Lesbians and Their Laptops: The Complexities of Existing as a Lesbian in the Balkan

April 30, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

Nonbinary lesbian guest writer, Boja, shares how their culture shaped their coming out experience.

How I Met My Girlfriend – Part 1 – The Spark Starter

March 2, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

There are two illustrated Cards Against Humanity cards. The lead card states, cancel all my meetings. We've got a situation with BLANK that requires my immediate attention. The played card states, gay feelings and a U-Haul.

Catch up on with How I Met My Girlfriend on the chapter list. Sparking the Flame So Jas followed me back, but I quickly realized that it wasn’t just about the follow back anymore. I wanted to know her more than reading her posts. I wanted her to tell me about things, rather than her […]

How I Met My Girlfriend – Prologue – The Tumblr Power Struggle

February 12, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

An illustration mocks a Tumblr dashboard. A post on the dashboard states, betchilds followed you! Hashtag so rad!

This is the start of how I met my partner and the start of our US to UK long-distance relationship: tumblr.

Internalized Homophobia: I hope I never Fall in Love with a Girl

October 2, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

An illustration depicts two women kissing. Text beside the illustration states, every girl has women she looks up to.

You don’t know exactly who you are; you just know something feels different for you. And you wonder if you can spend your whole life silenced by your internalized homophobia.