Our Stories
We've been gathering stories from individuals within the same-sex attracted community, aiming to document and preserve the uniqueness of our history and culture. Here, these stories are at your fingertips.
I still can’t convince my mum I’m just a lesbian, not a transman
A personal story of a girl who knew she was a girl, despite what she did, wore or liked. A viewpoint not shared by some of the adults in her life.
'Despite this acceptance, my mother showed that she still doesn’t understand, asking me the same question again: “do you want to be a man?”'
'Lesbian' means . . .
Musings on the word "lesbian" from a lesbian in her 80s and how lesbian lives hid in plain sight.
How We Learned Sex-Role Behaviours in the 1940s
‘Around us lived other girls and boys and we played together on the street, which was safe enough because there was no traffic; fuel was needed for the war effort and cars were up on blocks, their tyres removed. We preschool boys and girls played the same games using the same few toys. Still, there were differences.’