Welcome to Queer Realities

(Repost from Substack when I moved my blog) This song in the above's title repeated over and over in my head while I was thinking about this concept. The concept of queer and trans people being liked and accepted when it comes to entertaining others until we ask for rights, and suddenly we’ve gone too far. That’s right, your bigoted Uncle has probably secretly watched Drag Race, listened to Lady Gaga with fervor, or even *gasp* gone to the theater to see a play. Queer people

There is discourse going around in the online political sphere that started when Hasan Piker or Hasanabi, a popular Twitch podcaster, stated that he would rather vote third party than vote for Gavin Newsom. Immediately, liberal democrats descended on him, saying that he doesn’t actually care about the democrats. Thing is, he doesn’t! So many of us are simply doing damage control. You think we would vote for the democrats if there was a viable 3 rd party or if we had ranked

By Jon Tyson on Unsplash I, like many were livid when I heard that Ilhan Ohmar, the representative in Minnesota, was sprayed by a right-wing attacker with some unknown substance. And yet, stood strong through the rest of her speech to her town hall. It’s admirable. But one point that she highlighted, was why this even happened in the first place. “Now, in the four years when Joe Biden was president, my death threats went almost to zero”, she had told The Guardian. She goes on

The feeling of helplessness is overwhelming For the past year, since February 20th, 2025, I have been in disability Limbo. Meaning I have been waiting for a year for a determination on my claim for social security disability. The waiting has been excruciating. Not only because I’m impatient in general, but because my partner and I have had to live in poverty while waiting. In regards to my ability, I can only physically work 1-2 days per week for a max of maybe 5-6 hours. And