So here’s the thing, I’ve been pondering over something for awhile now and I thought, where better to turn for advice than to all you good folks here? So, I’ve kinda been wrestling with my own perception about my gender and sexuality. Feels a bit like putting together a jigsaw puzzle whilst not really knowing what the final picture is supposed to look like. You know what I mean?
Like, for the longest time, I’d just gone along with the belief that I was straight and cisgender, cause that was what was expected. I mean, it’s kinda what we’re set up to believe, right? But lately, I’ve been questioning things. It’s kind of like when they revealed who Banksy is, and suddenly all those art pieces fitted into place - except the Banksy in this story is my own identity and… well, the reveal ain’t quite there yet!
What triggered it, if you’d like me to be honest, is when I got to know some fabulous people from the LGBTQ+ community a few months back. Seeing the freedom with which they expressed themselves, their identities… it was empowering. From talking about queer movies like Happy Together (seen it, btw, pretty much blew my cinematographic mind) to discussing game-changing sports personalities like Megan Rapinoe - it all sparked something inside me. Like, suddenly there’s this whole spectrum that colors more vividly than the black & white I was 🤔
