Queerness is the recognition that we are all passing for something as we work out our identities and relationships. By virtue of being human, we are constantly learning about ourselves and therefore pressing up against the boundaries of gender, race, and ultimately the definition of human. Sometimes we perform our identities—who we think we are, what we feel on the inside—and sometimes not. Sometimes we see identity and can read it, and sometimes not, but that doesn’t make it any less real or authentic.
