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Hello all. Here I am on this wonderful bank holiday Monday in May. Now I am going to be celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community all month long. But you might be asking yourself what LGBTQIA+ actually stands for? Or maybe you are unfamiliar with some parts of the acronym? It is a good job that I am here! This is what each part of the acronym means... L: The 'L' refers to Lesbian. This is often someone identifying a woman who has attraction to other women, namely only women. However, some non-binary may choose to identify with this label and that is valid. For some non-binary people they might feel more feminine in their own gender identity. They may also consider their relationship as lesbian. It is not up to anyone to judge them on how they choose to label themselves. The reason the 'L' comes first in the acronym is because during the AIDs pandemic of the 1980s, it was lesbian women caring for gay men who were going through an extremely tough time. G: The 'G' as I br...

Welcome to May everyone. As a new month arrives, I have a new author of the month. I also have a new theme of the month. Now next month is Pride month where the LGBTQIA+ community come together more than ever. I do believe pride and solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ is something for all year round. Anyway, because of this the theme of the month for May and June is LGBTQIA+. With that as the theme, I decided to pick an author who is openly a lesbian and wrote a novel about a trans character. That author is Jackie Kay and the novel is her only novel, Trumpet  (1988). I am looking forwards to reading more Jackie Kay this month and highlighting the significance in inclusivity and why the LGBTQIA+ community deserves to be thought of all year round, not just in June. Further to this, I going to end my blog posts with my pronouns as well because I do it for emails the same as others. I just thought it made sense. It never hurt anyone... Here is to May everyone! Until next time, Thomas (They/th...