You Must Tell The World

Resilience isn’t just surviving what the world throws at us - it’s speaking back. Setting the terms. In Queer lives, where mislabeling and erasure often come first, claiming our own definition is an act of power. We decide what we’re called. We decide what we deserve. Boundaries aren’t walls - they’re declarations of value. When we tell the world how to treat us, we’re not just protecting ourselves - we’re rewriting what’s possible. Resilience means refusing to be shaped by harm. It means shaping ourselves, out loud, again and again