Natasha Holme's Blog, page 3

How do you review someone’s diary? It’s really hard to do. I alternately want to shake the author, and hug her. I found it utterly fascinating and compelling. It’s an interesting look at someone discovering their sexuality. I don’t really know how to review it but I am glad that Natasha was willing to share her troubles and her life with us.

The Lesbian and Gay Foundation in Manchester will be hosting Womens’ Pride, an event forming part of the Manchester Pride Fringe, at Number 5, Richmond Street, Manchester M1 3HF.

Tell LGF which women you think have made a significant contribution to the LGBT rights movement in the last 100 years?

The event will celebrate the significant but over-looked role all women have played throughout the history of the LGBT rights movement and explore how women can continue to contribute positively toward...

In 2012 gay people are still struggling to come out, are ridiculed, attacked, and killed for our sexuality. Why is this? It is apparently the word of God that homosexual acts are sinful. Homosexuality is mentioned six times in the Bible. I want to take a look at two aspects of this:

Are these six passages actually anti-gay?
Can homophobic Christians really be obeying the Bible themselves?

[Note: I have sourced all biblical quotes via www.biblegateway.com/passage, using mostly the New Internation...

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

I swear, you are the only person I know who makes decisions based on what will provide the best material for a diary.

Rob Thomas, Rats Saw God
People who keep journals have life twice.

Jessamyn West
My body is my journal, and my tattoos are my story.

Johnny Depp
Diaries are for the down and dirty, the stuff you don’t want people to ever find out about you. J...

For the love of lesbian diary-writing …

As a lesbian and a devoted diarist, I was thrilled to discover in 1989 the original (1988) publication of this book, ‘I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister, 1791-1840.’ At a time when lesbian books were few, this was a godsend and I lapped up every word.

I rediscovered and re-read Helena Whitbread’s sterling work on uncovering a slice of lesbian history early last year when I became aware of the BBC’s adaptation, and Helena’s republication, of t...

World Health Day takes place annually on 7th April—each year focusing on a particular aspect of health. The focus for 2012 is Ageing and health: Good health adds life to years. With this in mind, and having just listened to a mother speak of the death of her nineteen year old daughter Melissa from bulimia in 2009 (audio, 12 minutes), I wanted to take a look at the risk of death from bulimia.

Bulimia is not generally considered to be a life-threatening condition. However, as Melissa’s mother, J...

The ninth annual Equality Walk, held in Brighton, to help tackle homophobia in British schools, is supported by American Express. Meet at midday in Brighton Royal Pavilion Gardens. Celebrities Jane Hazlegrove and Harry Derbidge are hosting this family fun day, which includes a 10k walk, entertainment, post-Walk party and amazing fundraising prizes. For more information, see the official website.

The second North Wales Mardi Gras will be held at the Beaumaris Centre, Beaumaris, Anglesey. This will be the largest gay event ever in the History of the North wales Gay Community. Tickets are £5 (plus £2 p+p). For more information, see the official website, or contact Alan Jones on 07917 770 643.

OK, not a diary. … This book is a memoir, however it receives an honorary mention for being the only eating disorder autobiography written by a lesbian that I have found. In this gripping bestseller, celebrity actress and now wife of Ellen Degeneres, Portia de Rossi, recounts how suppressing her sexuality for fear of ruining her acting career helped foster her startlingly negative self-image which, in turn, fuelled her eating disorder.

Check out this book on Amazon.

Written in diary entries, this book tells of how Chelsea’s parents’ divorce and sexual abuse by a neighbour result in the negative self-image that lead to her anorexia and bulimia. There are many Christian references in the text.

Check out this book on Amazon.