On Loving Women
thegavoice.comWe love women and the women who love them! I gathered three proud women-loving women (WLW) and dear friends of the Georgia Voice to ask them questions about their identity, the realities of womanhood, and how embracing their sexualities allowed them to embrace themselves. Emily Burns 22 Writer 1+ year of identifying as bisexual In what ways does homophobia make being a WLW different than being a straight woman? Homophobia is quite literally everywhere.
I have experienced it from former friends, strangers, even my family. Being a woman is difficult in its own right, as our rights to our bodies are constantly up for debate.
Being queer adds to that [difficulty] tenfold. All over this country we see elected officials attempting and sometimes passing laws that are essentially taking away our right to exist.
For example, the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill that just passed in Florida, which is now being attempted to be replicated in Georgia legislature.
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