From that plague sprung the greatest grassroots activism of this era. AIDS devastated communities of gay men and transgender women, particularly gay men and trans women of color.
Regardless of how you identify, AIDS is a massive part of your history. Queer history isn’t taught in schools - you have to do your own research. You’ll find things you love and things you don’t love (I earnestly can’t get into Glee), but you need to know the media and music and icons that have impacted us. We’ve spent decades pushed to the margins of society, so we celebrate the “otherness” of being cast out of what is still widely seen as the picture of American success (husband, wife, kids, house). All this is much more than celebrity camp and dusty history - it’s a culture shared by your people. Learn about activists like Harvey Milk, Larry Kramer, Harry Hay, and Sylvia Rivera. Learn about our great artistic insurgents like John Waters, Bruce LaBruce, Kenneth Anger, and so many others. Learn the divas we love, from Whitney Houston to Cher. Marathon shows like Queer Eye, Glee, Queer As Folk, The L Word, and Will & Grace, even if you don’t think you’ll like them. Watch films like To Wong Foo, Paris Is Burning, Brokeback Mountain, Mommie Dearest, Taxi zum Klo (pictured), and others. You need to go to a drag show, stand in front of everyone, and give the queen a single. Reach out through social media - or, better yet, in person - to the queer people you know, even if you don’t know them that well (or at all). Message others, and not just through hookup apps. Go to gay bars, even if they make you uncomfortable. You don’t need exclusively queer friends, but you do need a best friend who’s like you, someone you can talk to about sex, relationships, family, and so on.
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But you must spend time with others, whether that means having a group of gay movie friends or queer gamers or playing on a gay sports team. Yes, there are some good reasons to reduce your participation in gay bars (time, money, health). Internalized homophobia - self-shaming, self-hatred - leads many gay men, and many queer people in general, to recreate their closets long after they’re “out” by shunning others, particularly those they consider “flamboyant.” In fact, for some of us, it gets stronger. The desire to distance yourself from them may not vanish after you come out. When you’re in the closet, you fear things associated with being queer - including, primarily, other queer people. There are many gay men who say “I’m not part of the scene” - men who hate gay bars and, presumably, crowds of queer people in general. Because the truth is, there’s nothing to fear at all. This slideshow will break down the ways you can overcome those fears. I sat in those meetings every Thursday for almost five years, so I can assure you that everyone is scared at first - scared of our families finding out, scared of rejection, and scared of each other.
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There’s nothing more beautiful than saying what you are to a room full of strangers who clap for you, and that is something I wish for every queer person. When we went around the room introducing ourselves, many people said things like, “I’m a lesbian” - then, after a pause, “That’s the first time I’ve said that out loud.” That first meeting was filled with other kids like me, fresh from small towns, eager to start their lives. We meet on Thursdays!” I took a flyer and left. Finally, after building some courage, I stepped up. I saw the rainbow flag from a distance and pretended not to see it while I slowly passed every other table. There were hundreds of tables set up where upperclassmen waved and handed out flyers. On the first Saturday of my first year away from home, the field was transformed into a student club fair. A grassy field behind my freshman dorm at college changed - and maybe saved - my life.