Under the influence
LGBTea
Of course, I wouldn’t want kids to suffer the lack of LGBTQ+ influencers I experienced. But closeted kids need better role models that will help them embrace their identities.
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Author Archives: Nicholas Clark
Lap dancing with the devil
LGBTea
Being in an environment that actively undermines your identity can cause so much angst and dread that the only solution is to escape.
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Freeing Britney and me
LGBTea
The second a gay man wears a dress, the universe explodes. So instead, queer men often focus our energy on these pop divas — the only acceptable way to express our femininity.
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Saving the day
LGBTea
There was such a lack of queer representation in these superhero franchises that I could only relate to a character’s grief and agony. I was grasping at straws to find the faintest connection between my life and that of a hero.
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The fallout of coming out
LGBTea
Nothing can genuinely depict coming out and the effect it’ll have on you — the mixed emotions of peace of mind and distress, the combination of happily ever after and Shakespearean tragedy.
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Swallowing my pride
LGBTea
Pride is a political statement. But it’s also more than that. It’s about surviving against the odds. It’s about celebrating and showing support for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Conceal, don’t feel
LGBTea
Maybe I was born with it or maybe it was the five pounds of makeup on my face, but I felt like I was in a Maybelline commercial as I strutted to class.
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The drag race to acceptance
LGBTea
Back then, I knew that if my family did not like that I was gay, it was going to cost something. But hating myself for being gay was going to cost more.
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