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It's pride month people! A solid reminder to everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community s here and we are not going anywhere. We have our rights under threat all the time, especially trans and non-binary people. But hey, the fight continues and I hope one day things will improve. For this month I will be continuing the LGBTQIA+ theme alongside a new author for author of the month. For June, the author of the month is going to be Welsh lesbian author Sarah Waters. I shall be looking forwards to reading some of her stuff throughout this month. So as summer arrives and pride month provides a constant reminder to our battles and history, celebrate with a good LGBTQIA+ book. Until next time, Thomas (they/them).

Finally the end of June is coming. That means it is time to disclose on some of the things I have been diving into. I thought I had posted this on Friday but it obviously did not post so have it now! I will osts again later for the first post of June.

Hi everyone. Sorry for not posting on Monday but I was not feeling great. I think it is this heat here in the U.K as the weather has been rather hot lately. I am never fan of the weather being as hot as it has been. Todays post is the final review of the month that I had planned and therefore the post I had planned for Monday will moved to June as the theme of the month will continue of course for a second month. Speaking of review, I am diving deep into the 2024 poetry collection May Day  by Jackie Kay.

Today I am reviewing Jackie Kay's short story collection Reality, Reality .

Recently I saw something about the pink triangle which I am here to explain, if you do not know what it means.

For today's post I am reviewing  Bi  by Julia Shaw. This was actually an amazing book to read. It explores everything about bisexuality. What I loved especially was how she started with the origins of bisexuality and who created different ideas which have shaped how bisexuality exists within our current, modern-day society. The other thing I loved was how Julia Shaw emphasised the fact that people in the bi community have faced prejudices. We have faced prejudices from those who are heterosexual AKA straight and gay or lesbian people. It is good that she highlights this. Just because bi+ people are a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, it does not mean we are fully accepted by everyone. The reason I refer to the community as 'bi+' is to include a multitude of plurisexuals and pluriromantics. These include those who identify as bi, omni, pan or poly for example. Here in the book Shaw mentions other types of plurisexuals. Plurisexuals are just people who have sexual attraction to...