And there's my abusive ex getting boosted by not one but two major authors, and claiming all the while to be good queer rep. Why does it still hurt so much?
Maybe they are good mainstream, gatekeeper gay and lesbian rep, I wouldn't know. They made very clear I am improperly queer, and as one of the improper, lesser queers my place was serving the real queers and being grateful for being let in at all.
Technically, one of the major authors would be a lesser queer too, by the ex's reckoning, but part of being an abusive ex is being charismatic when the inferiors have something you want. I want to warn them, but I know they wouldn't listen. I wouldn't have listened.
