#I'm here I'm queer and my experiences aren't less real or valid for living outside the anglosphere

[pansexual-pied-piper]

If you were wondering, something that definitely influences my stance on slur discourse is that "queer" genuinely never has been a slur where I'm from, it was imported as a neutral term in academia and as a positively connotated one as a self-descriptor, while "gay" was imported in the context of "ew that's so gay". Hope that helps.