Sunday, April 16, 2023

 What does Queering the norm mean to me?

Queer used to be a bad word used to describe people who didn’t fit in to the box that society put us all in. The box is labeled Normal. If you don’t do things the way society thinks you, should you be placed outside of the box and labeled Queer.  The thing that I am finding out is that Queer is not just people in the LGBTIQ community but for others that may see themselves as heterosexual but do not fit into societies box. I am a heterosexual person that hates sex.  My husband used to think I must be cheating on him because that would be the only reason that I didn’t want sex.  That’s what people do to connect to each other on a deeper level. I don’t want to connect that way. So, I would say that I am queer in a way as well. In fact, if we were to take a deep look at people in society and find out things about others, most would in some way not fit the “norm” description. More people would be queer which I look at as just being different than what is normal in the eyes of society. Maybe being queer is the new normal. We are all strange or have our own troubles ad isn’t that what queer really means?

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