@EnergyStarshine@home.social @allisonwyss yes, i mean, i’m definitely not trying to push queerness back in the closet!! but at the same time, the closet is a real part of our heritage and i’m not entirely sure i can get on‐board with the “nuke the closet from orbit” brand of queerness where everything needs to be out in the open or it doesn’t count. i’d like there to still be space for both…

i also don’t see having multiple possible interpretations as a bad thing. like, i’m okay with giving up the conventional “is she straight or is she gay?”, but in its place i want a “is she a trans man or a tomboyish lesbian?”! and, the thing with subtext is you can support both readings simultaneously! whereas if you were explicit about it you would have to settle on one or the other