Why me? Why now? How could I have been such a fool? Those are the questions that keep making the rounds in my head as I contemplate yet another pang of pain. I met Gary at university. He was doing finance and we shared two course units. Gary was naturally . . . read more
Homelessness by Orientation – I have been living on the streets for 1 month. I never in my life imagined that I would end up this way. My father (who says he loves me very much) is paying the bills in a home where I am excluded. My psychotic mum rules . . . read more
My name is Leo, but it wasn’t always so and I am finding freedom. When I was a young child I had no idea of the freedom that existed outside of my family circle. My . . . read more
A Woman in Custody “They are the salt of the earth”. I too used to think so but now I knew better. I was picked up for being over the limit. Fair enough, I had had two glasses of wine instead of wine. That terrible mistake to drive . . . read more
We are lying to each other and both know that we are doing it. Worst of all…we are lying to ourselves. Even my mum has been roped into this crazy game. Having a gay child can do things to families and we are all right in the middle of . . . read more
Probation Officer Warned Me About My Prison Lover, Life After Incarceration Let us first get the first things out. I am a drug addict and have gotten into a whole load of problems because of my addiction. That is how I landed in prison the first place. I was so . . . read more
A Tale of Transphobia in the Workplace I was hearing about the hullabaloo concerning gender-neutral toilets. These were kids for goodness sake…but again, I was used to hate for most of my life so not much comes as a surprise. I am a 42-year-old woman. I . . . read more
Gay Marriage: Apparently I am not a Family Member The pain of losing Hugo was hard enough. It was worse because I never got to say goodbye. You see Hugo had had a wife and four children. When his wife Grace had an affair, he was 47. At that point . . . read more
A mother’s tale of courage and conviction after her gay son committed suicide I think I have been through all the phases of grief, at least the ones that I know of any way. However, I don’t think I will ever forget the day I walked in on . . . read more
