Just Made a Queer Memory? Drop a Pin.
Just Made a Queer Memory? Drop a Pin.
Queering the Map, a crowdsourced digital atlas, has collected over half a million intimate recollections from anonymous contributors.
Archive Link from archive.today
Original link from The New York Times
It's quite shitty that despite all the heart-warming stories and potential to make folks feel less alone, my first thought was how this self-disclosure on a map can endanger said people.
EDIT: I already found a pin in the city near where I grew up that I'm pretty confident I know who wrote.
EDIT2: If I was creating this website, I would try to think of ways to use coarser locations or maybe display local stories in a way that is disconnected from the dropped pins.
Same, tbh. I think a lot of people who do this know there's a risk, and I admire their courage. I wouldn't dare.
Queering the map is such a cool project. Sometimes I like to just see what people wrote close to where I am.
I was surprised to see that even my remote state has posts
I added my own to the mix
Oh! Worth mentioning you can donate to the people handling this project on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/queeringthemap
What a wonderful project, I teared up a little reading some of these, especially the ones from my home province. We're small, rural, and usually quite behind on LGBTQ+ rights (not to mention our government's current attack on trans & non-binary kids in schools.)
It's honestly a treasure to be able to read experiences that closely reflect mine. Makes me feel less alone in the sea of constant cisheteronormativity.
aww, i love this site! but i also can’t find the pin i know i put there when i found the site anymore- i wonder if they removed it. oh well
Yeah the moderation seems to take forever. My pin from a year ago is nowhere to be seen
What a beautiful little project. This is what the Internet is made for. People sharing moments because it makes them feel happy
I'm amazed that even my small hometown in the north of England has points!