My Pride & Summer TBR (And a Big Announcement!)

First and foremost, Happy Pride Month, friends!

Pride Month is always something of a mixed bag for me. As fun and joyful as Pride can be, I am not always welcome in queer spaces as a bisexual and demisexual woman, especially since I am partnered with a man. Because of this, I am very selective about what Pride events I attend, and most of the time they are organized by fellow bi+ or ace-spec people. It’s alienating and at times hurtful to feel like I’m not “enough” for my own people, but biphobia and ace-spec erasure can’t dampen my pride in who I am and of all that our community is capable of. So in case you need the affirmation today:

You are, in fact, queer enough.
​You do not have to perform queerness.
​You do not owe anyone a receipt of your intimate relationships.
You owe no one a pronoun or a presentation.
You do not have to justify making queer art.
No one has the right to police your queerness.
You (and your loves) belong at Pride as much as anyone else. And if small-minded people won’t open their space to you, I hope you find a way to create a space for yourself — because you absolutely deserve it.

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Now that that’s out of the way, I have A Very Big Announcement:

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