What the Queer Community Should Have Told Us

1. you are perfect

& also flawed

2. you are allowed to make mistakes

& you must be accountable for them

3. accountability is not a price you pay in blood

for being human

4. justice is not violence

5. integrity & blind obedience

are not the same thing

6. no one’s truth is more important than yours

& your truth is no more important 

than anyone else’s

7. just because someone is famous

does not mean that they are honest

8. your worth cannot be measured

by the number of your scars

9. you are worth saving

& you are worth holding

& you are worth teaching

& you are worth more than political theory

& you are not disposable

& you will not be thrown away

10. your body is not weapon

11. your words are not a curse

12. your intentions do matter

& so do your actions

13. we cannot live without each other

& you belong only to yourself

14. you never owe it to anyone

to hurt or degrade yourself

15. you are allowed to be angry

but you are not allowed to be cruel

16. you are not a political experiment, or symbol, or token, or tool

17. you are precious

18. you are whole

19. you are essential

20. you are a gift

21. you are loved

22. you are loved

23. you are loved

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33. you are loved