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Robert Basil's avatar

You write like a dream, Lux. This short piece took my breath away, more than once. Thank you.

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Roger Knox's avatar

Hi Lux. Writing while weathering the storm is powerful. To mix immediate loss and grief into the complicated soup that is sexual and gender identity is a demanding recipe.

I can relate with the ambiguous feelings around Pride. Yes, being who I am and having the desires I have has carried with it substantial shame at various times of my life. The moments when I feel mostly or completely free of sexual shame are joyous yes, intensely pleasurable for sure, juicy and naughty. But, no, I don't feel pride, per se. Maybe some modicum of satisfaction that the work I have put in examining, exploring and challenging the fearful, stultifying norms, sure, but pride? I don't think so.

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