You might be well accustomed with the phrase “compulsory heterosexuality” if you’re a member of the LGBT+ community, or conceivably even just a tremendously good ally,. Perchance you’ve tried it to describe why you felt coerced into dating another sex in university, or perhaps you’ve muttered it as you passed by a little babe putting on a garmet emblazoned using the words “lady killer” or something like that similarly fatuous.

It’s a term frequently used to convey exactly just how straightness is enforced by patriarchal culture, and a regular subject of discourse among queer people. Continue reading Why do lesbians take more time to realise they’re homosexual? →