On Being Queer in High School in 2023

<p>They sit in a circle, in bean bag chairs, on couches, in rainbow socks, tall lace-up boots, sketched on Converse.</p> <p>They are trans and pan and ace and bi and queer and gay.</p> <p>They are twelve and thirteen and fourteen and fifteen and sixteen and seventeen.</p> <p>They show up as their full selves, green hair, spiked hair, goth make-up, flannel pajama pants, colorful shirts, bright shoelaces.</p> <p>But still young enough to carry around a stuffed animal, too.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/modernidentities/on-being-queer-in-high-school-in-2023-a5aac15134e2"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>