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deadlesbianwife's avatar

Religion is lesbian and gender is lesbian ๐Ÿฆ„๐Ÿฆ„

jaz's avatar

who are you who have i stumbled upon. this made me cry. so wonderfully written. thank you for putting into words how i feel. happy pride month๐Ÿ’Œ

kaitlyn's avatar

i hope you have had a wonderful pride month <3 thank you for reading

Collin G's avatar

Beautiful Read, Refreshing take. I have always seen "being queer has saved me" in some variation mainly through media or "I wouldn't choose anything else" and I think about my experiences, and I haven't really felt that strong in it "saving me" I've always seen my queerness as just an extension of me. Like another language I can speak haha. But when you put it as it made you a better friend, and how you shared it made you more attentive in your relationships I think about mine and swiftly agreed. I'm not sure who I would've been without my gay identity. I was never an angry person but a very close minded and timid one. I was the funny guy and nothing else was beyond that. Discovering myself has made me quite the challenging person when the topic is something I believe in. Or I'm just immensely empathetic like all the time. I never really took that quiet change into consideration. Thank you for sharing this. It's July now and no longer pride month but Happy Pride <3

kaitlyn's avatar

how amazing is it that we are able to say that queerness opened our worlds up to deeper experiences! happy pride <3

des's avatar

โ€œi wish that i could claw open my ribcage and present my bloodied heart to those that i love, watch them consume a part of me, wipe my blood off of their lips, and then beg them to allow me the same reverence.โ€ Absolutely beautiful

Cassie Gray's avatar

Beautiful piece. I resonated deeply with this: โ€œqueer love, to me, is the purest form of the feeling. there is no element of transaction, or role-fulfillment, or biological function. the love is just love with no greater purpose.โ€

lilnzk's avatar

best entry Iโ€™ve read this month !! to be queer is to be free :)

kaitlyn's avatar

what an honor to hear that! thank you :)

maria cecilia's avatar

i think you just changed my entire life with this

thank you

i always knew i experienced my queerness as something kinda magical and spiritual but i've never put it into words like this

i felt this in my bones and deep in my soul

it's so beautiful that we even exist

kaitlyn's avatar

it is always so special to hear that what i have written has put words to someone elseโ€™s feelings! how cool that we are not alone in the way we feel about anything

Spaces Between....'s avatar

Soooo beautiful โค๏ธ. That's what I've been feeling lately, thanks for articulating it very clearly ๐Ÿฅน

Mio Mirador's avatar

religion and its inevitable similarities with queerness. no one else could have articulated that point better than you. i loved this piece - it is, just as queerness, beautiful

kaitlyn's avatar

wow, i am HONORED that you think that. iโ€™m so glad you enjoyed, thank you for your kind words :)

Lindy G.'s avatar

Stunning piece!

Rosina ๐Ÿฉป's avatar

I feel a similar way, I am so thankful to be able to love women. Your writing has a brilliant vibrancy to it, which I love about your work. Thank you for sharing x

kaitlyn's avatar

thank you for reading <4

vi's avatar

kaitlyn this is stunningly written, relate so hard

kaitlyn's avatar

thank you so so much :)

bunnyโ‚ŠหšโŠนโ™ก's avatar

Worshiping my queerness as a femme4butch dyke ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ™

maya ๐ŸŒ™'s avatar

Queerness makes me cherish all my relationships so much more!! The fact that I allow myself to feel so much romantic love for girls and enbys is genuinely a privilege. Iโ€™m able to value friendships more because Iโ€™ve become so accepting towards other peopleโ€™s differences. Iโ€™m so thankful for the supportive family members I have and I know their support brings us closer together. I have so much more appreciation for every human being because Iโ€™m so attuned to all the weird and queer and amazing ways a human can be!!!

Indie V's avatar

I stg I was thinking about this and youโ€™ve written it so beautifully ๐Ÿฅฒ

nina ๊จ„๏ธŽ's avatar

beautifully said <33 this perfectly encapsulates how i feel. i'm almost shocked i've never seen someone put it like this before. it's unfortunate that the more 'popular' feeling to ascribe to queerness is shame, because being queer is the best thing to have ever happened to me, and has saved me.