this xoJane "Unpopular Opinion" piece is so hurtful on so, so many levels http://www.xojane.com/issues/if-you-only-date-men-you-dont-get-to-be-queer …
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One of the hardest things for me when coming out was when people dear to me didn't think I was queer because I hadn't dated women
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It was as if there was a "litmus" test for being queer, and that included explicitly having sex/dating people of the same gender
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For whatever reason, at the time I came out as queer, I hadn't dated women. I'd barely had intimate experiences w/ women I was attracted to
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But I knew I was queer. I knew what I was. And I didn't need to date or have sex with women to know that. Some people thought differently.
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But there are MANY, MANY reasons why a queer person might not have engaged in same-sex relationships. It's not up to us to police them.
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It is so incredibly damaging, biphobic, femmephobic to say that you NEED to come out/get treated as queer in order to identify as such.
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And I'm just so disappointed right now. Because that wasn't an unpopular opinion. That's the hurtful status quo I've faced for so, so long.
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So to the folks out there who've had their queerness policed: I hear you. I feel you. I'm with you. You are you.
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@AGVwrites I loved that, as I read through these, @jersing & @mixedbabycaleb appeared in the mentions. The piece is a tragic mess.
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@chrisgeidner@AGVwrites@jersing The piece is a disaster, HOWEVER the comments section is one of the best I've ever seen on an article0 replies 0 retweets 3 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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