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Woo Laverne Cox
May. 19th, 2015 09:55 pmIn totally shocking news, the Laverne Coz talk had a way different demographic -- younger, queerer (in the QUILTBAG sense, not the weirdo sense), more hair dye in vivid colors -- than symphony concerts.
The few people irl I've mentioned this talk to have been mostly indifferent; a lot of them don't know who she is, or why I wanted to go. People online seem to get it more. I don't know how much of that is that I'm more open about my own queerness, how much is that my friend base online skews a lot queerer (and disableder) than the people I know irl, and how much is just that y'all are awesome.
(I tend to be a lot more shy and ... conservative, not politically but in terms of pushing boundaries, plus I pass better for straight cis female? ... in meatspace. I don't look super queer or anything and am not brave enough to Come Out as Different. Which ... idk)
But anyway. Talk was awesome, LC is awesome -- and also apparently a fan of Brene Brown -- and I totally want to go back in time and give all the hugs to the kid she used to be.
The few people irl I've mentioned this talk to have been mostly indifferent; a lot of them don't know who she is, or why I wanted to go. People online seem to get it more. I don't know how much of that is that I'm more open about my own queerness, how much is that my friend base online skews a lot queerer (and disableder) than the people I know irl, and how much is just that y'all are awesome.
(I tend to be a lot more shy and ... conservative, not politically but in terms of pushing boundaries, plus I pass better for straight cis female? ... in meatspace. I don't look super queer or anything and am not brave enough to Come Out as Different. Which ... idk)
But anyway. Talk was awesome, LC is awesome -- and also apparently a fan of Brene Brown -- and I totally want to go back in time and give all the hugs to the kid she used to be.