On Being Queer in High School in 2023

They sit in a circle, in bean bag chairs, on couches, in rainbow socks, tall lace-up boots, sketched on Converse.

They are trans and pan and ace and bi and queer and gay.

They are twelve and thirteen and fourteen and fifteen and sixteen and seventeen.

They show up as their full selves, green hair, spiked hair, goth make-up, flannel pajama pants, colorful shirts, bright shoelaces.

But still young enough to carry around a stuffed animal, too.

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