Truth: I Feel Lonely Even Inside My Chosen Queer Communities

Sometimes I Feel Like a Fake Queer

I’m often invisible even in queer spaces

Esther Spurrill-Jones
Published in
4 min readApr 6, 2024

--

A person walking away from the viewer toward a fork in the road surrounded by trees. “Two roads diverged in a wood…”
Photo by Einar Storsul on Unsplash

When I first applied to write for the LGBTQ Fiction Project (precursor to Prism & Pen) at Crossin(G)enres, I was hesitant. I hadn’t been out as queer for long, even to myself, and imposter syndrome hit me hard. I…

--

--

Esther Spurrill-Jones
Prism & Pen

Poet, lover, thinker, human. Poetry editor at Prism & Pen.