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Seeing things from afar since 1996


LGBTQ

  • Flag

    Flag

    A breath, a jolt, a smile. Your heart runs amok when this person you’ve been peering at from the corner of your eye gives you a cheerful grin, beaming with love. You blush at their very name, your mouth agape in disbelief; how can it be so strong, so easy to love someone else, all… Continue reading

  • Proud socks

    Proud socks

    I got rainbow socks on today. It’s June, or “Pride Month” as it is often called, when I’m writing these wee words. Some think it’s too much of a statement, or at least a useless one. Others scream that it’s propaganda, that this audacity of being oneself, loud and proud, is unacceptable, all things that I Continue reading

  • Chaussettes arc-en-ciel

    Chaussettes arc-en-ciel

    Aujourd’hui, je porte des chaussettes arc-en-ciel. Quand j’écris ces petits mots, on est en juin ; c’est le “mois des Fiertés LGBTQ+”, ou, du moins, c’est comme ça qu’il est souvent présenté. Certain.e.s trouvent ca superflu, d’autres diraient que c’est de la propagande, que c’est inadmissible de clamer haut et fort cette audace d’être soi, Continue reading