Category: mental health
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Please, don’t punish us.
We need you if we’re going to keep producing LGBTQ books. Without you and your support, we’re going to falter. Please, don’t let that happen.
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Accept that it’s hard
Trusting that people will still like you after they’ve spent time with you can be hard. Do it anyway. Even when you doubt yourself, even when you can’t believe that you’re worth their time, believe that they don’t expect you to be perfect. They just want you.
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A bow on the end of everything
And I’m feeling like a pair of shoes thrown over an electrical wire. The ones that tell people where to go to get what they want. They’re not attractive and only vaguely useful, and only select people look for them.
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Not one, but three…
Three fantastic LGBTQ books out in July. Vampires, neurodiverse queers, and a whole lot of sapphic stories.
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Tough Days Suck. Hold On.
I’m still here. And the day started out pretty positive. It felt like a day to celebrate being here, rather than to reflect on how very close I came to the end. I thought of all the things I would have missed. The moments with my wife, (marrying my wife),…
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Every step
Imagine waking up and finding that in order to get to your destination that day, you had to walk a tightrope. And anywhere you had to go after had to be via tightrope. Cafe, bakery, doctor, groceries, park…all via tightrope. And then the next day was the same. And the…
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Polenta Apple Pie
Wife: How are you feeling? Me, contemplating: I need a code word. Wife: You mean so you don’t have to keep saying you feel like shit? Me, nodding. Wife, thinking: okay… Polenta. Me, serious: Polenta. Yes. Wife: Apple Pie for medium, carrot cake for great. Me, nodding. Wife: so how…
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