It's also going to be about figuring out what being
#queer and being
#bisexual look like for me going forward. Right now, the US is descending into
#fascism and launching terrifying attacks on
#LGBTQRights, especially
#TransRights. One issue that has hit me particularly hard is
#LGBTQBookBans and attempts to remove discussion of
#LGBTQ issues from the school curriculum. I can't change my own personal past, but I can make it easier for
#queer youth to learn who they are and feel safe
#ComingOut sooner than I did. My own long experience in the closet and my desire for kids today to have an easier time and to find an acceptance that I didn't is uniquely a queer experience, and it's also very much part of my own experience of being queer. I want to spare kids today the
#shame and
#grief that I had to go through, and that's something that I don't think a straight person could ever fully understand.