Sense of Place: How it Feels to Belong Somewhere as a Young Gay Man

When you know, you know

Little 21-year-old Liam on his second trip to Berlin, August 2018 [Image courtesy of the author]

Some relationships form before you are even aware of them. Love at first sight is perhaps the most overused example of this, but it can also manifest itself as a song that stays in your brain for days after you hear it only once, or it could be an overriding need to explore a city as soon as you step of the…