{"id":20501,"date":"2022-10-17T08:33:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T12:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=20501"},"modified":"2022-10-18T09:07:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T13:07:46","slug":"why-dont-the-people-here-like-queer-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/10\/17\/why-dont-the-people-here-like-queer-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Why don&#8217;t the people here like queer people? :("},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aw10172022-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aw10172022-02.jpg\" alt=\"Why don't the people here like queer people? :(\" class=\"wp-image-20500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aw10172022-02.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aw10172022-02-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Why don&#8217;t the people here like queer people? \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes the judgement can feel overwhelming, but please know that there ARE plenty of people here\u2013both queer and otherwise\u2013who will embrace you with open hearts and arms. Building queer community despite hostility from others has always been central to queer resistance. I encourage you to look into the LGBTQ support services offered by Boston College, and consider joining a queer student group! Queer people have as much of a right to be here as anyone else. Keep on being unapologetically yourself&#8211;the world is better for it!<br>Much love,<br>The Wall (they\/them\/theirs)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the judgement can feel overwhelming, but please know that there ARE plenty of people here\u2013both queer and otherwise\u2013who will embrace you with open hearts and arms. Building queer community despite hostility from others has always been central to queer resistance. I encourage you to look into the LGBTQ support services offered by Boston College, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/10\/17\/why-dont-the-people-here-like-queer-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why don&#8217;t the people here like queer people? :(&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20501"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20536,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20501\/revisions\/20536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}