A message to the MOGAI community on 'atypical' dysphoria and para acceptance:
If you were there in 2021 and 2022 saying that people using transids are liars and attention seekers, that people can't have dysphoria about disability or race, that being pro-para means encouraging abuse, that radqueers are wrong for supporting these experiences, and you've changed since then - that's great. You were wrong about transids. You were wrong about paraphilias. You were wrong about radqueers. That's okay to admit.
I'm tired of people acting like the MOGAI community has always been an accepting space for people to be openly transid, a paraphile, or someone with divergent dysphoria, and being surprised when people say they feel safer identifying this way in the radqueer community.
The MOGAI community hasn't always been accepting of these experiences. It still isn't guaranteed to be. It's good that you changed, but let's not act like you were always in the right on this topic.
It's obvious when you're trying to to erase this fact in order to act like radqueers have brought nothing good to the MOGAI space. We can see when you're doing it. Even today, even if you don't like us, you cannot erase history. Your problem with us wasn't always the community; it was also that we supported those with divergent dysphoria, transid users, and paraphilies.
You owe these people an apology for how unsafe they were made to feel, and may still feel, in the MOGAI space. That is how you go about repairing the damage.
Keep making your community more inclusive and accepting, but in the meantime, remember that you don't have to be pro-radqueer to acknowledge that we stood up for identities and experiences you once refused to have any respect for.
