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15 Comics For Anyone Struggling To Explain What It Means To Be Queer

G is not the only letter in LGBTQ.

1. Explaining a gay relationship can already be daunting.

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2. Let alone explaining the more complicated nuances about queerness.

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Poly In Pictures comics by Cassian.

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3. Or being trans.

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Comic by Elias Ericson.

4. Or any number of deeply personal romantic alignments unfamiliar to most.

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Comic by Noel Arthur Hempel.

5. There's benefit in naming each identity.

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Comic by KateOrDie (Kate Leth).

6. In that knowing they exist alleviates some measure of loneliness.

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Comic by Emillu.

7. Words can be used in ways that broaden — rather than restrict — everyone's happiness and choices.

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"There is a will to power in nomenclature." —Ihab Hassan.

Comic by Erika Moen.

8. This can take time for you to discover.

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Comic by KateOrDie (Kate Leth).

9. Or to explain to others.

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Comic by Molly Alice.

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10. That doesn't mean you choose your partners that much differently than others.

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Comic by Tamaki.

11. Queer should make these questions obsolete.

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Comic by Cassian.

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12. Because it's about not trapping anyone in set binaries.

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GenderFluid comics by Julia (xrainringox).

13. And making more people feel at home in the LGBTQ community.

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Comic by Elias Ericson.

14.

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Comic by Van (transtastic).

15. As well as everywhere else.

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Comic by Cassian.

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