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I had so much fun discussing with all of you lovely people last night! I remembered something as someone asked me “when did you first encounter the word queer?”
The very first time was also the time I accidentally came out to my class via PowerPoint. I’ll explain. https://twitter.com/hellorainbowx/status/1181750227667017728
10/9/2019, 11:08:18 AM
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It was the early 00’s and I was into @garbage. One of their songs is “Queer.” I was really into it. https://youtu.be/3ppiohVRZ0s
We had a class assignment to pick our favorite song and make a PowerPoint slideshow set to music about the band. So obviously I chose “Queer.”
10/9/2019, 11:08:19 AM
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I cannot explain the look on the student’s faces in a Texan middle school as me, an awkward teen, proudly showed off their PowerPoint that had cool star wipes and auto-transitions to a song that shouted, “The queerest of the queer” over and over.
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I was so proud of my PowerPoint. The teacher was mortified. The students were a mix of horror and confusion. At the time, I had no idea what I had done. But now I look back on it and say, “damn kid. You did alright.”
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