“I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t queer,” says KW, the guitar player and co-vocalist of post-doom duo Vile Creature, casting his mind back to his childhood and the time he turned 11. “I have really vibrant memories. I came out of the closet in my bedroom to a guy called Donald in Grade Five when he came over to play,” KW – who uses he/him pronouns – continues. “He asked me if that meant that I liked dresses. I also remember having a conversation with my sister in Grade Nine and I don’t think she understood because the verbiage I had at the time involved bisexuality. She was just like, ‘Oh, great! So we can go shopping together!’ That was the very early 2000s. I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t queer and interested i...
