Every now and again I come across folks, groups and agencies that develop maps that change the way we can view the world. Queering the Map is one such map that makes me laugh and cry all at the same time.
I would love to say that I go to the map to look at the people and places around me, the places I have visited, the places I want to go...but I don't really. I look at the places my son has chosen to honour. I look at what he wrote about coming out and the people who were important to him then (and now). It makes me laugh and cry all at the same time because those days were filled with the highest and lowest emotions I have felt in my life.
In those early days it was hard to see other people in my same situation, or other kids like my kids. There wasn't a lot of (positive) visibility in the media for trans folks. We live in a very small town that on the surface appears white, cisgender and heterosexual. But when I see a map like THIS it makes me feel so much better. The world is full of people like my kids. It's full of people who celebrate and struggle and live and experience it all - the good, the bad, and the ugly. I'm here for all of it.
If you're feeling isolated, like there's no one out there experiencing something similar to you, take a moment to look at the world through a different lens. We're almost never truly alone.
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