Lesbian Visibility Day - Visibility and Representation
I think it’s really important that LVD provides a platform in an accessible way – not just in the form of celebrities, but also...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Feb 27
- 4 min
The Importance of an Inclusive LGBT+ History Month
And, just like that, I realised that what I was feeling was an accumulation of frustration, fear and determination. I am in my thirties...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Question - A Comic Strip by Gwendoline Barr
A comic strip by Gwendoline Barr
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Bisexual Agenda - Bisexual Bookworms
As part of Leeds Virtual LGBT+ Literature Festival, one of our organisers joined The Bisexual Agenda podcast to talk about bi+ rep...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
Love Lost in the Crown
Content warning: covid-19, isolation, swearing A poem by Eli Smith You come to me in packets Of bittersweet bytes A numbing swig of...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 1, 2020
- 4 min
Queer Identity
Content Warning: biphobia, erasure and invisibility of queer identities, erasure and invisibility of disabilities, ableism I couldn’t...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
When Did You Know? - A Comic Strip by Harry-Anne Bentley
Content Warnings: Internalised transphobia, transphobia Mx Harry-Anne Bentley (She/They) is the co-curator of indie comics publisher and...
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Jul 31, 2020
- 3 min
I wish I had robotic hands to write with fierce speed – How I became an LGBTI+ journalist
It wasn't easy to switch to being an LGBTI+ journalist. Where I come from, rulers once labelled LGBTI+ citizens as “worse than dogs and pigs
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Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival
- Jul 31, 2020
- 4 min
Why Teach About LGBT+ People at a Young Age
Did you just ask yourself “What is a drag queen?” Well let me tell you: I am whatever you want me to be! I can be a fairy, a princess...
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