Dear Queerantine,
Let’s give space to our stories
For me, there was no âawakeningâ moment of realizing that Iâm queer. Iâve known since I was a kid that I have romantic fascination towards girls, so it just sorta grew into me the older I get.
Although, when I first knew the term âlesbianâ, it hit me with 0 surprise that Iâm gay. I never saw myself as âdifferentâ until I knowingly learned about it from my surroundings. These somehow created subliminal messages that it simply wasnât possible to have a normal same-sex relationship (at least in where I reside). So I never pursued this.
Then universe proved me wrong. Simply by letting me fell in love twice (I know itâs a rather very small amount in my 26 years of living đ) with 2 spectacular women. I still didnât know how a normal relationship would go but damn these relationships that I had felt perfectly normal and right.
And ladies, thatâs how I learned that maybe itâs true on the outside I am a queer, but I donât feel anything that queer experiencing it.
đ Jakarta, Indonesia
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