I Feel Ashamed For Not Producing ‘Enough’ Queer Content During Pride Month
Should I be so hard on myself? Am I unconsciously “ranking” my gay identity above my other attributes?
For the past couple of years, I’ve tended to get excited during the weeks leading up to Pride Month. I imagine all of these lofty ideas for articles that I intend to write, celebrating and uplifting queer people.
And then Pride Month actually sneaks up on me. I find myself unprepared. I get distracted with other things.
And my lofty ambitions come crashing down.
For the umpteenth year in a row, it happened to me again. This year’s Pride Month came and went with very little productivity on my part. It’s bad enough that I live in a rural, isolated area where I have very little access to meet with my LGBT+ family out in public.
But I’d think the least I could do is manage to write three or four insightful little articles on sexual orientation.
Why I obsess over it
Many of us feel self-conscious about the multiple identities we have. That isn’t limited to sexual orientation. Race, gender, religion, disability, class, age, geography, political ideology…the list goes on.
