These days when I don’t feel “queer enough,” I try to remember that queerness isn’t a box to check—it isn’t even tied to a goal. Queerness exists as a vehicle—an engine that stokes our curious brains, conjuring new ideas for what tomorrow could become. Queerness has the power to launch us into Muñoz’s “collective futurity,” a world where community remains fundamental to everything we do. If we can shed the weight of individualism, we can achieve so much more than assimilation. We can soar past “equality” until that concept is far behind us, just a tiny blinking star.
