Hello Grandsire

Written By Sonny Oram

Whenever you left, I could never bring myself to say goodbye

So instead I said hello

On your last day you couldn’t talk

I assured you that I would carry on your legacy 

That all I needed to do was grow a beard and I’d look exactly like you

Your cheek muscles twitched and your eyes smiled 

You were laughing

The next morning my brain woke up but my body wouldn’t move

Dad knocked on my door and I knew you were gone before he said a word 

Hello Grandsire 

Sonny Oram

Sonny Oram is the founder of Qwear and a leading voice in the queer fashion movement. For over a decade, he has been documenting, writing about, and experimenting with queer fashion, amplifying the voices and stories of LGBTQIA+ individuals. His expertise has been featured in major media outlets like HuffPost, BuzzFeed, Design*Sponge, and QTYPE Magazine, and he spoke at South by Southwest for the first official queer fashion panel in 2016.

Through Qwear, Sonny has launched powerful campaigns, including the award-winning #ThisIsWhatAsexualLooksLike with Yasmin Benoit, and continues to create spaces for underrepresented communities to be seen. He also utilizes search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to bring more diversity to online search results, ensuring that terms like “androgynous style,” “bisexual style,” and “asexual” reflect a broader range of experiences.

Sonny is also the author of the foreword for “Queer and Trans Fashion Brands: Resistance and Revolution in the 21st Century” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025).

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