First or Second?

Contrary to what you have been taught to know about people like me,

I am a person first.

I am queer second.

I am a musician,

Who plays guitar,

And writes words on napkins.

I play alone to myself in my room,

And sing in my shower.

I am a musician who happens to be gay,

Not a gay musician.

I am a person first.

I am a lover,

Who touches bodies

and skin and feels the warmth of breath on my neck.

I give and receive, and give again,

Moving in time with my heart beat.

I am a lover who happens to sleep with women.

I am a person first.

I am a performer,

Who expresses thought threw movement

and eye contact.

I wear tutus sometimes, tuxs others

Always entertaining.

I am a performer who can be a man, or a ballerina,

Because I'm not a gay performer,

I am a performer who happens to be gay.

I am a person first.