Y’all, I truly do not understand the arguments that deal with Allies when it comes to the LGBT+ community in this ~disk horse~ or what say you.
Like, I know people want to ~keep out the cishets~ or whatever the fuck, but that’s not realistic to the community.
It’s literally not, and you can get angry and willfully misunderstand me all you want, but there have always been cishet allies in the community... and there always will be.
Trans people have partners that are cishet allies. Bi people have partners that are cishet allies. MANY lgbt+ people have cishet allied family. You cannot be that close in bond with people and refuse to say that they’re in the community with us, because that’s just not realistic.
And you’re fucking right the community is “not a club,” or whatever the fuck you want to say like that. You wanna know what else it’s not? Our safe spaces. That’s not realistic either. The community is just how we all gather as a group. Safe spaces are specific things that we made for ourselves. No cishet allies are in those via JUST being associated with our whole community group. That’s ridiculous!!
So I absolutely don’t understand this ~Pretending the A doesn’t exist~ just to try to kick people out that aren’t even in our safe spaces just by being considered part of the community to begin with?? Yes I am talking about aces and aros
Also, as a closeted queer who has literally been able to protect myself from potential abuse by calling myself an ally?? I’m really confused by people saying that doesn’t actually work?? Because uh, it does???
Anyway, I just don’t get why the A can’t be for ace, aro, agender, AND ally.
