The New Queer Conscience (Pocket Change Collective)

by Adam Eli

Queer people anywhere are responsible for queer people everywhere.

We must prioritize and protect our most marginalized members, those whose lives are at the greatest risk. The freer we are, the more responsibility we have.

We do not qualify, deny, or question a person’s belonging to the queer community. No one queer experience is more valid than another.

Showing up, applauding, and supporting queer people is a radical and vital act of self-love in a world that constantly tells us we are not enough.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “My dear spouse used to say the true symbol of the US is not a bald eagle. It is the pendulum. And when it goes very far in one direction you can count on it coming back.”