• Evkob@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    I think the pandemic had a big impact as well. Social distancing meant that people were isolated from the forces that usually made them perform cisheteronormativity, and a lot of people realized “oh hey I’m queer actually”.

    I know quite a few “COVID queers”, including myself.

    • Emily (she/her)
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      10 months ago

      That tracks. I thought I was going to break the mold and escape COVID without realising I was trans! Figured it out like a year in lol