On being “queer”

Queer manifesto
(c) 2009 by Realsupergirl

I identify as queer. I am not a lesbian. I am, technically, bisexual, but more often than not I choose to identify as queer.

Queer is not just about who you are fucking or who you are married to. Queer is a way of seeing the world, an assertion of what your values are.

I am queer because I believe people should have equal rights, regardless of whether they fuck men, fuck women, like kinky sex, polyamorous relationships, or don’t fit into the rigid gender binary.

I am queer because I believe capitalism needs to be regulated and economic class determines our place in the world and affects our political perspective more than just about anything else.

I am queer because I believe it is important to work with people who don’t always agree with me in order to protect other people’s rights and to protect the environment.

I am queer because I reject politics of rigid absolutes. I am queer because I don’t want to live in a world with rigid absolutes.

I am queer because I believe love is the defining force in the universe, in both its presence and its absence.

~ by realsupergirl on September 23, 2009.