A suggestion, if at some point you do go mad and prepare a for-true survey: ask about the extent to which participants identify themselves as more or less queer over time, and how strongly this shows in their lives. I know that for me, the time spent on queer fic felt at first like a simple escape, and then more and more like it was truer emotionally than the presentation I made to the world, and played a part in my eventually identifying to myself and then to the world that I wasn't what I'd thought, and moving out about it. I don't know how common that is but I'm sure it's not a unique experience.
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A suggestion, if at some point you do go mad and prepare a for-true survey: ask about the extent to which participants identify themselves as more or less queer over time, and how strongly this shows in their lives. I know that for me, the time spent on queer fic felt at first like a simple escape, and then more and more like it was truer emotionally than the presentation I made to the world, and played a part in my eventually identifying to myself and then to the world that I wasn't what I'd thought, and moving out about it. I don't know how common that is but I'm sure it's not a unique experience.