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In treatment
I felt like a high schooler going to prom. This was what I'd been waiting for for years. Finally, my turn had come. Three years and four...
Connor O'Donoghue
Aug 20, 2023


Bear Carnival
(First published on Medium on 10 April 2023) I thought Gran Canaria Bear Carnival would be a great way to mark the beginning of my new...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 25, 2023


Livet er nå
(I wrote this piece to submit to an anthology about tattoos and it wasn’t selected for publication, so I decided to share it here...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 25, 2023


A life less measured
(First published on Medium on 27 November 2022) Content warning: eating disorders I weighed myself for the last ever time one Sunday...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 25, 2023


I made a show
(First published on Medium on 25 September 2022) I wrote the poem about my foreskin on the short train ride from work to Clapham...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 25, 2023


I went on First Dates
(originally published on Medium on 3rd March 2022) When I applied to be on Channel 4’s First Dates, I knew with certainty that I would...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 25, 2023
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