Years later, when I finally claimed my identity as a trans woman, stepping into the light of who I'd always been, I felt Helen's hands guiding mine, heard her voice whispering encouragement. The woman who never had language for what I was had somehow given me permission to find that language for myself....
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/my-house-of-pain-the-woman-a-child-once-loved
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Helen, the woman who saved me. Or at least she tried to.
"Add more flour, but, do it gently," she'd scold, her voice warm despite the sharp edges. "You're not building a damn wall—you're coaxing something into being." Then she'd laugh, that throaty sound that made you believe in tomorrow even when today was crushing your spirit.
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/my-house-of-pain-the-woman-only-wendy-knew
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This is the first queer space story, a story with alot of queer coding in it and references to characters who are all actual people who have been in my life. So when you read any queer space story that I have written, this is where it all started.
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/my-house-of-pain-the-safety-of-a
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I tell people not to read it. Because its a painful experience to re-live. But it is a reality that is my life.
It starts here, and it goes down hill from there.
This is my story, my origin, my beginning. I hope the end is better that how it started.
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/my-house-of-pain-prologue
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Comment le coming out, à l’origine un acte politique et collectif est-il progressivement devenu purement intime et individualiste ? Est-il contraint par une mise en scène qui ne fait que souligner le caractère minoritaire et honteux de nos désirs ? Comment repenser ce geste qui se retrouve aujourd’hui réduit à un symbole personnel ou médiatique, souvent récupéré par le capitalisme et la culture de masse ? On en parle avec Florent Manelli qui vient de publier un essai mêlant expériences intimes et productions universitaires : Au delà du placard. Renverser la honte, repenser l'intime aux éditions Les liens qui libèrent
I’ve come to understand what she needed, and to accept that I couldn’t give it to her. She wanted the version of me she carried in her memories. I wanted to be known as who I truly am.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-queer-kid-she-never-really-knew-when-a-friendship-ends-with-a-text-7d93d59a6b92
📝 Plot: In Barcelona, four friends who run a small publishing house decide it’s time to tell their parents about their sexuality. When Camille’s activist mom invites everyone to her country home for a weekend, hilarious misunderstandings, heartfelt confessions and family bonding unfold in this warm comedy about love, identity and acceptance.
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🎭 Cast: Amira Casar, Julie Gayet, Bruno Putzulu, Alexandra London, Carmen Chaplin, Johnny Hallyday, Marie‑France Pisier, Brigitte Roüan, Assumpta Serna, Elli Medeiros, Vittoria Scognamiglio, Jean‑Claude Dauphin, Joan Crosas, Montse Mostaza…
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