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When moving somewhere 'accepting' doesn't solve belonging issues

I moved to a liberal city thinking I'd finally feel free but the gay scene here is so white and classist that I feel more isolated than I did back home.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Geographic escape cannot address the intersectional exclusions that exist within marginalized communities themselves.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Queer identity as political and personal?”

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