For National Coming Out Day, Just Like Us ambassador Kallan Lewis reveals how a class of 11-year-olds gave them “hope” for the future of LGBTQIA+ acceptance.
WORDS BY KALLAN LEWIS As a politically active and openly queer young person, I’m not often optimistic about the future, or even the present.
My daily scroll through the news gets more depressing every time, as I see harmful policies enacted and hateful words spewed by people I’ve never met, but who nonetheless wish to hurt me and my community.
Social media is equally treacherous – an innocent swipe through Instagram stories generally comes to a halt as I see one of my mutuals has shared the latest hate-filled headline, in an attempt to raise awareness.