get up in the evening and i ain’t got nothing to say i come home in the morning i go to bed feeling the same way i ain’t nothing but tired man i’m just tired and bored with myself hey there baby i could use just a little help you can’t start a fire you can’t start a fire without a spark this gun’s for hire even if we’re just dancing in the dark messages keep getting clearer radio’s on and i’m moving round the place i check my look in the mirror i wanna change my clothes my hair my face man i ain’t getting nowhere i’m just living in a dump like this there’s something happening somewhere baby i just know that there is you can’t start a fire you can’t start a fire without a spark this gun’s for hire even if we’re just dancing in the dark you sit around getting older there’s a joke here somewhere and it’s on me i’ll shake this world off my shoulders come on baby the laugh’s on me stay on the streets of this town and they’ll be carving you up all right they say you gotta stay hungry hey baby i’m just about starving tonight i’m dying for some action i’m sick of sitting round here trying to write this book i need a love reaction come on now baby gimme just one look you can’t start a fire sitting round crying over a broken heart this gun’s for hire even if we’re just dancing in the dark you can’t start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart this gun’s for hire even if we’re just dancing in the dark
Sometimes i feel like younger queer kids are getting a bit to bold with openly talking to people they don’t know In The Context Of:
More than once i have had a younger/same age queer person come up to me in public settings and say something about “finding other gays” or clearly clocking me as nonbinary and I’m like :)))))))) hey buddy I’m here with my conservative parents can you fucking not out me :))))))))
Just say you like my outfit or hair and move on, fuck even tell me you like my shoelaces. Don’t call me gay and limp your wrist at me when you don’t even know me? Especially when there’s a bunch of ppl around?
i was out with my ex once when three *very* young queer kids, like thirteen years old, came up to us and asked us “are you guys, you know…” and did the limp wrist thing at us. one of them loudly exclaimed that it was so cool to meet other queer people in real life. this was in public in an unbelievably conservative area - we didn’t even feel safe holding hands because we were surrounded by Mormons. we got lucky that day, but I’m begging y’all to remember that the world doesn’t work like the internet. other queers are real fuckin people. don’t do this shit. OP is right; tell me you like my jacket, or my patches, or the rainbow spokes on my wheelchair, but don’t out either of us!
This used to be standard operating procedure not even ten years ago: NEVER OUT OTHER QUEERS, even if they’re supposedly already out. Never assume that it’s okay to let third parties know that so-and-so is queer. Ever. You never know when you’ve found the one uncle with the heart condition that they can’t bear to risk telling, or the one neighbor who’s just threatening enough that they don’t mention it around, or even the grandma that they haven’t gotten around to mentioning it to yet. You might have just ruined a very important milestone for someone, or you could have put them at actual risk of harm.
Also… stop freaking assuming. If you don’t see a pride flag on them, please don’t just assume. You can’t tell ANYTHING about a person’s gender or partner preferences by what they’re wearing on any given day, what their hair looks like, or whether or not they’re using makeup. You legit cannot, and you look like a jerk when you try.
this is even more important now that Trump is in power.
some people will be choosing to live in the closet and it is not your job to pressure them one way or the other.
protect your lgbtq siblings - honor their choices - and never talk to cops, collaborators, and snitches.
Younger queer people have grown up in a better world, but we’re in a time of backsliding right now. Do NOT out other queer people. Also, I’m not gonna tell you how to present yourselves in public………..but please, I am begging you to re-evaluate HOW safe you are in the current climate.
