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QUEERING UP QUARANTINE WITH MY CHOSEN FAMILY

When I heard the news that the UK was going into lockdown in March 2020, I pretty much ran downstairs to lock the doors and hold my housemates hostage. A surprising reaction, I must say, from someone who has always thought of themselves as fiercely independent.

They had already spoken about potentially fleeing back to their family homes if this situation were to arise and I was terrified of being left on my own. I could have also made a run for it across the border and back to Wales, but

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