Coming Out To Myself: Being Hetero Queer
The past few months, I have focused on healing from some recent traumas that have unfolded a slew of other traumas in my life. Something that has been extremely healing is connecting with my inner child. Connecting with my inner child brings a lot of pain, and also is what inspires and motivates me to continue believing in myself. I want to talk about my experience with trauma based upon my own discrimination with being queer. I can't think of a more appropriate time to come out to myself. A few years ago, a dear mentor of mine called me queer. I took it as a compliment as it was coming from someone who was gay. Over the years I have embraced it from an external viewpoint. I viewed it as others seeing me as queer. Recently, as I have been processing many moments in my life, who I was as a person fundamentally was shamed. Before writing this, I wanted to understand the term queer. I read a lot on the controversy of being hetero queer (identifying as both straight and queer). I ful...