So right around the corner is pride month.
And of course, naturally, the people of 4 Chan had to come and completely take the fun out of pride month. For those who don’t know- there are people threatening to seek out small queer bloggers on social media platforms and dox them, out them, and harass these people with disturbing content. This is called operation pridefall. It starts June 1st, and is supposed to escalate throughout the course of pride month.
This means that we all are being forced back into the closet during what is supposed to be our month, some of us into total isolation as the internet acts as the sole place to be completely expressive. By refusing to go into the closet, we run the risk of being doxxed, put in harms way. By closeting ourselves, they succeed in silencing us. They have placed us between a rock and a hard place.
But they are not the first to do this.
For centuries we have been fighting, forced to hide in the shadows, and hurt when taking a stand. Queer people have been made to be like the vermin in the walls, hiding, surviving.
They have made us like cockroaches, and so cockroaches we will be. They want to take away our pride month? Let them try. We are resilient. We are strength. We have survived in every condition and our community will continue to not only survive but thrive when they wish to see us silent.
We are cockroaches, so let’s survive this motherfucker.
Unfortunately, it is not safe to be out in the same way that it has been on the internet, as they will being actively seeking out queer people through the tags, blog names, and search engines. So be it, but they can not infiltrate our private spaces.
I am creating a group chat here on tumblr called the “Queerantine Bunker”. Everyone who interacts with this post or otherwise requests to be apart of it I will individually add to that group- and on June 1st, unfortunately, I will close the chat for the safety of those inside. Inside of this chat- I, and Mod Lia, will create pride related memes, celebrate various pride days, perhaps do queer Netflix watch parties (if I can coordinate it), share queer history, and otherwise celebrate pride month within an online quarantine. They can try to take our pride away, but they never will be able to. We will do what queer people do best, stick together and motherfucking thrive, looking after eachother and keeping eachother safe.
They want to isolate us, and they will fail. Feel free to also do this in your own group chats, however our service to you all is creating this space.
Remember, on 12am June 1st I am closed for entry requests. Just interact with this post and I will add you to the chat.
Remain here, queer, unswayed and unafraid my dearest cockroachmotherfuckers.
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