A Five-Star Queer’s New Year’s Resolutions
Tags: Creative Non Fiction, Gen Z, New Years Resolutions, LGBTQ, Transgender

1. Support more creative work from biracial and multiracial artists.

My relationship to my race is complicated. Growing up Black and White biracial has been an isolating experience for me. It is shockingly difficult to find a mixed person who can relate to my particular racialized experiences, as opposed to merely understanding my overall feeling of not quite belonging.

Black and White biracialism, as I’ve experienced it, is deeply relative. I am lighter than x mixed person, more curvy than x Black person, darker than x White person, and I have a “Blacker” hair type than x Black person.

I want to feel more connected to my race, and I plan to read more work and watch more documentaries by and for biracial and multiracial individuals in order to accomplish this.

2. Make more IRL trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming friends.

I came out last November, but I didn’t begin medically transitioning until June — which was smack dab in the middle of Pandemic Summer. I have made several online trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming friends, both through the virtual trans support group I attend and through my time spent here on Medium, but I would love to have more in-person enby (nonbinary) and enby-adjacent friends.

Now, this heavily hinges on the pandemic actually being dealt with in the states during 2021, but I want to put this dream out there into the universe regardless.

3. Dedicate consistent time to this blog, as a way of facilitating safe spaces for queer conversations, engaging with, and supporting diverse writers and readers.

Because I have been on winter break from university for the last five weeks, I have had a lot of time to write. My game plan going into this break was to write three articles per week, and I have been successful so far, but I know that the ease of access and the surplus of time will rapidly dissipate when I head back to college in mid-January.

I want to set aside time each week for writing when I go back to school. If I put it in my calendar, that will make blogging feel more like an official side-job and less like a hobby that I can push off if I’m sleepy. The queer community on Medium is magnificent, and I love contributing to our body of work. I want to make this blog a priority even as I get busier in the new year.

4. Re-read “Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender & Identity.”

I read Micah Rajunov and A. Scott Duane’s incredible book over the summer for the first time, but I was babytrans back then, and I feel much more comfortable in my identity now. I want to take another look at this work now that I’m less…terrified of not being cis.

Here is a link to Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender & Identity for those who are interested in checking it out.

5. Write more about my experiences as a member of Gen Z.

Gen Zs are classified as the generation born between 1996 and 2009. Some of us are old enough to vote, and many of us are certainly old enough to make our voices heard. I can’t tell if Gen Zs are hated as much as Millennials used to be, but I am confident that the general disdain for youth hasn’t faded away.

I want to write more about how my identities are connected with the overall message of Gen Z.

I want to continue to paint a fuller picture of myself through my writing, and diving into my generational alignment falls under the category of important things that readers should know about me.