no one is saying you have to stop calling yourself queer, and its great that you can reclaim a slur!! Its amazing to bring piwer to urself!!! But some ppl have trauma with the word and that needs to be respected by not using it on lgbt who are uncomfy with ut
Y'all are some of the most disingenuous motherfuckers. I am exhausted. And I am really done with this trauma argument.
A confession: I have been harassed and verbally abused with it/its pronouns before.
I donât fully understand why some trans people choose to use it pronouns for themselves, and I donât follow anyone who does anymore because seeing someone referred to as âitâ upsets me.
However, I do not shame or belittle trans folks who use it/its pronouns in a reclaiming fashion because itâs none of my business and I am not a piece of obnoxious shit.
If you have trauma associated with the word queer, then you need to respect me and yourself enough to not interact with my blog.
This blog literally has QUEER in its url, name, and description. Every other post on this blog contains the word QUEER. This blog is about QUEER people, for QUEER people, by a QUEER person.
No one is forcing you to interact with this blog. No one is forcing you to interact with the QUEER community. No one is forcing you to apply the word QUEER to your own identity.
Block blogs that have queer in their url. Add the word QUEER to your Tumblr tag blacklist. Download one of the many different apps and browser extensions that exist and use it to hide posts with the word QUEER in them.
Try taking at least some responsibility for your own mental health.
You arenât queer? You donât like the word? Thatâs fine. Your feelings and your trauma are valid.
But hear this: y'all need to leave QUEER people the FUCK alone.
Stop adding âqueer is a slurâ to our posts.
Stop inviting yourselves onto our posts to whine about the phrase âqueer communityâ.
Donât reblog our posts if youâre going to tag them with â#q slurâ.
Stop making discourse of our genders and sexualities.
Stop trying to create rules over who is allowed to call themselves queer when you yourself are not queer.
Stop sending us invasive messages demanding to know âhowâ weâre queer or if weâre âreally lgbtâ.
Stop trying to make the queer community responsible for your personal baggage, as if we arenât surviving with our own.