Being legibly queer

[kaberett]

It's... something I'm not, by and large, in that I bind and I don't wear female-coded clothing, but that doesn't change the fact that I've got waist-length hair an an alto voice and hips like whoa. And honestly, most of those things I don't mind? But I don't really know, most of the time, how to make myself read queerer than what I already do, how I already dress, in my armour of DMs and cargo shorts and corduroy trousers.

But.

But then Jesus & His Judgemental Father sent me a patch to go with the two albums I ordered from them (one for me, one for the library). And I bought the kind of jacket I've always secretly wanted - heavy cotton, lots of pockets - and I've sewn the patch onto the arm, and I've put all my pin buttons onto the lapels, and I've been going out in public with a rainbow flag and a badge that reads "genderqueer" and.

And I feel scared but I also feel safer for it.

I'm surprised - perhaps I shouldn't be - by how similar this feels to the summer I started spending time in public visibly unshaven. But it does, and I am, and -

- thank you. Thank you, so much, to every single one of you who's made it possible, made it easier, for me to do this. Thank you.

This song is for every teenager who's ever come out... and for every one who hasn't.

Comments

[stormerider]

I dont really have any coats that a patch like that would look good on, but a pin of some kind is definitely something to look into. Thank you for the inspiration!

[lnr]

I'm struggling with words here, but I feel *yay* and *hug-for-the-scariness* and *smile* and *go-you!*

[squigglefish]

This and the other post today resonated rather a lot with me. Things are finally working out, and my therapy sessions have come to an end as well. I guess I should do a proper post about it all.

That Lashings of Ginger Beer Time recording... every time I hear it I end up crying. That's something that NEEDS to exist, and I'd love a proper recording of it.

Thank you, thank you so much

[forthwritten]

That sounds like a very cool jacket.

And is the genderqueer badge one that you got at Notts Pride? I can't remember if you were one of the people who bought some.

[kaberett]

Yes it is & yes it was. :-)