#gsm issues

[comradebisexual]

Honestly if this episode didn't CONTINUALLY reaffirm heteronormativity in the Federation, and among the gendered J'naii, it would be nearly perfect.

[comradebisexual]

"What I need, and what all of those who are like me need, is your understanding, and your compassion"

[comradebisexual]

I first saw this episode long before I truly acknowledged my own gender differences.

It's not hard for me now to see why it struck such a chord.

[upsetatrocks-blog]

anon, anon! I think it's wonderful that you're excited about marriage equality, I really do. I just don't think we should just all throw a "yay equals!!!" party just yet. I am, unfortunately, confident that queer discrimination will continue to be a thing long after marriage equality, no matter which country you're from, has happened. enjoy it, but know that you deserve more. I speak from experience here, we've had marriage equality over here since 2009. what you deserve is true equality, and that means no bullying, assumptions, anti-laws or other forms of discrimination from any human being, ever.

[upsetatrocks-blog]

Marriage equality has already been a thing in my entire country for years, and trust me, it does NOT

stop people from using "gay", "queer", "f*g", "tr*nny", ect as insults

change any other laws discriminating against queer people (like, you know, firing people just for being queer... thankfully that's not a thing here, but if it was, it still wouldn't change just because there was marriage equality)

educate all straight cis people on queer issues

change the "assume straight until stated queer" thing

change other heteronormative things

destroy gender roles

somehow magically destroy other patriarchal nonsense

stop queer people from being bullied

Marriage equality is important.

like, SUPER IMPORTANT.

But let's not think that us GSM people, people of gender and sexuality minorities, can or should ever just be satisfied with that. ALL discrimination must end before we can call something equality, and that doesn't stop with the ability to walk legally down an aisle. We deserve more than that, so much more than that.

[cuteandgayyy]

I've seen how you post some great things related to social issues and I wanted to ask someone about this. I am an ally, and I see this as a positive thing. It's just wanting equality right? But, I constantly see posts on tumblr complaining about allies,and yes I understand how some people are just trying to be attention seekers etc, but as a whole, why is it being discouraged? If members of the LGBT* community feel this way, what am I doing wrong?

Hi nonnie!! uwu <3

Well, I agree that being an ally is not a bad thing. I don’t think I’m the best person to talk about this as this isn’t an issue I’ve looked into a great deal, but I’ll give it a shot:

I couldn’t possibly tell you what you’re doing wrong, but the general problem with a lot of allies, that people have, is that they tend to feel they deserve to call themselves members of the community, or they tend to care more about displaying their ally-hood than actual GSM (gender and sexuality minority) issues.

I don’t think anyone are against the concept of allies, but the fact that they get so much attention and celebration for passing the absolute bare minimum of human decency, while actual queer people are generally shoved aside and not shown so much love and attention, is a problem. Allies are not oppressed for their sexuality or being cis. They don’t deserve a special week for their own celebration, because every other week tends to revolve around straight cis people, too.

Basically, some allies are great, and recognize that the “A” in LGBTQIA stands for asexual/aromantic, not ally, while others feel that they deserve some kind of prize or recognizion for wanting equality. The latter is usually the kind of allies people have issues with.

To use a quote; “Being a decent human being shouldn’t be something to be proud of or something to be celebrated. It should be the default setting.”

[upsetatrocks-blog]

what's e/R? i'm sorry for asking i just don't know what it is. thank you :)

Oh, it’s a ship from Les Mis (enjolras and grantaire), and some people (I joke about this myself, and one time I made it into something serious, which I am no longer proud of) that the author ships them because of their relationship in the book.

I’m ok with that, but when you turn it that joke into something heteronormative and then proceed to celebrate it under the guise that all queer things are good queer things (they’re not, bad and problematic representation exists… pretty much everywhere), that’s when it stops being cool. And if Victor Hugo *really* had intended their relationship to be like that, then I would also be mad at him, because that’s, like I said, really ridiculously problematic.

Sooo there I ended up explaining the entire discussion?? Yeah I hope the names of the characters and book/musical/movie(s) are enough to explain the ship itself, lol.

[witchpieceoftoast]

Listening to the BBC interviewing people about the anti-gay propaganda laws they're trying to pass in Russian is fucking terrifying and might be making me feel a bit ill... but then these politicians will say something like "those gays and their strange incomes from art shows" and... I kind of want to laugh... Laughing through the tears, maybe?

Damnit, Russia, I loved you!  My childhood dream was to live there!  Stop it Russia!  Russia, Tchaikovsky!  TCHAIKOVSKY RUSSIA!!!!!!