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in reply to @aurahack18's post:
I think it always comes back to "write what you know" anyone can write their take on a queer experience but only you can write your take on YOUR queer experience
That's a pretty different thing, and even then I don't think I'd really set the wall of 'write what you know' for someone who isn't queer wanting to write an experience about it. They can research, they can ask friends, they can see what that experience is like from their lens because I think all points of view are invaluable to getting people to understand what it's like.
I don't just need people to understand what it's like for me, I also need people to see others who empathise with me.
the act of expressing any observation of queerness whatsoever is queer. queer is the state of being aware of something outside of the default narrative without rejecting it. it's almost uselessly vague as a term, except not; it comes in right under the wire and serves exactly the purpose it needs to, without making it possible to weaponize it for gatekeeping without looking like a clown.
the only question worth asking - if you need to ask one at all - is "does this art make me feel unsafe in a way that needs to be actionable." that's what people actually mean when they bring this up, and there is no test for that, it's a judgement call.
Unfortunately, the policing of queer content has always been a thing. Especially from queer people. The Author of "Dear Simon" having to come out of the closet to the world. The weird demand that queerness somehow conforms to their experience. I notice it with younger people especially