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I’m curious what people’s ‘ah-ha’ I’m queer moment was? 

I actually assumed I was incapable of loving someone romantically for a while before I realized I was actually just gay 😅 

I was so socially conditioned to assume I liked guys that I never even questioned it - until the actual moment I realized

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big compulsory heterosexuality energy! 

my first a-ha moment was when my bf at the time befriended a lesbian at work, and I would hang out with her and her gf and be so utterly fascinated by them. Then I found an article on autostraddle about bisexuality (it was 2013) and realised that was an option!

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7 years later during 2020 I actually learned about comp het and started to see all the ways in which it manifested in my life. I was in a 6 year relationship with a man at the time but it never quite felt right. 

6 months after that I had met and moved to Scotland to be with my gf, now wife 🥹

you don’t know what you don’t know. it’s why representation and visibility matter. 

But also the ending of this story (ft @hanswhereabouts) made me want to sing this

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you don’t know what you don’t know. it’s why representation and visibility matter. 

But also the ending of this story (ft @hanswhereabouts) made me want to sing this 

http://www.tzr.io/yarn-clip/5ced4f3d-b653-4fa3-93a4-d611c3311659/gif#QGTQQB1a.copy