It´s Pride Month. I´m in a Muslim country. What better time to read a bunch of Queer Muslim fiction and memoirs? Here are some that you should definitely add to your to-be-read list. Some of the least represented, in already underrepresented LGBTQ+ media, are queer Muslims. In many narratives, Islam and LGBTQ+ are often characterised… More Three Queer Muslim Fiction Reads You Should Add to Your TBR
This week is Lesbian Visibility Week, and honestly, it feels like a pertinent time to be talking about LGBTQ+ representation and visibility. After a period of relative increase, we were finally beginning to see LGBTQ+ characters represented in the mainstream. In 2026, this is beginning to recede again. LGBTQ+ stories are being pushed back out… More The Hidden Decline of LGBTQ+ Representation Happening Now
Last Friday night, I performed at the Queer Community Comedy Night at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. It was such a great experience. The reality is queer stand-up comedy events just have a different energy about them. In my experience, the audience is often way more hyped and far more supportive, and the comedians are more comfortable letting themselves… More The Importance of Queer Comedy Nights
As you may or may not know by now, I am a huge fan of period pants. When I first discovered the existence of period pants, after being recommended them by a friend, I took to them straight away… and they have genuinely changed my experience of having a period. So, unsurprisingly, I was overjoyed… More Accessible period pants for the win!
Gay Pride month is one huge, commercial party nowadays. With slogans like “Love is love” and other vagaries I think we sometimes fail to talk about some of the very important things that LGBTQ+ people face in their day-to-day realities. So here are four things to think about this Pride month. Hate crimes against LGBTQ+… More 4 things to remember this Pride month
I recently re-downloaded Spotify, after not having used it for many years, and listening to my “favourites” playlist, I heard one of the songs that I used to cry to as a teenager driving home from school. This triggered a number of other memories and, after a sleepless night piecing everything together, I came to… More I was a queer teenager and I didn’t know it
A couple of months ago I went to a demonstration for the first time since the pandemic started. This demo (by transzorgnu) was organised as the start of a movement to fight against the state of transgender healthcare in the Netherlands. Throughout the many speeches and social media content surrounding the demonstration, I was constantly struck… More Healthcare, ableism and transphobia
Over the years, when I have told people in my life that I am in a non-monogamous relationship, I have been asked many questions. Being in an open relationship, although increasingly common, is still quite an unusual relationship choice, and not an option that many people even think about. So I thought I would take a moment… More Common questions about polyamory answered
This year has been a big year, in a lot of ways. It’s been very difficult, think corona, and I have also had more than my fair share of rubbish this year. But I have also had a lot of realisations and grown a lot this year, and in that way it has been very… More Coming out as queer the year I married a man