“first date” by anaum sajanlal
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first date
By anaum sajanlal
Copyright ยฉ anaum sajanlal
Previously published in The BrainScramble Magazine: Valentines, 2025.
Anaum Sajanlal is a genderqueer lesbian writer, whose work centers queerness, survivorship, colonialism, and resistance. They are a settler on Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Mississauga lands, from lands colonially named India and Pakistan. They can be found in Tkaronto playing with their niece/nephew pets, or on Instagram @titus.christ.has.risen.
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