To be a Queer is to reject the tidy boxes, labels, and binaries of gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation. More then that, it is to stand in solidarity with everyone who feels marginalized. It is to validate the diversity of identity and experience. Love is never evil, you are who you are, we are none of us a stereotype or a sin or an abomination. I am never "just like you" because we are all of us different. So no, I am not a Lesbian or Bisexual or Straight. I am not a Boy or a Girl, and I wince every time I check the Female box on a form. If we're looking at the spectrum of all of this, I'd say I lean towards the purple end of the spectrum of sexual orientation and the feminine end of gender, that I'm pretty darn mono-amorous and certainly far from asexual.
Mostly I say I'm myself, and I'm Queer.
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