An abstract close-up of sand on a beach, with dark grey sand streaked through lighter sand, creating a textured, almost painterly effect.
Now, during Pride, I find myself returning to these lines from Ocean Vuong’s poem Not Even This: “I used to be a fag now I’m a checkbox. The pen tip jabbed in my back, I feel the mark of progress.”
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