October is celebrated as LGBT/Queer History Month in some places. I have picked out just a few posts from the hundred+ in my LGBTiTQQ2S and Family & Identities categories to highlight. Today in Canadian Queer History looks at “Operation Soap” – the 1981 Toronto bathhouse [read more]
Sister Who is a friend. They are also what Sister Mish (co-founder of the San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) calls a “Sister in Solidarity” – someone who supports the aims of that Order without being a member. As a fully professed Sister (1983) of [read more]
I’ve been pretty open about my current (and long-term) mental health challenges. Also quite vocal about the struggle of being an independent creative surviving late-stage consumption capitalism with some level of personal integrity. Those are combined with the ‘dark humour’ I learned early on and [read more]
A few years back I posted my newly-created bucket list, after talking about why I had refused to do one before. Now that I’ve celebrated yet another orbit around Sol (which is tied to the ability to work the list in question) a quick review. [read more]
New for 2026: A Dream As part of my social media efforts to find a sympathetic landlord in S/W Ontario (moving: no Canadian credit history) and perhaps raise funds for the trip I’ve shared pictures of some cozy houses in our target area. Not that [read more]
There are a number of stories I can tell about Dad’s Mother. From being asked/told not to Come Out to her to the bits and pieces I (thought I) knew of her story. Although I regret not getting to know the person behind the title [read more]
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