Jan 29, 2024
reminder that indigenous queer folks do not need to fit your colonial definitions or conceptions of queerness in order to be valid, worthy, and spectacular.
if your concept of what a lesbian looks like requires that all lesbians have shaved or short hair, then youβre excluding ntv lesbians who honour our ancestors by growing our hair long.
iβm no less of a butch for having hair that goes down to my tailbone. iβm no less of a butch for wearing my hair in a braid. iβm also still butch when i wear beaded earrings, a ribbon skirt, and moccasins.
if your idea of queerness is tied to whiteness, thatβs just a shame. indigeneity and queerness go together like inhaling and exhaling. one cannot exist without the other.
