I have met my people
– that was the first
thing I thought after
reading the tweets
about Berena. After
talking to them all
– and they come from
all over the world –
I have found some of
the greatest friends
who have been there
for me in my darkest
of times.
Being part of the Berena fandom
has brought me a new group of
friends… It has been wonderful
to talk to people about my
personal life and the issues I
had with being true to myself.
To have people I could talk to
as I prepared to speak to my
family. Their support, advice
and kindness have been endless
and I wouldn’t have been able
to do it without them.
Being 45 and 47 ourselves it was a great pleasure
to see a relationship developing from friendship
to lovers between two women of a certain age.
To be represented doesn’t happen often and it
makes us feel a part of the society instead of
strangers on the side.
I have ‘met’ women of
all ages from all ar-
eas of life and the
world. We support each
other not just deal-
ing with the (very
real) anxiety that
their relationship
is over but also
with other issues
such as health,
coming out etc.
Seeing real
life friend-
ships and rela-
tionships form
and the confi-
dence of fans in
their own selves
grow and blossom
through the love
and care of others in
the fandom.
The way I could identify
with the characters made me
realise that bisexuality is
not a deviant way of life (a
prejudice I didn’t even know
I had). It actually made me
realise that even though the
very low number of
my relationship
experiences, I am
not reluctant to
be in one with
either a man or
a woman. And I
am absolutely
enthusiastic!
It took meeting my wife to give
me the strength to come out to
everyone. I knew that even if I
lost everyone else in my life
because of it, I’d still have her. Sometimes all it
takes is that one person in your corner backing you up
to make you brave enough. I think the Berena fandom is
that for a good number of women who join it.