Inkmarks On Empty Dreams

Jenny's Story “In the early 1980’s a beautiful charismatic Somali girl met a hard working British/South African man traveling and working around East and Southern Africa. By 1994 I had arrived into the world. Due to my father’s work commitments, they had chosen to raise myself and my sibling in Malawi. The city of Lilongwe is filled with vibrant people and culture, my childhood was filled with nothing but wonderful adventures because of this. I pretty much knew from the get go that I was somewhat different. The word ‘gay’ to me was completely unknown, totally alien. My first experience of this word came from hearing various stories about how disgusting and criminal gays were to society. At the time, homosexual acts were illegal. Witnessing a man taunted and beaten in the street validated the fact that in no way would I ever express my sexuality in this country, the thought was completely terrifying. -When my parents decided that that we would be making the permanent move to...

I am in awe and ecstatic to share this wonderful life story. I started looking after articles about women with impaired vision loss and their struggle with trying to have a normal and healthy life and also that are open with their sexual desires. I found an amazing book by Laurie Rubin who happens to be a woman without sight, that loves women as her partners in life, also she’s Jewish and last but not least, she’s a famous opera singer (mezzo-soprano). She wrote an amazing autobiography „ Do You Dream In Color? – Insights from a girl without sight by Laurie Rubin ” and this will certainly be my next beautiful read. It can be found here : https://www.amazon.com/Do-You-Dream-Color-Insights/dp/1609804244/ref=la_B009ANLXCC_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350921283&sr=1-1 Also this beautiful article for www.out.com is truly breathtaking, on how important is to be a strong, motivated and loving human being , although life hasn’t been kind with health nor does the music industry. I imagined myself ...