Happy National Coming Out Day! Some may argue that my coming out wasn't entirely necessary (See Picture above) I was seventeen and barely an idea of man. Bambi legged, I was still figuring out who I was and experimenting with hair color was a big part of that. I just finished my H.S.C. and was waiting for the results. Relieved and also anxious, I kept myself busy working and volunteering at the Cabramatta community centre. An aspiring artist and activist, the community was a big part of my identity. I had a love-hate relationship with the village gossip culture and surveillance aunties who seemed to be everywhere and knew everything. While it felt claustrophobic, it was also all I knew. The world outside those suburbs was often unwelcoming to people who looked like me so those hand full of suburbs the world called West was home. A current affairs program “60 Minutes” got in touch about a story they wanted to make about young people. It’d be an optimistic piece about the...

Chatting kink, intimacy and rope bondage at Floof with AJ Lamarque podcast. A fun, open conversation we have about my own kink journey, what rope bondage means to me and community building . An entertaining 54mins with the smart, curious and mischevious A J Lamarque.  I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for the Chat AJ! Xx Trigger warning : be advised that we discuss explicit sexual acts and there’s some course language.    Gatsby talks Kink at Floof https://open.spotify.com/episode/4qHFFcmbnOebINCc6uNqPz