thoughts on being queer
i've been wrestling with some ideas about what it means to be queer lately and-
I feel it's a title that we as a non-cis/non-het community have reclaimed in order to create a sense of unity
I really like to use the term both because I have vague gender feelings (which resulted in nothing) but also because I want to feel closer to all the folks who don't identify as both cis and straight
thoughts on being queer
it also doesn't preclude you being other things, more so than queer itself- I look at queer as us, the group, more so than I look at it as me, the identity
i don't know how to approach the harm it's done to folks but- in my opinion reclaiming it is a part of putting harm behind oneself is an important part to destroying the grip that a homogenized society has had on us
thoughts on being queer
if you ever see me saying I'm queer- it's a statement of me telling you I am with all of you, regardless of if you're gay, trans, bi, agender, asexual, a lesbian, demisexual/gender, multi-gender, whatever
i want us to stick together
that doesn't mean we have to get along- but it means that when it comes down to it, we have each others' backs
thanks
thoughts on being queer
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thoughts on being queer
@vahnj It's kind of odd because queer was originally a self-descriptor from what I've heard, then TERF-ish sort of people tried to 'declaim' it and so a lot of people now consider it a slur to be reclaimed and a lot of people don't so ????
thoughts on being queer
@Felthry when I used to think about it, I thought about the term, "there's only two types from Texas- steers and queers"
It was always sold as a pejorative to me, and eff that noise, I'm queer as fuck now
thoughts on being queer
as far as being a measurement of "how much" it goes into, i don't think of queer as a term that cares about magnitude- it's an umbrella term i want to stand behind with folks to stand up and be proud of all of us together
I don't know of a better way to do that- and even if someone doesn't identify with being queer I still want to feel a sense of unity with them regardless of the term
LGBT+/QUILTBAG/is too much for me and this is the best I feel I have