“Queer joy means to truly be myself, or other people themselves, in a way that is not bound by expectations or social constructs. It is the joy I find within myself and others when I get to see us all being our true selves and the vibrancy that comes with that.
My Queer identity is related to every aspect of myself. It relates to my autism in certain ways and to my disability in certain ways. I would not be who I am without being Queer and I'm very proud that I am Queer.
I am disabled and I don't think people realize how much intersectionality there is to disabled people or other marginalized groups of people. Being disabled, being Queer, and being autistic gives me this different perspective than people who are not because I get to experience all of these different things. My brain works differently, my body works differently, my love works differently than what the societal norms are and when you connect all those things, there's this amalgamation of ‘This is me, this is who I am.’ You can't take one part without the other parts of me.
I myself am Pagan and I love the Pagan community here- it's very open and accepting, especially to the Queer community. There's a lot of intersectionality there because a lot of the Pagan people that I know are Queer. The Pagan community is one of those communities that is like “We’ve got your back, we want to protect you, we want to help you in any way we can.” I think that's very special, and it makes me so happy to see such an awesome community of people come together. It's so wonderful, because it doesn't matter if you're Pagan or not, you're still welcome.”
-Bunny (They/He)
Bunny (right) with their boyfriend Al (left). Fun Fact: They met at a Pagan event in Tyler!
