The very act of being a Queer person is radical. Who we love and who we have sex with are acts of political defiance. Being visible, being proud, refusing to hide who we are: These are rejections of tyranny, and Pride Month is an opportunity to celebrate that.Being LGBTQ also means freedom — to define for myself how relationships will look.
There is strength there, and Pride is about these things, too.So June is the ideal time to make the case for open relationships and to discuss how my partner, Layne, and I have benefited from our recent decision to open up.When you live as an outsider, there is an opportunity to question the rules of the society you are living in.