Ailbhe

“To me, “queerness” is an alienation from a heteronormative code that governs bodies, genders, and their processes — sexuality, birth, death, and inheritance — in order to preserve social, economic, and political power for those who have it [and] to continue it into future generations.”
― Kazim Ali, Our Deep Gossip: Conversations with Gay Writers on Poetry and Desire

“Being Indian has never been about returning to the land. The land is everywhere or nowhere.”
― Tommy Orange, There There