My roommate and I are both bi but she thinks I'm not 'queer enough' because I'm in a relationship with a man, and while she's never said it directly, I can feel her judgment and it's making our shared living situation tense. We used to bond over our shared identity but now it feels like she doesn't think I belong in queer spaces anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are navigating how visibility and relationship choices affect their sense of authentic belonging.
“Where Are You with Queer identity as political and personal?”
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