*Gilmore Girls because of it reflecting my hetero-facing relationships at the time, but idk who didn't crush on a Lorelai type at some point

Consuming queer media, for me, is bc I am queer, bc of my sexual trauma, bc I appreciate the partner I'm with, & more

We need queer joy

As a child before queer media opened up there was Xena & South of Nowhere & Buffy & L Word; Boys Don't Cry & lots of online anime, supernatural stories also fit; then Gilmore Girls*, etc--but also lots of mm rom too

...never taking full accountability. their "good" performance does not erase the *continued* harm, it is the present.2/2

the original phrase doesn't take into account victims who do everything to counteract what was done to them. it also tries to correlate that trauma makes one a bad person.

trauma does change a person, it does not change who they inherently are at their core.
(2/2)