Navigating queer dating and intimacy while living with chronic pain
2d ago· 6 min readenOpinion
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A personal essay exploring the author's experience navigating queer dating and intimacy while living with chronic pain. The piece reflects on a date with a physiotherapy student named Olivia, and the complex feelings of disconnection and invisibility that arise during sexual encounters when one is managing chronic pain.
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· 3 pulledOlivia was one of the few women I'd matched with on the apps.
Sex with her made me want to disappear
When I was living in Toronto and newly single, one of the first people I went on a date with was a physiotherapy student named Olivia.
Olivia was one of the few women I’d matched with on the apps. Sex with her made me want to disappear
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