hi, i'm a (femme? i don't really know for sure) french lesbian who's half mixed russian/belarusian/ukrainian/polish and i feel seen for the first time in my life. i thought slavic lesbians didn't exist. thank you for running this blog. it means so much to me to know that out there, there are people like me, that i am not alone, that you can conciliate both a slavic identity and a queer one. thank you so much. thank you.
First of all, I want to say that I love you so, so much. You are loved and welcome here 💖💓💗
It is very hard to consolidate a Slavic and wlw identity. I’m very lucky in that I am tough-skinned and grew up in the west and with a relatively accepting mother (not father, though) that never really perpetrated homophobia in the household and was willing to learn. I’m not out to her yet, but that is my decision for both our comforts. I never really had internalised homophobia, but I know what it is like to struggle with self-acceptance, and wanting to still be true to your roots.
For the longest time I thought I could either be a lesbian, or Russian/Slavic. I couldn’t be both, because both didn’t exist, but they do. There have been thousands of others like us before, and we continue to live on for them. Just by existing you are making your predecessors proud, and they are watching over you and cheering you on.
С любовью ✨
