A quick note: This piece uses the word "queer" as an inclusive term for those who fall outside of cisgender or heterosexual identities. While "queer" can have many applications outside of gender or sexuality, this piece mainly uses it in reference to these categories.

Jolie Elins, 25, can pinpoint the exact moment she found her queer community: at a queer line dance night called Stud Country in Los Angeles a couple years ago.

Amid a sea of cowboy boots and fishnets, Elins says they loved the feeling of stomping in unison alongside other "queer people who wanted to do this weird, niche thing."

"It was a very clear new chapter of my life where I could explore my queerness around people like me," they say. Elins, who lives in New York City, now goes line dancing with her friends multiple t

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