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>
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