex and relationships because whilst I was pretty certain that I was attracted to both men and women, I was attracted to them in different ways and neither
A double coming out “I knew for sure that I was gay at 13, after binge-watching Queer as Folk (both the UK and US versions). In the 2nd Year of Art, I told three close girlfriends. They were completely supportive. One of them was that stereotypical straight white girl. She asked me the
Coming out; from my parents to work “I’m a very open person, and “oversharing” should be my middle name. I was getting into a serious relationship with my girlfriend and realised it was only a matter of time before I slipped up and revealed this part of my life in a negative way. I told my
Just one pill a day, I thought One of my best friends once told me that our dreams secretly tell us what we want the most. I don’t know if that’s true, but I often dream I’m flapping my wings and flying high. As crazy as it sounds, freedom is still something that I
Would you refer a trans girl like me? My name isn’t Maria, but I will be Maria for this article. I am a trans girl that was born several years ago in a poor neighbourhood in Brazil. My mum was too young when she gave birth to me, so my grandparents and my uncle were the ones
My name is Ariadni, and this is my story I was only a little child when I sneaked into my mum’s bedroom, and I put on her dress and lipstick. At this young age was the first time my mum tried to scare the woman out of me. It took me several years to face the world and