It’s pride month, so here’s some friendly reminders!!
Lesbian people are not inherently toxic in any shape or form. If someone is a bad person, it’s separate from the fact they’re lesbian.
Gay people are not inherently toxic in any shape or form. If someone is a bad person, it’s separate from the fact they’re gay.
No one is inherently toxic because of their identity.
This does NOT MEAN you get a pass if you’re contributing to the oppression of another minority, intentionally/directly or otherwise.
So if you’re white and cis and gay, you can still be racist/sexist/transphobic/etc.
WLW-specific slurs can only be reclaimed by WLW
MLM-specific slurs can only be reclaimed by MLM
Not everyone is comfortable with reclaiming slurs
Not everyone is ok with the use of reclaimed slurs around them
If someone with trauma tells you that the use of a certain slur triggers them, respect it
Bisexual/Pansexual/Polysexual/Omnisexual people are not inherently inferior or superior to a different label. If someone ID’s as bisexual, they’re not transphobic by default. Likewise, if someone is pansexual, they’re not “better” or more “woke” than bisexual people.
Asexual/Aromantic people are LGBT if they want to be considered LGBT. Yes, that includes heteroromantic aces and heterosexual aros.
Which brings me to my next statement:
NO ONE HAS TO PROVE THEIR VALIDITY TO YOU
If you see someone “straight” at pride, mind your own business. You don’t have an intrinsic right to know what someone’s identity is or why they’re there. I know several people LGBT+ that could only go to pride if they went under the pretense that they were an ally.
Allies are welcome at pride, but pride is not FOR you.
Binding with ace bandages or duct tape is not safe
Binding for more than 8 hours is not safe
Binding while you sleep is not safe
Gender neutral pronouns are valid
And both are grammatically correct
Not everyone transmasculine binds/packs and not everyone transfeminine tucks or uses breast forms
Not everyone transmasculine has short hair or stops shaving or doesn’t wear makeup and not everyone transfeminine has long hair or DO do the things I listed
Not all trans people have dysphoria
Pronouns deserve to be respected regardless of your personal opinion of the person. Don’t go around calling someone a “he” when you know they go by “they” because they never paid you back after that bag of chips that one time. You can have opinions about people, but leave their identity out of it. (If you’re even a remotely decent person,) you wouldn’t call someone a racial slur because you don’t like them, so don’t do this either.
Nonbinary people don’t have to be in the dead middle of the binary to be nonbinary. Some lean towards masc and some lean towards fem and some are a mix or neither or both equally. They’re still nonbinary. This includes using gender-specific pronouns.
Not everyone trans wants to/can medically transition!! If someone is pre/never op or pre/never HRT, they’re still trans.
And of course, the rule that applies to everyone.
DON’T FUCKING OUT PEOPLE. EVER. I’LL COME FOR YOU KNEECAPS. YOU DON’T KNOW WHY THEY AREN’T OUT. IT’S THE LOWEST OF LOWS TO DO THIS SHIT.
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