Memoirs
QUIRK-E members’ stories about their unique and inspiring lives.
Mistaken Identity
This memoir is set in Vancouver in the 1980s. One night I was supposed to be sleeping over at Judy ...
Tripping to the Lake
Little boy She’s from the street Before you start You’re already beat See the way she walks Hear the way ...
Adopted Grammas
I am not a parent but I am a grandparent. I never thought I would be called Gramma Bridget until ...
It’s the Best Day of the Year
No, by Golly, it’s not a Holly Jolly Christmas. It’s the day after Christmas, glorious December 26, known in Canada ...
The Babies
Peaceful, calm, soft and restful. Those were the feelings I had sitting with them at a window table in the ...
Nearly High Noon
Our family has moved to another farm a few miles outside of Colborne, a small town near Lake Ontario. This ...
Standing Out and Standing Up as Lesbian Feminists
There were few images of what a lesbian looked like before the 1970s, though people might have discovered a couple ...
The Last Goodbye
This excerpt from The Last Goodbye by Chris Morrissey was originally published in Basically Queer in 2017, p 98. Cyndia ...
k. d. and Me
She lifted me off of my seat when she sashayed into the bar. How could she not! She did that ...
Cats Rule
There’s an expression to describe a small space – There’s hardly room to swing a cat. I detest the image, ...
