"[Q]ueer bodies have different access to public forms of culture, which affect how they can inhabit those publics. Indeed, whilst being queer may feel uncomfortable within heterosexual space, it does not then follow that queers always feel comfortable in queer spaces. I have felt discomfort in some queer spaces, again, as a feeling of being out of place. This is not to say that I have been made to feel uncomfortable; the discomfort is itself a sign that queer spaces may extend some bodies more than others (for example, some queer spaces might extend the mobility of white, middle-class bodies). At times, I feel uncomfortable about inhabiting the word ‘queer,’ worrying that I am not queer enough, or have not been queer for long enough, or am jus tnot the right kind of queer. We can feel uncomfortable in the categories we inhabit, even categories that are shaped by their refusal of public comfort."
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Ahmed, Cultural Politics of Emotion, 151 (via feelingpolitical)
This feels so relevant again and again especially as a queer Muslim. It’s easy to feel displaced from many queer spaces that primarily serve the comfort and security of other queer bodies. This, coupled with the lack of queer Muslim spaces, makes for an arduous search for a community.
(via biculturalist)
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