The change in the number of queer people you see over time is not an indication that more queer people exist, it is an indication that less queer people are in the closet.
this is certainly true, but i do also think that when queer identities are more visible they seem more possible, so people are more likely to entertain their queer inclinations rather than just assuming there’s nothing there. does that make sense? like my gender id is a weird wobbly nonbinary thing that im only able to identify as being queer because im aware of nonbinary as an identity. otherwise id just assume I was a woman. but like, if i wasnt aware of it, i wouldnt say i was in the closet. does that make sense?
This definitely makes sense don’t worry! And I don’t want to dismiss that experience, because not only is it completely valid, but I also share it.
But I would like to say that I may have a slightly different definition of what “in the closet” means. This is something that no one is under any obligation to agree with, but I often think that being in the closet can exist before you are aware of your situation. I think this primarily because in my experience and according to many other people I have met; even if you didn’t quite know what you were hiding, you knew not to say everything.
Examples of this being, never really telling anyone how weird it felt when people called you something associated with gender, or not mentioning how pretty you think your best friend is.
In fact I often say things like “when I was in the closet, even in my own head”.
I’m not saying that narrative fits everyone, but I hope that it can give some context on what I meant in this post.
Okay so I just got off the phone with them. I talked to a trans girl named Aurora & she was super helpful! She gave me a few doctors to talk to & encouraged me to seek therapy instead of just rushing to get my pills. She literally found a trans friendly therapist in my town & I would definitely recommend giving them a call!
Check out their website for monetary help here! People can apply for ID assistance in the form of microgrants, which I previously had no idea about! Also trans folks can train to be a hotline operator, how awesome is that??
Today in chemistry we did a lab where we burned different chemical compounds to see what color flame would be produced and my group mixed all of the compounds together, and this was result
fire is gay culture confirmed
I was looking for a different gif but this will do.
The dryad awoke with the sun, yawning in the pale light. She stretched then got out of bed with an easy grace.
The mermaid slept on, muttering in her native language, complaining about the early hour. She returned to the sleepy seas after her sylvan wife gently kissed her forehead.
Creeping into the kitchen and whistling bird songs, the dryad began the day’s most important task: making coffee.
She slid a trowel’s worth of silt into one side of the machine and a handful of coral into the other. Breakfast prep came next.
“Good morning, lazy scales,” the dryad teased the mermaid as she finally came into the kitchen. Hair as wild as a storm, tail drifting back and forth, eyes as bleary as a treasure map, the mermaid began to reply but opted instead to simply stick out her tongue and make a silly vrrpt noise.
Giggling, the dryad set the table and laid out their breakfast.
My dad: “So if your pronouns are they and them, how should I refer to you when I brag about you? My daughter? My son?”
Me: “Mom’s just been calling me her kid or her child.”
My dad: “I shall call you…my Eldest Spawn.”
I feel like it’s worth noting that he was wearing a Cthulu t-shirt when this happened.
My Latin teacher always used the term “parental unit(s)” to refer to parents/guardians regardless of actual role on paper and/or gender, and I would like to also add “spawn” to that vocabulary now.
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