Beth Kirkbride

I'll update this thread with future issues but just wanted to share them all here in the meantime; the process of writing them has been cathartic for me but hopefully helpful/instructive to anyone else who is the process of figuring similar things out about themselves and their sexuality!

I can’t go back to Hogwarts On Harry Potter, fanfiction, and knowing when to let go of things we once loved

The most recent issue was about the necessary evolution of my relationship with Harry Potter, consequent on the problematic views of She Who Must Not Be Named: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/i-cant-go-...

Admiration, attraction, and everything in between Girls I loved before I had the words

Then I spoke about my formative friendships with women, and how with hindsight, it's pretty bloody obvious what was going (wr)on(g): queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/admiration...

Am I working out or working something out? I dare you to show me a queer person who doesn't have a complicated relationship with exercise

I tackled every queer person's least favourite subject – exercise – and how again, my relationship with sport has fluctuated in line with my understanding of my sexuality: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/am-i-worki...

Comphet, chokers and coming out: My queer fashion journey A lesson in how to dress "more gay"

Then, I wrote about my relationship with fashion and how my style has changes as my understanding of my sexuality has evolved: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/comphet-ch...

Eras of us: How the words we use shape who we become Identity is fluid – and that's okay

The piece after that was on the importance of the words we use to describe ourselves: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/eras-of-us...

Newsflash: Travelling doesn’t make you inherently more “interesting” Being boring and the backpacking myth

The second essay was about how travel impacts your identity, and what I wish my friends knew about my experiences on the road: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/newsflash-...

I'm meant to be having a baby this weekend Instead, I just hiked the Great Wall of China by myself...

The first essay was about choosing to have an abortion last July, and how that paved the way for a bucketlist trip to the Great Wall of China in February, around my due date: queerthereandeverywhere.substack.com/p/im-meant-t...

I started a newsletter earlier this year after realising, while backpacking Asia with my then-boyfriend, that I'm 99% sure I'm actually gay.

The Substack is called 'Queer, There & Everywhere' and it's a series of essays about identity as I attempt to come to terms with this revelation, aged 27

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Threatened with ECT as a child, trans woman finally comes out in 60s Samantha Wolsey first wore a dress at the age of six, but kept her true identity private for years

I'm very grateful that Samantha trusted me with her story for the @pamedia.bsky.social real life desk...

This feels all the more prescient given the events of the past week 👇
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