There’s an age old joke that goes like this: “what does a lesbian bring on her second date?” – “a U-Haul”
It’s a known fact about lesbians that they tend to move in relationships at double or even triple the speed than heterosexual ones. To put it in a much simpler -and just maybe a little [...]

Ok so what do we all know about smoking?
1.       Gives you lung cancer
2.       Gives you skin cancer (yes it’s true!)
3.       Can lead to respiratory problems
4.       Makes you unfit for exercise
5.       Causes plaque,  hence the yellow teeth
6.       Gives you bad breath
7.       Ect…
Somehow, we found a way to overcome all of these “problems”. Yes, we always carry [...]

This is the continuation of  “The Secrets We Carry: Stories of Molestation” Read Part 1 here.

Carla was the first to open up about her story. She told it very straightforwardly.
“My story is really simple. It ends in 4 or 5 sentences. It effect on me, however, was beyond what words can explain. I [...]

“It all revolves around the number five. When I was young, I was known to be ghannoujet el beit. People would always come to cuddle me, I never said no! I was young when these experiences happened to me and I do remember them as if they happened yesterday, like a nightmare that will never end. Every time I face it, I make it disappear for a while, only to sneak up on me a couple of months later [...]

Quand je me suis décidée à me confier à ma meilleure amie, elle m’a répondu tout simplement : « je n’te crois pas. C’est juste que les mecs dans ta vie t’ont déçue une fois de trop. »
Je ne voulais pas la bombarder d’arguments. J’étais sure de mon identité. Je voulais qu’elle en soit sure aussi. J’étais décidée à [...]

Life is a series of variables. We can’t be sure of anything. We make plans and we aim for certain objectives in our future that we know for a fact we need to have ultimately. Despite everything that changes and everything that disappears, we know that eventually and ultimately we want to reach this goal. [...]

Ok, so, coming out! The big bad wolf that eats up all our energy! Why do we all feel so threatened by this experience? We walk around a dark room for three days trying to figure out the perfect words to say so we could simply affirm our identity, our sexuality, our selves. We try [...]

Ah, Relationships…
Challenging as they are, we all love to feel safe and warm in a cosy little cocoon: A safety net from the world and the societies that haunt us, a support system when everything else fails, and most of all, someone to go back to at the end of the day. Sometimes, we get [...]