TLDR: Lesbian Visibility Is Important.
Its lesbian day of visibility, so lets talk about it.
As a proudly gay woman I am fortunate enough to be confident in who I am. I consciously and actively contribute to lesbian visibility. I also have the support and acceptance of those closest to me.
For that I will never be able to show enough gratitude.
However, as someone who presents kind of feminine, I am often in situations where I am assumed to be straight.
Something I have always battled with has been whether or not I should correct those assumptions. I spoke about it on National Coming Out Day HERE.
On one hand, I don’t want to make the person feel uncomfortable or cause an awkward situation unnecessarily. On the other I want to be true to myself. I also want to contribute to a less hetero-normative society. To do that we need more lesbian visibility.
Sometimes when I speak about being gay, I wonder if others are tired of hearing about it or think it’s unnecessary to discuss.
This in eternal battle stops here, I am here, I am queer and I am proud of it.
From this moment forward, I will be visible.
So, for anyone wondering why it’s necessary for me to have ‘queer’ in my Instagram bio, have a rainbow tattoo on my ankle or correct people when they use the wrong pronouns for my partners. 
Or for anyone who has had similar doubts, here is why I am making the pledge to be visible.
Representation is important.
There’s a reason I left the Wonder Woman screening feeling like I could take on the world, then realised this must be how men feel after literally every other super hero movie.
There’s a reason Black Panther broke every record in the book.
And there’s a reason the queer community go crazy at the hint of an LGBT Disney character.
When you see yourself in the characters on our screens, the YouTubers on the internet or people just being successful in your day to day lives, it’s easier to imagine yourself doing the same.
If the only travel pictures you see on Instagram are straight white couples, it sends the message that those are the only people who can tour the world one passport stamp at a time.
If the only travel bloggers you follow are feminine girls in floaty dresses, where’s the inspiration for the tombois of the globe to strike a pose in Paris or rock a SnapBack in Rome?
Of course there is absolutely nothing wrong with these images or styles… but there is something wrong with these being the ONLY thing out there to inspire others.
By being out and proud, I hope to inspire others to do the same and improve the current representation and stereotypes of gay women that currently exist.
Because, one more time for the people in the back…
Representation is important. Lesbian visibility is important!
