Status Updates From Real Queer America: LGBT St...

Progressive laws & policies may help queer people thrive but they are not what keeps us going; friendship is our fuel. You could re-ban same- sex marriage in Tennessee and make it illegal for me to use the women’s restroom here, but I would still probably choose it. At least I would have fresh air to breathe and pleasant company to share it with. Because love is what does the heavy lifting in queer survival.

“There is a difference, it seems, between an oasis and a utopia: when you’re in a desert, an oasis can be a single well of water in the sand—or, in
this case, one college town with an incredible queer bar. A watering hole doesn’t make the desert safe; it just makes it habitable.”

this book blatantly calling out blue city liberals in red states for mocking rural communities and how there ARE STILL queer people in those areas!! oh my god. im deeply enjoying this book