freshers' fair

[sebastienne]

ok, so my heart *did* leap when i saw the LGBT stall. and i felt bad immediately, because i know how ridiculous it is to feel a sense of 'belonging' with all non-heterosexual people. but then the two behind the stall beamed at me and i just wanted to give them a great big hug! because, however wrong it is, the thing i have been missing about home the most is just the sexual diversity of everybody. i need to identify as queer and, i am beginning to think, i need to socialise with others who identify the same way. half the girls i talk to here have boyfriends back home. i'd got so used to being openly gay and all of a sudden everyone here is assuming i'm straight. and i am actually scared to put them right.

the girl behind the stall was wearing a rainbow flag as a cape. LGBT drinks on monday... do i dare turn up alone?

Comments

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

yes. and yes, i'd like that!

(you know, i have the feeling that if people in my college weren't so dull i'd have broken out the ziggy-wig and the bowler hat and the purple top with the arwen-sleeves by now, and a rainbow-flag would be almost tame by comparison.)

[parsnip.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're all secretly slightly zany, and if you made the first move you might find that within a week the entire college is in ziggy-wigs and dracula capes!

Or maybe not, but people would notice you. That's always fun.

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

oh yes, and that's why i have 'purple days' at home... purple from my wig to my DMs. sometimes i do like to be stared at.

hmm. maybe i'll wear those boots today...

[parsnip.livejournal.com]

I have purple DMs. I got them second-hand for £6. Secondhand is obviously the way forward.