I love your blog, tumblr suggested it to me today. I’m also polyam and an ex-museum professional, incidentally. 😂
Yay, thanks! That means the world to hear💕
Also, ohmygoodness, leaving the museum world is such a weird thing, but I hope doing so has treated you with kindness, with space for play and purposes, and financial stability.
Personally, I'm forever grateful that the pandemic forced my move, because I fear I would have stayed stuck in an institution where I constantly felt like I had to fight for my survival. I didn't jump too far, I ended up at another non-profit doing the evaluation work I love.
But what I do miss is that at the museums I've worked at I could be openly polyam. And for the most part they were progressive or queer enough not to care. I'm back in the closet at work now and that won't change any time soon. But I knew that going in, between the nature of our mission and the polyam stereotypes, it was inevitable.