Remember that queer history is global. There is not one country in the world that has no queer community and no queer history. No matter what the laws may be queer people have always existed and we have always made history and never let anyone tell you differently.
This goes double for trans identities. As long as the human race has existed, we have existed.
We were always there. Despite the majority consensus.
It’s also important to remember that a lot of what you consider part of queer identity is NOT universal.
Seeing this specific gender identity as inherent, unchanging and something that sets you apart from the mainstream is not universal.
Queer people not being the mainstream is not universal.
The needs and desires we ascribe to queer people are not universal.
Queer is universal, our narrative of what it means is not.
