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You guys, my Queer print istwo feet long.
(This is, of course, a print of my Queer comic I posted last week)
I still have a few copies of this print left, if you want to queer up two feet of space on your wall.
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Oh my goodness, I’ve been really blown away by the responses to my Queer comic. Seriously, I’ve gotten teared up over the heartfelt emails from my fellow queers who have gone through the same experiences as I have <:) The love and support I’ve received for it mean the fucking world to me.
I’ve also been asked about making the comic available as a print! So, hey! That is a thing now! (For a limited time)
The smallest size I could make it and still retain its legibility was a whopping 8.5” x 24”
That’s, like, two feet long :OSo yeah! That is my update. Uhm, hope ya had a good weekend?
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Queer (English Version)
Alright friends, I got the English version online! I just wanted the first day’s worth of hits to go straight to Projet 17 mai, since they’re the ones who asked me to contribute, y’know? /:)DISCLAIMER: Since this comic is addressing sexual identity, I only included sexualities under the Queer umbrella— although, obviously, queer also encompasses many gender identities as well.
As I said in my post debuting the French version,
Projet 17 mai contacted me several months ago about creating a comic on the theme of homophobia, and though it is definitely something I’ve experienced (being denied service in shops, having people throw garbage, being followed by howling gangs of men, etc. just for holding my girlfriend’s hand), I actually have been more hurt and upset by the biphobia I’ve experienced from the LGBT “community” for falling in love with and marrying a cisgender man. Even bisexuals have been needlessly mean because I feel the term “queer” is a better fit for me instead of “bi” (it’s totally cool if “bisexual” is the term that works for you!! It’s just not the one for me).
Basically, the Identity Police have been very hurtful to me (and others who are attracted to multiple genders), so that’s what I did my comic on. -
To be fair, though, saying “I’m attracted to Slytherins / Hufflepuffs / Ravenclaws” does imply things about your character.
Gender, not so much.
Saying that you feel a certain way right now does not necessarily mean you will always feel that way. Once a label is attached to you, many people will act like you’ve joined a team and expect you to act a certain way all the time. If you find yourself being pulled in another direction, some may accuse you of being bad at whatever they’ve decided to call you, some may feel betrayed because they saw some solidarity in sharing a label with you and now you’re behaving in a way they don’t identify with. They think that by taking a label (or having one applied to you), you’re committed to a certain set of lifestyle rules and by stepping outside those boundaries you’ve personally affronted them somehow. It’s a stupid way to treat people, but it happens a lot.
I respect a person’s right to say “it doesn’t matter, you don’t need to concern yourself with it unless we plan on having sex at some point.”
Yes, 1,000 times yes.
People make the mistake of thinking that my personal sexual identity somehow has any relevance to their personal sexual identity.
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Queer (French version for Projet 17 mai)
I’m so excited that I can finally share my new comic with you guys! Many, many thanks to Dwam for correcting my original (hilariously bad) translation and turning it into something readable in French.
Projet 17 mai contacted me several months ago about creating a comic on the theme of homophobia, and though it is definitely something I’ve experienced (being denied service in shops, having people throw garbage, being followed by howling gangs of men, etc. just for holding my girlfriend’s hand), I actually have been more hurt and upset by the biphobia I’ve experienced from the LGBT “community” for falling in love with and marrying a cisgender man. Even bisexuals have been needlessly mean because I feel the term “queer” is a better fit for me instead of “bi” (it’s totally cool if “bisexual” is the term that works for you!! It’s just not the one for me).
Basically, the Identity Police have been very hurtful to me (and others who are attracted to multiple genders), so that’s what I did my comic on.If you can read French, go ahead and read the whole comic, or wait another couple days for me to get the English version uploaded on my site.