LITIGATING THE EXACT BOUNDARIES OF WHAT EACH QUEER IDENTITY CAN OR CANNOT DO AS AN ATTEMPT TO OBFUSCATE THE ONE THING THAT BINDS EVERY QUEER EXPERIENCE TOGETHER: ARSON
SITUATION: A PERSON COMES OUT TO YOU AS A LESBIAN

BAD RESPONSE: ASK THEM FIFTY QUESTIONS TO DETERMINE THAT THEIR IDENTITY DOESN'T HARM THE ESSENTIAL IDEA OF LESBIANISM

GOOD RESPONSE: COOL DO YOU WANT TO HELP ME BURN THINGS DOWN
PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELF-IDENTIFY. THERE IS NO TEST, NOR SHOULD THERE BE. IF WE DENY PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO USE THE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THEM WE SHIFT THE CONVERSATION AWAY FROM THE WORDS THAT WE SHOULD BE USING, LIKE "GASOLINE" AND "FLASH POINT" AND "MOLOTOV"
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