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2017: A Poem

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We have come to the end Of TWENTY SEVENTEEN I can’t help but think What a year it has been So let’s reflect On all that’s taken place Over the past THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE days OK we’ll start off With the elephant in the room In the world of politics It’s been all doom and gloom The White House got itself A brand-new resident Obama was replaced With a tiny-handed President January was when Trump’s tenure did begin And no-one turned up To see him sworn in Since then he has lurched From crisis to crisis After a year he has still Not managed to beat Isis He tried to bring in His ban on travel But it didn’t take long For those plans to unravel He proposed to introduce A military ban On all of those people Who just happen to be trans* Gender doesn’t matter When you’re on the front line As long as you’...

Blogtober: Can Sexuality Change?

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Hello again everyone, and welcome back to week 2 of my Blogtober challenge. If you missed any of the posts that have gone up so far, you can catch up on the links down below: 1: Welcome to Blogtober 2: Types of Blog 3: Blog Names 4: Reasons I Blog 5: Planning Blogposts 6: My Favourite Posts 7: Writer’s Block 8: My One Blogging Tip 9: Coming Out to Yourself 10: Coming Out to the World 11: Pride 12: Busting Bisexual Myths For today’s post, I wanted to discuss something which may be controversial. I want to ask a question: Can sexuality change? If somebody asked me this question, I would have no hesitation in answering yes. Before you all get angry, let me explain my reasons for this. Simply based on my own personal experience, I believe that sexuality is a fluid thing which CAN change over time. Until around a year ago, I identified as gay but have since come out as bisexual. We are all evo...

Blogtober: Busting Bisexual Myths

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Hello again everyone, and welcome back to week 2 of my Blogtober challenge. If you missed any of the posts that have gone up so far, you can catch up on the links down below: 1: Welcome to Blogtober 2: Types of Blog 3: Blog Names 4: Reasons I Blog 5: Planning Blogposts 6: My Favourite Posts 7: Writer’s Block 8: My One Blogging Tip 9: Coming Out to Yourself 10: Coming Out to the World 11: Pride Having come out as bisexual earlier in the year, I couldn’t do LGBT week without going into the topic in some way. What I have noticed is that there are a lot of stereotypes about certain LGBT identities, in particular bisexuality. Today, I wanted to address these stereotypes and discuss what I think about them. “Bisexuals are more likely to cheat.” Being attracted to multiple genders DOES NOT affect how committed you are when in a relationship. Bisexual people are IN NO WAY more likel...