All Boys Aren't Blue

by George M. Johnson

If you don’t identify as Black, African American, or queer, don’t use these slurs in full, which can be harmful to others. You can use common abbreviations, like n-word or f-word instead.

It’s as if the more visible LGBTQIAP+ people become, the harder the heterosexual community attempts to apply new norms.

trauma has a funny way of showing up in our lives during the moments when we least expect it.

People being allowed to be called by their chosen names and their gender pronouns is the rule.

Homophobia denies queer people happiness.

Navigating in a space that questions your humanity isn’t really living at all. It’s existing. We all deserve more than just the ability to exist.

She just sometimes also needed to bark to get it out of her system.

Be bold and brave and queer.

Love who you want to love and do it unapologetically, including that face you see every day in the mirror.

that is what coming out truly is. It is not a final thing. It’s something that is ever occurring. You are always having to come out somewhere. Every new job. Every new city you live in. Every new person you meet, you are likely having to explain your identity.