6/23/2023 0 Comments The Song of Us by Kate Fussner![]() ![]() ![]() In the back of my mind, though, I wondered when queer kids like me would get to be the heroes of retellings, and if our love was as deserving of epic and timeless adventures, or happily ever afters. Left to think that those parts must be wrong or hidden, I tried to focus on the parts of myself I could find in the stories. I loved finding pieces of myself in the stories, but I never found my queer identity reflected. I was a voracious reader, devouring any and all books I could get my hands on. Yet, in all of these stories, there were also missing pieces.Īs a young queer person, I was keenly aware of how LGBTQIA+ characters never appeared in these stories. Because whatever version of the story I read, I always had the sense that there were certain themes and lessons about being human that lasted, no matter the generation. And I loved even more learning that the original versions had been sadder and more intense. ![]() Did I enjoy Disney versions of the stories? Of course. And I didn’t discriminate on the versions I loved! Was I an avid watcher of the tv show, Wishbone? Absolutely. ![]() I loved stories that had long-lived past their original tellers, tales that had morphed over the course of centuries. Growing up, I loved fairy tales and Greek myths. ![]()
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