Dykes, sapphics, etc: I'm writing a piece about how "divine feminine"/"high-value dating" language & ideology is creeping into our communities. I wanna hear your experiences, have you been seeing more of this on your feeds, on the apps, irl? How does it make you feel? Drop me a DM :)

Nationalise lime bike

I wrote about that BBC investigation open.substack.com/pub/lofaith/...

The cruelty of the BBC's 'fake gay' asylum seeker investigation was the point

Only real gays allowed in race-to-the-bottom-Britain

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I'm giving blood & I asked the technician "if I wanted to donate placenta next time, how do I do that?" 💀💀

He was deathmogged but now He is risen-maxxing

Noticing a significant uptick in being ghosted by editors, even after filing with them

looking to speak to LGBT+ people who've worked with a queer life coach for a sensitivity handled article

For @gaytimes.bsky.social, I explored why it might take LGBTQIA+ people five times longer to get an endometriosis diagnosis, the as wait time in the UK creeps up to almost a decade. #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth www.gaytimes.com/endometriosi...

“20 years of pain”: Endometriosis diagnosis waits approach 10 years — even longer for queer people

Lois Shearing investigates how queer people navigating endometriosis are too often dismissed, misunderstood and left waiting years for answers.

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I tracked every time I cried for 6 months & all I got was this deeper understanding of how wearables & algorithmic social media is shifting the metaphors we use to conceive of our bodies (& perhaps even ourselves) open.substack.com/pub/lofaith/...

I found the world's most unfortunate name for a wrist doctor

Looking to speak to queer people who've been diagnosed with endometriosis for an article about our experiences - UK only please. 💛

Final balcony harvest of the year 🍅

The only AI I care about is the IRL voice changer in scream 2 & 3

I wrote something silly about Gaylors and the sapphic summer of discontent open.substack.com/pub/lofaith/...

Does marrying a man mean you aren't gay? Gaylors are divided

I hear you say I'm "suffering from CompHet" when the coke's got you brave

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I'm loading dishwashers in ways you can't even fathom

For Glamour, I explored the rise of the womanosphere and the women using their platforms to fight back: www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/woma...

Meet the content creators fighting back against the 'womanosphere'

Is the womanosphere coming for us all?

glamourmagazine.co.uk

Sex Matters are trying to force the ponds to operate on a trans-exclusive basis, despite users of the ponds having voted against such an approach.

Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · 12mo ago

If you use, or would like to use, the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds, it is absolutely worth your time to respond to this consultation. www.hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is

For Metro, I investigated TikTok’s theory that your first wlw breakup is the absolute worst type you’ll ever go through: metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/f...

Is your first lesbian breakup really the worst you'll ever go through?

While you can’t really compare one person’s heartbreak to another's, TikTok can.

metro.co.uk

Big daylight doesn't want us talking about this, but the nights are really drawing in

When bisexuals were erased from the Stonewall monument narrative, many, even within some queer and queer-friendly circles that I saw, treated it as a hostile yet somewhat random if not ridiculous move. It was anything but random 👇

Lake Faith@contentking.bsky.social · last yr.

For Xtra, I explored how the far right conceives of and discusses bisexuality, and why we need to understand that in order to fight for all queer rights: xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

For Xtra, I explored how the far right conceives of and discusses bisexuality, and why we need to understand that in order to fight for all queer rights: xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Understanding what the far-right thinks of bisexuality will help us fight for all queer rights | Xtra Magazine

In the imagination of the far-right, bisexuality represents everything wrong with the modern world. So they’re trying to erase it

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I wrote about why I dislike the arguement that tradwives are just fetishists open.substack.com/pub/lofaith/...

Man, this is the first time I've wished I was still on twitter

Bought some boujie crisps at a corner shop & the uncle behind the counter said "ohh, you've got fancy taste. Pricey". BRO they're your prices 😭

We didn't have the opportunity to do anything big for Bi+ Vis Day this year, but there will be a pub meet up on the Saturday before, likely in Islington. Details tbc.

Huh. I guess all those patriots didn't just have a load of British flags already laying around.

It's pretty obvious that incitement to violence (ostensibly a police matter) is OK with this government as long as the targets are trans. Unless the message is that you can say whatever you like online with no consequences

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Police must focus on ‘streets not tweets’, says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest

They’re happy with racist intimidation via racist displays outside the homes of people who happen to be asylum seekers too and have nothing to say about recent racist attacks other than “I love flags!!”

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · last yr.

It's pretty obvious that incitement to violence (ostensibly a police matter) is OK with this government as long as the targets are trans. Unless the message is that you can say whatever you like online with no consequences

Obviously the answer to this is ‘they’re saying this to court transphobes’, but this shows just how reactionary and morally inconsistent this Labour party is. How can you be the party of the Online Safety Act and then imply that online hate speech is a lesser issue than street crime?

Police should focus on ‘streets not tweets’, says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest

Health secretary criticises Tory policing record after Father Ted co-creator arrested over posts on transgender issues

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