Memoirs
QUIRK-E members’ stories about their unique and inspiring lives.
Interview with Christine Waymark – 2019
I’m scared despite my luck in growing older. About 25,000 new cases of dementia are diagnosed in Canada every year, ...
Grandma
The lane was an uneven gravel pathway with multiple depressions filled with frozen muddy water. The air was crisp and ...
Chasing After What Do I Deconstruct Myself?
Originally Published in Wrinkles Ten days to go till my partial tit amputation (breast reduction surgery). Am I having second ...
A Flaunting of Dykes
Many years ago, in August 1984, in anticipation of the upcoming the Gay Pride March, several friends and I tried ...
Rita
Before she was famous, Rita and her kids lived with me on Lorne Ave. Laura was 14 at the time, ...
Radical Drag Anyone?
As fall is beginning, people inevitably start kidding around and asking me, “So, are you going to strap on a ...
Present at the Creation
[We are very sad to note that Greg passed away suddenly in November 2024. This was one of his last ...
Meeting a New Challenge
It all started while I was on vacation in Puerto Vallarta. I noticed just a small sore on the heel ...
Daisy Air Rifle
When I was six, I saw an ad for a Daisy Air Rifle on the back of one of my ...
First Crush
When talking about my youth it can often sound like a Charles Dickens novel. As well as the worst of ...
