An autistic queer woman is wondering whether the excruciating sense of isolation she feels at all times is because she’s autistic or because she’s attracted to women, sources have revealed.
Miya Wilkes, 29, from Leeds, regularly feels like an alien in society – yet remains unsure which specific part of her identity is to blame.
Wilkes said: “My autism score is pretty high. I reckon I’d score pretty high in lesbian too – except you don’t usually get a doctor’s letter with that on.”
“I feel like the world wasn’t designed for me,” Wilkes continued. “Trouble is, I don’t know if it’s because I vehemently dislike sudden and unpredictable change, or if it’s because I feel viscerally repulsed the thought of Timothée Chalamet without clothes on.”
“The overriding isolation could be due to being the only one in the room sensitive to the buzzing overheard lighting. But then I’m also constantly musing over how pretty women are.”
“When sitting in a chair, I struggle to keep my feet planted on the floor. Is that down to neurodivergence, or the butch within me firmly rejecting femininity? Who can truly say?”
Wilkes added: “When people ask me why I don’t know how to drive, I have to really think about it.”
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