Being Gay is so often so hard that we try to present a relentlessly positive narrative around our experience – there are so many that want to take us down so we can feel that giving any sign of weakness is an admission of defeat. But that is toxic behaviour – and so A E Hines honesty about domestic abuse within a same-sex relationship is so important, and we should cherish that.
In a strong collection I put tags in
Gay Divorce – which using the soak drawer to say so much about relationship
Me Too – recounting a hook up that became a rape, putting into words what many of us have experienced
It times no time at all
How many minutes?
Bohemian Rhapsody, 1991
These are raw emotions – and things are not getting better – in the US they seem to working through the play-book of precursor events to an LGBT+ genocide, I wrestle with the tension of retreating into a Gay bubble and living out there in the ‘real’ world for all the risks that carries.
A E Hines was able to say all these things about intense topics and also write good poems – that is a rare gift.
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