We had gone so long without it we didn’t even realize we missed it anymore. Compared to Chicago, where you can find at least two or three queer dance parties or drag shows on any given night, in addition to the plethora of dedicated queer bars, this had proven to be one of the biggest adjustments to our new suburban lives. But we certainly had not encountered anyone even talking about-let alone actually creating-queer social spaces where we could gather. ![]() In the four years since my husband and I left Chicago and moved to this town, we had certainly met a number of wonderful queer folks we counted among our close friends. To be honest, I thought I was hallucinating Annie Hex. I had to know more, and I had to talk to this person. One day I was doom-scrolling through Facebook on the couch and noticed an individual posting to a neighborhood “What’s Happening” group asking where the queers were at and talking about a big gay Halloween party she planned to hold on River Street. It was also the time when I first encountered a mysterious individual by the name of Annie Hex. We were anxious and terrified of whatever was waiting for us around the next shadowy corner. ![]() At the time, we were about half a year into a pandemic without any vaccine in immediate sight and we were standing at the precipice of a presidential election that felt at the time like it could make or break us as a functioning society. Let’s talk about October 2020 for a second.
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