Y'know that quote about “if you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room”
Also applies to queerness and neurodivergency
idk how to compare those lol
The original quote’s purpose is to say that you should always seek out people smarter than you for your own intellectual development.
If I’m the gayest and most mentally ill person in the room, I need to find a room with more gay and mentally ill people for my own gay and mentally ill development.
Saw Princess Mononoke in IMAX, I’m so glad I did. This is such an amazing film. I noticed so many things I didn’t notice before, and understood more of the story than the first time I saw it.
In ~these times~ it is important for queer people to be reminded of what “coming out” originally meant. “Coming out” did not mean telling all of your co-workers something super stigmatized and vulnerable about you, wearing your queer status on your sleeve in public, informing the police or government institutions about your sexuality, or even telling your parents. “Coming out” meant venturing out into the queer community; being among other queers as a queer yourself.
Coming out isn’t about telling the entire world when doing so is not safe for you, it’s not about arming your enemies with information they could use against you. No, coming out is about making a fulfilling queer life possible for yourself through participation in the queer community. It is about escaping the restrictions and dangers of the cisgender heterosexual world by rooting oneself more deeply into the queer one.
And you can always do that. No matter how oppressed we are. No matter how much the culture shifts and policies are enacted to terrorize us. We are always able to be ourselves when we are amongst each other. And living our queerness has always been a collective social project, not just a matter of personal exposure.
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