Queerness, Choice, and Assimilation

Why “Choice” Has Nothing to Do With Equal Rights

Over the last 75 years, a number of groups have pushed a narrative of queer folks in which being queer is cast as a lifestyle, or a “choice.” The implication being that if being queer is a lifestyle, or something someone chooses to be, it is somehow less natural and valid than being “normal.” In other words, through the concept of “choice,” many groups have attempted to artificialize and invalidate queer lives. The reasons for this narrative’s existence all invariably boil down to an…