Navigating queer physical spaces post-lockdown We speak to queer people who embraced their sexuality during lockdown about entering IRL queer spaces for the first time Feature by Eilidh Akilade | 03 May 2021 Queerness binds itself to its spaces – probably because there are so many spaces where queerness cannot truly exist. Whether it’s a club night, a community group or a book shop (Category Is Books has all our hearts), we carve out queer physical spaces so that we may exist, in public, without fear. But the last year has, of course, made it difficult for us to access these queer spaces. As a result, we’ve been doing a whole lot of queer soul searching – just without I Wanna Dance with Somebody blaring in the background. The reopening of queer physical spaces is therefore somewhat of a big deal: it marks a reconnection with a community and with one’s self, especially for young people and people just coming to terms with their sexuality.