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Writer. Poet. Academic. Hella Queer 💖💜💙 Most often @GaysTheWord. Books Editor @DIVAmagazine. PhD from @NCRCL. 👩🏼‍🎓📚🏳️‍🌈 Dreaming about a quilt. She/Her
Jun 10, 2019 8 tweets 4 min read
This seems like a good time to talk abt navigating life as a queer (couple): my wife & I don’t to take it personally if one of us stops a PDA suddenly; we have a code word for if we want to kiss, but don’t feel safe; we’ve lied & said ‘we’re friends’. #QueerInPublic I dread conversations w/ taxi drivers b/c I can talk abt very little of my life w/out outing myself. Camp sites w/ their single-sex bans (thanks, stags/hens!) make booking/checking-in tricky. I’ve worried abt being a #QueerInPublic parent—and I’m not even pregnant yet.