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Queering the Big Sing

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • May 5, 2025
  • 1 min read

When I was in Year 11, we did a faux-Spanish song by Bob Chilcott and it had some moves. I was singing tenor, so ended up harmonising and dancing with the girls. People might have noticed; let's just say that the music department was very enlightened when it came to different teenagers, and that in my day the only real problem with feeling equal was that crossdressing was largely seen as a joke. I was in an all-girl class for photography in Year 13, but barely paid attention. People noticed, but trans wasn't a word on the tip of everyone's tongues back then. - Jane mentioned crossdressing regarding Barrios during my first year of uni... I felt - correctly - that people would look down on me, so I saved all my trans joy until after I'd done some stuff as a straight person. Eilish is a furry, so she never saw my facial hair as making me less feminine.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
May 05, 2025

Yes, Eilish, I'm outing you. I think that you'd feel more confident if you got people to take your stories seriously despite the themes. You've never let me read them, either... I like your writing.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
May 05, 2025
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She reads, but goes for ages without writing to me. That's a bit sneaky. So, I like to remind her that I know she's reading.

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