A Spotlight In An Empty Room
Expectations vs. Needs vs. Reality
This is Sitting Queerly, a newsletter about the late blooming queer experience and the lofty goal of opening up conversations and celebrating those who embrace their full selves.
I started writing a whole post and…it wasn’t healthy. Or constructive. Or enlightening.
Suffice to say my plans for the final weekend of Pride didn’t go as planned and it’s left me down.
So instead I’m reflecting on this piece by Gino Cosme and thought others might benefit from it as well.
“What Pride does—beautifully and necessarily—is create a moment of collective visibility. But visibility without sustained intimacy is like a spotlight in an empty room. It illuminates the space without filling it.”
