“Held her hand for the first time. HP +NJ”

“She kissed me right here. I wanted her to kiss me all day I kept applying chapstick. Then she leaned in, and I got insecure and pulled away. So she got insecure and I had to tell her that I did want to kiss her. And she told me the same. And then I finally leaned in for the kiss”

“First timing living with out trans people, where I lived when I had my first boyfriend. I'm a whole dyke now!”

“This is one of the appartments where we spent everyday together like we were joined at the bussy.”

“I proposed to my GF after 3-4 months of dating. We are now 2 years in and still madly in love. Love u bebe ❤️

“in love with a boy <3 - some trans dude”

“I'm so happy I don't have a crush on you" she said.

Queer Memory “married the most amazing woman and learned how to be happy“

Queer Memory “I told you I loved you”

Queer Memory “came out to my favorite teachers here, they were wonderfully supportive”

“Where at first, thought i met someone who is funny and interesting, but realised it was a person i would care a lot more than anything.”

“Came out to my aunt here after she accompanied me to the pride parade (thinking the entire time we were there that | was straight). It was my first time coming out to extended family.”

“First time we saw each other in a long time. We held hands. Finally I fell on the ice, and got a concussion.”

“One day, when your depression lightened, you invited me to listen to you play violin on the mountain. It was so hard for you to express love through your depression, but I felt it powerfully that day”

“I came out to the 70 people on my private instagram story on bi visibility day (is it bi awareness day? idk)- some reactions were yuck, but most were great and that really helped me clean up some of my relationships.”

“First same gender kiss that brought on giddy/butterfly feelings, followed by a plummeting feeling of fear as I realized I was bisexual”

“Met my gay family here :)

“This is where we snuck into park to crush a couple tallboys and hold each other close.” #queeringthemap🌈

“Where I first kissed my gf - worst kiss ever cause I was young gay and afraid. But three years later and we're still dating so I guess it wasn't as life-ruining as I thought.” #queeringthemap🌈

“we went on our first date here without even knowing it was a date. we went back a few months after and this time we had already said i love you to each other” #queeringthemap

“You told me you were so into me and I believed you.”

“Now the best of all my Tuesday nights! Thanks Tom and all the gang for those lovely hangouts at the sauna, being naked and chating in the steam. Long live Colonial!”

“I met my queer partner in Highschool and I've transitioned since then. Trans stuff is very hard here in rural NZ. l am lucky to have Him and all of my support network.”

“I was walking down this road with my best friend when we both let each other know we were bisexual, and I will always love her for being the first person I spoke it out loud to - however casual it all was.”

“I'm gay in Masterton. Come find me.”

“we used to email back and forth, you from mactown, me from wherever I could walk. we decided then that if half the world couldn't keep us apart, nothing could. though I do wish you read fewer Crichton novels.”

“Gayest seal of the waters. Maybe one day us gay seals will get the love we deserve... Any gay seals in my area? ;)

“maybe we are alone after all, darling”

“met a gay iceberg here”

“i was the gay iceberg”

“you're not alone friend! :)

“More gay penguins over here”

“it's very cold here, I need somebody's jacket ... 😊😊😊😊

“queer penguins <3”

“Met a couple of gay penguins”

“lived in an entirely queer apartment here for the first time and felt so validated”

“never felt 'queer enough' to say it aloud, but i know you know that i really want to kiss you.”

“I keep wondering what would have happened if our timing was better. You are a mystery I am now craving to uncover.”

“It's the New Year. We're smoking outside, huddled because it's so cold. I finally decide to come out to some friends. They were so empathetic and validating, I would have cried if my tear ducts weren't so cold.”

“Camouflage Watched this neighbourhood gay bar start, go through a highly popular period, then decline and close. There was nothing quite like playing backgammon on the bar in those early times before the rest of the community discovered it.”

“this was our first apartment together”

QUEER MEMORY “Though not my first kiss. It was my first time with another woman. First time I fell in love with another woman. Unfortunately it didn't work🙁

“We were truly in love and I ruined it all. I’m so sorry I hurt you. Maybe we weren’t meant to be together. I wasn’t ready but my love was genuine. I hope you are well and happy.”

“A beautiful stranger named Amanda asked me for my phone number. We went on one date, to a board games bar. She was so lovely, and much older. I never saw her after that but I hope she has a lovely, exciting life.”

“Before you, I had kissed 5 other guys, not knowing what I was waiting for. This was first place I kissed and actually felt it.”

QUEER MEMORY “I’m so happy I don’t have a crush on you” she said.

“in love with a boy <3 - some trans dude”

“Fell in love with you in the apartment I was subletting; sunny summer days and fucking loudly with the windows open”

QUEER MEMORY “we went for a walk on a cloudy day, she made a bouquet from weeds and flowers, I pet some friendly cats”

QUEER MEMORY “I got my heart broken by a boy the week I moved there”