Ageing Out: Being 'Too Old' in a Community Built on Not Fitting In

A note before you read: this piece touches on suicide, homophobia, slurs, the AIDS crisis, death, and the laws that criminalised us. Take care of yourself, and skip this text if you need to.

I'm 38 and apparently an elder Queer. On gatekeeping, generational trauma, and why the Queer community keeps mistaking each other for enemies.