Sarah Bella
May 26, 2024

Community is not created through similar identity. It's created through similar values. That's why there's so much infighting in the LGBT+, especially as it pertains to the Q.

I will not be forced into visibility, and I don't believe anybody should have to be. Like feminism is accepting all women's choices, even those of tradwives, this community was built upon that same value of mutual acceptance.

And without it, it's falling apart.

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Sarah Bella
Sarah Bella

Written by Sarah Bella

Life: stranger than fiction. Special interests, the stuff of neurodivergence: AuDHD/INTJ. Intersect. Feminism/Mental & Sexual Health/Poli-Psy/Pop Culture/More

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Shared values is such a wonderful way of thinking about community connections Sarah! I would add shared experiences as a unifying element of community as well.

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