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Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier
Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier

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I Met a Guy in a Gay Sauna in Berlin and Now I’m Going to Canada

Opening up to new opportunities — I was asleep when he first saw me, passed out on a massage bed in the Ruheraum of the Boiler men’s sauna. The room is no bigger than a train station Starbucks, housing two parallel rows of about ten beds, as seen through a glass wall allowing visitors to seek…

Gay

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I Met a Guy in a Gay Sauna in Berlin and Now I’m Going to Canada
I Met a Guy in a Gay Sauna in Berlin and Now I’m Going to Canada
Gay

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Aug 15

I Landed a Job Interview in the Steam Room of a Gay Sauna

How to make those first impressions count — Three months ago, I moved back to my home city in Western Australia. Being a good deal smaller than the country’s more famous neighbours on the east coast, Perth accommodates a queer population similarly reduced in scope and scale. The unexpected benefit of this, however, is the ease with which…

Work

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I Landed a Job Interview in the Steam Room of a Gay Sauna
I Landed a Job Interview in the Steam Room of a Gay Sauna
Work

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Prism & Pen

·Aug 9

Provocative on Purpose: One Artist’s 40-Year Celebration of Queer Desire

“LGBTQ+ people need to see themselves represented” — Moments of discovery are usually the result of two things. The first is general word-of-mouth: recommendations from a friend, the things you need to see, to go to, to listen to. The second is somewhat less commonplace, being encounters with brilliance that spring from the fantastic random. The accidental discovery…

Art

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Provocative on Purpose: One Artist’s 40-Year Celebration of Queer Desire
Provocative on Purpose: One Artist’s 40-Year Celebration of Queer Desire
Art

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Prism & Pen

·Jul 2

‘If I Have Abs, I Won’t be Lonely’

Body beauty as social utility — By and large, western society is informed by visual media. Just about everyone has a smartphone, or at least access to social media platforms, and will likely be no more than two taps away from seeing a plethora of slim, fit starlets laughing in sun loungers. The prevailing standard of…

Body Image

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‘If I Have Abs, I Won’t be Lonely’
‘If I Have Abs, I Won’t be Lonely’
Body Image

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Invisible Illness

·May 2

Case Study in Happiness: Riding a Bike with My Brother in London

How to identify joy, and what triggers it — Right now, I am in Australia, having arrived here at the start of April and thus marking my first return home since 2016. …

Family

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Case Study in Happiness: Riding a Bike with My Brother in London
Case Study in Happiness: Riding a Bike with My Brother in London
Family

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Prism & Pen

·Apr 4

What I Learned Seeing My Ex One Last Time Before I Moved to Australia

How it feels to say goodbye, for good — My ex-boyfriend walked into my life, quite literally, on the 27th of January, 2022. It was my first night working behind the bar of a local pub when he appeared in a flash of sandy blond starlight, his heart-shaped face framed in dark stubble and thin circular glasses. …

Relationships

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What I Learned Seeing My Ex One Last Time Before I Moved to Australia
What I Learned Seeing My Ex One Last Time Before I Moved to Australia
Relationships

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SNAPSHOTS

·Mar 6

Poster-Spotting on the Underground: TÁR (Kings Cross, London)

Catching Cate on my commute — On perhaps as many occasions as I can count on one hand, have I seen a film in its initial release that lives on in my head and heart as a vital moment of discovery, awe, and inspiration. Tár is one such film. Being a dialogue-laden character study, spearheaded by…

Cinema

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Poster-Spotting on the Underground: TÁR (Kings Cross, London)
Poster-Spotting on the Underground: TÁR (Kings Cross, London)
Cinema

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The Riff

·Feb 22

Australia and Classical Music: Returning Home to Chase a Dream

Starting from scratch and pursuing my passion — I have loved classical music for as long as I can remember. There is no specific reason for this, as I neither had musical parents nor any zealous teachers to push piano keys under my fingernails. …

Home

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Australia and Classical Music: Returning Home to Chase a Dream
Australia and Classical Music: Returning Home to Chase a Dream
Home

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SNAPSHOTS

·Jan 2

Sunglitter Homeland, Ribboned in Bluesky

Poem for Australia — Hair combed by daylight, skin rich with sun, Nights spent in t-shirts through hours that run Silent in daybreak, beneath sky benched with green, Into blue afternoons softened with heat, Whispered and stinging to finally reach The still evening light that falls at your feet. Toes twined with sand, Hands wrapped…

Poetry

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Sunglitter Homeland, Ribboned in Bluesky
Sunglitter Homeland, Ribboned in Bluesky
Poetry

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Prism & Pen

·Dec 20, 2022

A Gay Guy Invited Me to Toronto and I Fell for the City Instead

A boy’s own (Canadian) adventure — It was my 26th birthday last week and I am soon to be at the point of choosing between the northern and southern hemispheres. …

LGBTQ

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A Gay Guy Invited Me to Toronto and I Fell for the City Instead
A Gay Guy Invited Me to Toronto and I Fell for the City Instead
LGBTQ

6 min read

Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier

Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier

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Gay writer who will always talk to strangers // Australian, 26 // Keith Haring & classical music // https://bit.ly/liam-hrl-portfolio

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