Ten years ago today, 49 of us were murdered at Pulse solely for the crime of existing as ourselves. And it of course brought up a common, repeated conversation within the community: isn’t it safer to hide at least part of yourself? Don’t one of the weird ones. Be respectable.
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Can deadlift over a quarter ton.
Can be brought to my knees by a good back scratch.
Malört: it’s like making out with a smoker who just threw up.
Iconic.
To which I said and say and will always say: Fuck that. I will live as myself or not at all. If I die because I’m being “too gay,” so be it. I don’t negotiate with terrorists.
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