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Ho Ho Homophobia

Posted by ulla on Sunday, October 18, 2009, In : queer 


There are people in my life and on the periphery of it, who will never ever truly accept me, because I am queer.  Sure, some people have altered their thinking enough to embrace me without saying, "If only ..." but at least one close family member, some friends and a whole bunch more acquaintances do their best not to be homophobic, but are nonetheless.  It's probably painful on both sides and I have grown past that youthful fervour that is convinced that some form of universal justice will p...

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Being Human, Doing Humans

Posted by ulla on Sunday, May 17, 2009, In : queer 


I was sitting on the beach yesterday talking to one of my favourite straight women about sexuality.  We both agreed that things would be better if everybody on earth thought they were bisexual and then just did whatever and whoever they wanted from that point.  She was astonished when I told her how prejudiced the gay (not queer!) community is towards bisexuals.  Now, I don't conside myself bisexual at all.  I tried a few times, to have sex with men who I loved so much that really, all that w...

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Biphobia ... what's that all about?

Posted by ulla on Friday, March 6, 2009, In : stereotypes 

(for queerlife.co.za)

I have a problem with this particular stereotype – and I'm not saying everybody does it, but certainly enough to make it noticeable and worthy of a little rant.  So, what lies behind this phobia anyway?  I'll give you some horrible hearsay.

Bisexual is another way of saying “can't get a date on Friday.”  No.  It isn't.  Perhaps it is in some cases, but then those people have issues that run deeper than a mere definition of their sexuality.  And if you're drunk at a...


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iDyke


Weekly columnist for Q back when it was owned by the Mail & Guardian, regular columnist for Queerlife in 2008, as well as contributing to MambaGirl, Cherrygrrl, Gayspeak and other websites, I decided it was about time I collected it all in one place, so I can see what I've done and hopefully keep doing new stuff.
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