By insisting on this binary idea of being either fully in or fully out, she's completely missing the fact that you can be in the closet *in some situations* while out of it in others. You can come out to your friends, but not your family; come out to family, but not your boss.
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As an atheist, I do not get to declare, "here is what a Muslim author has to do to be Muslim enough for ownvoices." Same goes for any marginalisation I do not share! Those might be conversations that merit having at certain times, but when it happens? My job is not to speak.
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As a straight woman, Haynes has elected to lay down the law, in her professional capacity, as to what she thinks queer authors do or don't get to write about as ownvoices on the basis of how out (or not) they are. And as a queer person, I get to say back: fuck you, you're wrong.
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UGH. Anyway! We now return you to your regularly scheduled whatever.
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