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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 a good book to read. It explored 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.

It is that time of the month where I have another bookshop that I have visited. For this month, I took a trip to the National Trust place Sheffield Park and Garden in East Sussex. There they have a second hand bookshop situated within the coach house café. One thing particularly like is how you can grab a book, a hot drink, maybe even a bite to eat and sit down on a sofa or at a table and chairs. You immerse yourself deep in a good book right where the books are and I love it!

For today's blog post, I am returning to a loved novel of mine... This is Jackie Kay's only novel Trumpet  (1998). I recently got to thinking about the novel and how relevant it is to today. I also was reminded of how important things and more importantly people are. Taking the novel as an example, look at the lengths that people will go to for love. This love made a couple, fractured relationships with others and shattered what everyone thought they knew. There is one moment which stands out for me: it is when Joss and Millie, his wife both find their clothes swapped. It resents with me to this day because clothing is something with a rigidity in gender. Society has labelled a lot of clothes for either men or women. Look at shops; they have a 'men's section', a 'women's section' and a 'children's section'. But this does not mean that people have to stick in the section for them of course. Also, note how nothing has adapted for non-binary peo...

As someone who is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community, I wanted to share a poem I once wrote about my two favourite colours. It is a part of me and who I am. This is my poem... Favouritism: My two favourite colours are lilac and dark blue. Don't ask why my favourite two each of those hues. I don't know myself how I came to choose a mysterious shade and a calming one too. To be honest, I haven't really a clue, though I guess there was a sudden love that grew and grew. But please don't think this is something new. My love for lilac's been here some few years now, only a few. While I have had a lot longer passion for the shade of dark blue. I have tops, jackets, shackets and even shoes in my two favourite colours that I find so 'ooh'! That is my poem on my two favourite colours! Something different for you all today... Until next time, Thomas (they/them).