Queer
Being out as queer is a new-to-me identity and it’s very important to me. In 2024, it really landed for me that the acceptance of queerness is vital to a productive, progressive, equitable future for everyone. If power structures are not able to accept 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, we aren’t truly free. Queering gender, sexuality, and relationships are all natural ways of being and if those are rejected, were aren’t free.
There are a number of intersectional ways of being human that need to be accepted along with queerness and I am supportive of all of them. I am not a visible minority and remain open and vigilant to ensure that my own world is anti-racist and challenging white supremacy culture as much as possible.
I am not cis-gender and have known that as far back as I can remember. In summer 2024. I started hormone replacement therapy and it has been a dream. I don’t know where it’s going, but I feel closer to my own vision of me than I ever imagined I could be. It’s not about pursuit of a different gender – it’s about an internal peace that hasn’t been achieved any other way.
I am extremely motivated to support the queer community.