I've thought about this question before – like what if we all just had floating markers above our heads like in the Sims, only they showed everyone your entire personality, identity etc.
Like: Till, 22, gay, genderqueer, loves to run, sometimes emotionally unavailable but working on it.
Could you imagine?? I'd probably be mortified by it when I was a teen, but maybe it would just make things easier, to put it all out there I mean. Then again, that's also a very privileged thing to say – for many people, the closet isn't just a rest stop on the way to coming out, but a safe haven from a community that won't let them live as their authentic selves. Maybe there's a benefit to having the ability to hide parts of our identities.
Then again, I can't help but daydream about a world where it's all out in the open like that.
I've thought about this question before – like what if we all just had floating markers above our heads like in the Sims, only they showed everyone your entire personality, identity etc.
Like: Till, 22, gay, genderqueer, loves to run, sometimes emotionally unavailable but working on it.
Could you imagine?? I'd probably be mortified by it when I was a teen, but maybe it would just make things easier, to put it all out there I mean. Then again, that's also a very privileged thing to say – for many people, the closet isn't just a rest stop on the way to coming out, but a safe haven from a community that won't let them live as their authentic selves. Maybe there's a benefit to having the ability to hide parts of our identities.
Then again, I can't help but daydream about a world where it's all out in the open like that.