Some stuff to look out for, and explanations for each:
(Terms are bolded, explanations are italicized)
-LGBTPN - (started by exclusionists, but has traveled outside of the group. This term does not necessarily mean that they’re a dick- there’s a good chance they don’t even know it was started by them- but please be cautious anyway)
-anything that involves aces/aros/aroaces and UwU/Tumblr culture/etc. - (a lot of exclusionists like to dress asexuality up like it’s just weird kids around puberty who don’t feel sexual attraction because, well, they’re kids, and like asexuality is a tumblr-exclusive sexuality. They tend to make posts like this to mock ace people because they believe these things- think of a person who says something okay, but with heavy sarcasm that makes the words pointed like a dagger. This is, of course, another instance where you need to check the OP more than anything else, along with whoever reblogged it, since plenty of people make ‘uwu valid’ posts about other sexualities. They’re kind of annoying for other sexualities, yeah, but the reason they’re more harmful for the ace community is because of their belief that aces are a ‘Tumblr special snowflake’ category, along with the ‘aces are the sexuality fandom’ post.)
- Specifically anything that mentions cishet aces/Aros being valid. - (there’s this odd culture in exclusionist circles where they will attempt to be actively harmful to ace peeps, actively campaigning for Ace exclusion, talking about how they’re not real, mentioning aces as ‘Tumblr culture’ and stuff, but also somehow insisting ‘I do think they’re valid, they’re just not LGBT.’ Basically, what they’re doing is saying ‘cishet aces/aros, you’re valid uwu you’re just not real, not LGBT, need to realize you’re harmful, and I want you to die.’- and no, that’s not an exaggeration.)
-Things that mention any variation of ‘Cishets’/‘Hets Can’t Be LGBT.’ - (this can also be against bi/pan/poly people in an opposite-gender relationship, as well as gay or straight trans people. On the surface, it looks like a ‘yeah no fucking shit’ kind of post, but exclusionists of all of these people have a tendency to call everyone Cishets- which, of course, includes het aces, het aros, and Cis aroaces. The reason this is harmful should be clear, but in case it isn’t- bisexuals, pansexuals, and polysexuals are still bi, pan, and poly, even in an opposite sex relationship, straight trans people are still trans, gay trans people are gay and trans, not ‘straight in disguise’, and aces/aros/aroaces are ace/aro/aroace. This line of thought is essentially excluding almost everyone except Cis gays and cis people in same-sex relationships (if the person is a terf, otherwise it would exclude everyone not in a same-sex relationship- including Bisexual, Pansexual, and Polysexual peeps.)
-URLs that mention ‘allo’- (this is a strictly exclusionist thing. Allosexual is a word used by Aces to describe anyone who isn’t ace, and it’s counterpart, Alloromantic, is used by aros to describe those who feel romantic attraction. These words are harmless- the Aro/ace versions of a trans person calling Cis people Cis- but, for whatever reason, they feel that us calling them Allo is somehow attacking them. Because of this, a lot of people will take the word ‘allo’ and put it in their URL, assuming that us calling them allo is like us saying ‘you’re dirty for feeling sexual/romantic attraction.’ Basically, they think of allo as a kind of slur that they’re reclaiming, which is extremely wrong, but w/e. A lot of us have kinda been shamed out of using these terms most of the time, so be cautious of any post mentioning ‘Allo’ nowadays.)
- Userbox Tumblrs and Stimboard/Moodboard tumblrs. - (I have no idea whatsoever as to why this is, but a lot of userbox and Stimboard tumblrs are run by exclusionists. No, this isn’t saying ‘don’t go reblogging userboxes or stimboards’, this is basically more of a ‘if they don’t have a banner that says 'exclusionists donmt interact’, please check their blogs.’.)
- Pride Icon tumblrs that make icons of characters like Jughead Jones or Todd Chavez with flags that aren’t ace/ Pride Icon Tumblrs who refuse to make icons with the ace flag. (Before you get pissed, especially considering how popular Riverdale has become, these characters are very much ace. Jughead is Aroace. These characters are confirmed, meaning that they, especially Jughead, should not be made with any other flags. Also, the second one should be obvious why.)
That’s all I can think of offhand, feel free to add more.
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