Being part of the LGBTQ+ community means growning up in societies where we are not supported or embraced by the majority. If we are lucky enough to have a family or friends who support and love us for who we are, we all ingest toxic messaging about being “wrong,” or “sinful,” or “broken.” These messages are not abscent in the queer community. Depending on your intersecting identities, you may be told you are “not queer enough,” or “not desirable,” or “not welcome” in the comm

I have never chosen a partner to make a political point. However, I live in a country where my body and my sexuality are constantly under attack by the government. So, even though my attraction and connection with someone is not driven by my politics, who I love is inherently political. I have been thinking a lot about the intersection of my love life with my political life lately. With the threat to women, LGBTQ folks, POC and others by the incoming administration, I feel a