Flutterby™! : identity and community

Hanne Blank: Learning to Love the Rain: The Queer Vitality of Sexuality Beyond Identity.

What I am here to do is to ask you to consider this: that having an identity which is constantly the subject of negotiation is a good thing, that not resting, not having a fixed dwelling place, keeps our queerness -- and all queerness -- vital and alive. I am here to ask you to consider that the cultural consolidation of identity limits one's ability to become liberated from a culture whose practice is to only recognize consolidated, group identities. Consider for a moment that there are ways to establish identity and community without sacrificing mobility, flexibility, change, and challenge.

Thanks, Shawn.