Some of this is covered on the About Me page of this site, but that feels a little like a list of things about me, where this post will be more narrative in style.
I’m Dani. I’m a newly self-accepting sixteen-year-old butch queer who lives in the South. To give background on where I’m coming from, I was raised in a very conservative Christian home, and cut my political teeth on Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter. (I know. I know.) So I am relatively new to progressivism. I currently judge my success by how frequently I piss my Sunday School teacher off.
I attend a Southern Baptist church at the insistance of my parents. Some of what I write will be about being queer or non-gender normative in a conservative religious environment. (I’m not out to my church, at the request of my parents. But darn it all if some of them can’t tell I’m a little different anyways!) I am somewhat religious myself, and am looking for a liberal Quaker church to attend when I go to college.
The “newly self-accepting” thing is no joke. Only in the last year have I come to accept my sexuality, and only in the past six months have I become comfortable expressing my gender in the way that best suits me. I’ve cut my hair, bought new clothes, and had the fascinating experience of getting “sir”ed on a regular basis. Though closeted against my wishes, I now refuse to lie about anything relating to my sexuality. It’s new, and it’s a learning process for me. I’ll probably be talking about that learning process some here.
I like gender theory, sexuality studies, and women’s studies. I will probably talk about these things. I’m interested in youth rights and the legal trappings of age in general. I may talk about anything else that happens in my life or the news that I think is relevant to this blog’s interests. Or just about random things that strike my fancy.
Always looking for ideas for topics, as well.
adventures of a young queer activist 