Queer People Come Out Again (Parody)

coming up the first time was really
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difficult for queer people we have to do
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it almost all the time every time we
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meet someone new we have to come out
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again and again every day is coming out
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day but I guess it’s time to just like
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you know say it something that’s been
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weighing on me an impressive amount and
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then still to this day I’ve been keeping
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this maybe 10 years I really don’t enjoy
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pride
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I don’t like brunch I’ve never been to
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Dinah Shore I’ve never never seen angels
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in America
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I love Jenny Schecter from the l-word
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I’ve never watched Buffy the Vampire
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Slayer I never watched queers folk I’ve
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never seen drag race I’ve never
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scissored I’m not a huge fan of cher or
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her music I’m not obsessed with Madonna
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and I really don’t care for Kylie Rae
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Jepsen I’m just not interested in drag
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I’ve also never read Judith Butler which
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as a trans person is maybe a big faux
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pas I love Meryl Streep and I worship
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mary-louise Parker and I love things
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that win Emmys I just have no desire to
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watch it you show up you wait for a
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table takes forever
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the food is heavy it makes you feel like
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crap I don’t like mimosas 4:00 p.m.
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rolls around and you’re still sitting at
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the brunch table and it’s like weird in
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my weekend go so serene just has never
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been something I’ve done usually when we
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see lesbian sex acts on film
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it doesn’t really mirror how lesbians
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actually each other so I was never
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inspired to try any of those things
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specifically obviously like they’re
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icons but I don’t resonate with them and
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the way that a lot of other gay people
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do it’s nothing against anyone involved
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with the show I just don’t like vampire
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stuff for those who don’t know what
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Dinah Shore is it’s lesbian party and
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Palm Springs they all like wear bathing
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suits and listen to cool DJs I saw a
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video about it and I got kind of scared
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and so I don’t think I’m ever gonna go I
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really like her as a character she’s
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been through a lot in her life and so
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although she came off as evil when you
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look underneath that to me at least I
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saw a person that had been through a lot
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and was just not able to process it one
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of the reasons I don’t love pride is
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that I got stuck in a crowd of people
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and it was so packed I could pick up my
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feet so I was getting squished and I
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that was not for me it feels good just
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to be open and be sincere about Who I am
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you know everyone’s experience is valid
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and different I think you can be always
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difficult to bring up something that is
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an opinion of yours people might not
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always agree with it so I think what you
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just have to do is just own it for
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yourself nothing wrong with you you’re
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still a good person I think everyone
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should come out and just enjoy who you
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are if you’re not a huge stand just know
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that you’re not alone and you can like
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other music even if gay world tells you
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you have to like it – the haters of
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Jenny Schecter I know where you’re
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coming from but at the same time I can
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still like her and we can all have space
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and room to have our different
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experiences be real so just be you don’t
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be afraid to come out it’s fun on my
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side you don’t have to conform to
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lesbian dinah culture give yourself time
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like figure yourself out you’re not in a
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rush like don’t come out if it’s not
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safe don’t keep it in talk about it

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