Sarah W

Sarah grew up in Southend, Essex, surrounded by “Essex Girl” stereotypes that she was keen to reject. As an extrovert, she has always used clothing as part of her self-expression, from teenage indie looks to feminist T-shirts and “big floofy skirts”. She works for a UK children’s charity while studying for an MA in Queer History, and lives in South-East London, with her partner and their two cats.

Where I grew up in Essex, there was a very specific, lesbian uniform that was big baggy jeans and short spiky hair and pierced eyebrows. I didn't really see that anything of that in myself, so it didn't cross my mind growing up that I could be lesbia
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I think on any given day, I might look a little bit different to another day. But broadly, I like bold prints, I generally wear skirts. And I wear a lot of colours. Sometimes I have to go to political party conferences, so I'll wear a pencil skirt,
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I definitely don't get read as queer a lot in queer spaces, unless I'm snogging my girlfriend. I can see that in a completely straight space, there are more things about me that stick out. Whereas when I'm in a really, really queer space, I feel well
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