Guest Profile: Arena

My name is... Arena, Thommie, Creature, That Weird Girl Who Sits Behind Me In Math... I'm known to respond to pretty much everything.

I indentify as... Bisexual.

I am attracted to... Humans. Especially the Ellen Page kind.

As for hobbies/interests... I love reading, acting, flirting, writing poetry and prose, singing my heart out, sending emails that no one will ever read, chairing my school's GSA, avidly reading PostSecrets and avidly sending in secrets of my own.

I usually hang around... Kabbyo's basement, bookstores, my school's art hall, Katherine's kitchen, the library, the library, Black Market, Alice's bedroom, Criminal Records, Mr Beans, and - although very rarely - my own home.

About my future... It's sort of undecided because my plans shift constantly. Currently, I have a desperate longing to go to U of T for Sexual Diversity Studies, After that, I plan on living in New York for a year because of an Allan Rickman pact I made when I was thirteen. I think after that I'd like to live in the village and hopefully get a job in queer rights activism.

10 adjectives to describe me... Awkward, Nostalgic, Nervous, inquisitive, Romantic, Capricious, Nosy, Humble, Zealous, and Childish.

Video interview with Max

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An interview with my brother, regarding his thoughts on sexuality, gender, homophobia in young people, etc. For a 14-year-old, he's a really, really smart kid.

Guest profile: Emily

My name is... Emily K

I identify as... bisexual

I am attracted to... a variety of people from cute little femmes to androgynous dykes to tall dark & handsome guys. Also, mysterious, slightly intimidating & humorous personalities. And Blake Lively - drooooool.

As for hobbies/interests... I've liked playing & watching hockey for like 10 years now. But otherwise, piano, composing, drama, vocal, musical theatre, writing, practicing being sneaky, photography, filmmaking (!!!), simple arts and crafts, co-running tech crew and eating sushi.



I usually hang around... What? People or places? For people obviously my enormously dorky group of friends. As for places, school, home, the auditorium (takes a huge part of my life), The Green Beanery cafe, Sobeys and Sonic Boom!

About my future... Well I'm preparing to apply to the universities: Ryerson, Ottawa, Carleton and Queens for English and journalism. Hopefully I'll be able to get a BA or BJourn then move on to a Masters or become a writer or teacher! Yep.

10 adjectives to describe me... Funny (I hope?), musical, sarcastic, realistic, logical, smart, romantic, sneaky, thoughtful, and annoying (yes, very).

Guest profile: Mishi

Mishi has been my best friend for over 10 years now. As soon as this blog came into being, I knew I wanted to feature her on it.



My name is... Mishi.

I identify as... femme bisexual.

I am attracted to... androgynous girls and sophisticated boys. I'm also a sucker for dark hair and glasses. Some of my biggest film crushes were Rhett Butler (Gone with the Wind), Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) and Dimitri (Anastasia, and the only cartoon boy on this list!). I don't have a lot of female film crushes. Most of the girls I like exist in real life.



As for hobbies/interests... I am a huge reader. I love stage combat, wrestling, fashion. I like classic clothing and my favourite colour of the moment is pink. I like to write and draw, and take huge pleasure in art and literature in general. I also love to sing, dance and act. I'm also interested and involved in living an environmentally sustainable lifestyle.

I usually hang around... a few choice cafes, parks and bookstores.

About my future... I don't know exactly what I want to do as a career yet, but my interests provide me with lots of different options. I might like to go into French and English literature, as well as performing.



10 adjectives to describe me... Organized, positive, vibrant, enthusiastic, loving, passionate, poised, pensive, playful, and valiant.

Cadence Gaydence Kay Spailface Lee.

What to call me? Cadence, Cadence Lee, Kay, Gaydence. There is a lot of drama surrounding my name (in this I refer to the year in which I did not respond to my actual name at all). Please, read my name before you try to pronounce it (KAY-DEN-CE) or else you'll force me to be cross. & that's not something you necessarily want.

What I identify as? A dyke, gay, a mistake, a kid with nothing to do.

What/Who am I attracted to? I use code-names for all my crushes, except celebrities. Of celebs, there is Tegan Quin & John Barrowman (an exception to the gender attraction rules for me). There is also Gavin, who is the Flickr star of my eye.
In real life? The list of codes goes: New York City (with whom I just broke up), Boston, Canberra, Kathmandu, LA, one person whose code is in song form, London, Cayenne, Milan. There are others, but they were before I started coding. The only ones I'm interested in at the moment are Boston, Cayenne, LA & the song person.

In short, the girls I like are dykey & androgynous with nice legs. Tada.

What are my hobbies/interests? I cook, I take photos, I swim, I run, I bike, I hike, I take after kids, I write, I argue, I dance (interpretive... meaning it's like singing in the shower except with dancing. It's not meant to be good, just fun), I flirt with anything on two legs.

Where do I hang out? In my loft, in the darkroom & photo lab at school, in the sunshine, downtown Toronto, the Danforth with my fellow Muskequeers.

What are my goals/ambitions? To be great, to enjoy life as I'm living it, to travel, to have a nice place to retreat to, to find work & a life & friends & family I enjoy spending time with. A relationship or two or three (at a time).

What am I good at? That depends on who you ask. I like to cook, bake, take photos, write, etc... whether I do those well is not something I can judge.

What are my faults? I am narcissistic, I am brash, I flirt too much, my grammar is terrible. I'm mildly heterophobic, but not so much as I make it seem. I don't hate straight people/their relationships, I just think the world would be better if they were all gay. :)

What music do I love? Tegan & Sara, Bran Van 3000, Alanis Morissette, Bitch & Animal, Cyndi Lauper, Death Cab for Cutie, Kaki King, the Fratellis, Goldfrapp, Kate Nash, Metric, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor.

10 adjectives to describe me? Courageous, Sagittarius, Flirty, Vivacious, Pensive, Extroverted, Lesbian, Pretentious, Purposeful, Kinesthetic.

Introductory Interview: Kate

What should we call you? Kate works just fine, but my fellow muskequeers have been known to call me Sloany (my last name is Sloan), especially to the tune of Nellie McKay's "Clonie." (You may not call me Katie unless granted special permission, thank you.)

What do you identify as? I consider myself bisexual, though that label is largely in question, as you'll learn in future posts.

What/who are you attracted to? Tattooed boys with tall hair, guitar skillz, & a crazy sense of humor. Androgynous or boyish girls with sweet eyes &, if possible, a fauxhawk. John Mayer. Katherine Moennig. Dr Gregory House (but strangely, not Hugh Laurie).

What are your hobbies/interests? I play music (piano, guitar, ukulele), sing, & write songs. At school, I do drama, both scripted & improvised. I take a drawing & painting course, which, though I'm not very good, makes me deliriously happy. I'm a bit of a fashion geek & try to make the way I dress reflect who I am. I do some creative writing & would very much like to do more.

Where do you hang out? School, Starbucks, the Danforth, thrift stores, small independent cafés, my back yard.

What are your life goals/ambitions? I'd like to release a CD of my music. I also want to live in New York, visit Paris, own something by Betsey Johnson, teach music lessons, start up some kind of initiative to help queer youth &/or educate people about sexuality, & fall in love.

What music do you listen to? Tegan & Sara, Death Cab For Cutie, The Softies, Bryce Kulak, John Legend, Nellie McKay, Stacey Kent, John Mayer, Ani DiFranco, KT Tunstall, various musicals (especially Sondheim).

What 10 adjectives describe you? Stubborn, colorful, queer (both senses of the word), creative, lazy, interested, musical, ambitious, reliable, geeky.