ugh so I’m pretty frustrated about this post wherein a cis bisexual dude implies I’m the reason he doesn’t participate in ‘the queer community’ so I’m gonna vent and I’m doing it here because I know 3 things about this guy:
1: he’s bisexual and married to a woman and he has basically never participated in the ‘queer community’; 2: he is physically imposing and large and he frequently references his size, ability to beat the shit out of people, and willingness to beat the shit out of people and I really don’t think he notices how often he does this, but he does; 3: when people disagree with him he likes to kinda follow them from thread to thread and be a shit to them, and again idk if he even notices he does this
anyway. he has posted in that thread 24 times. I’ve posted not even 18 and several of them were today; the majority are me being supportive to trans people who are going through shit. so when you want to talk about someone being discouraged from participating in “the community,” clearly you aren’t the one being discouraged from participating in the trans thread even though you’re openly cisgender (though I like the little ‘gender issues’ you threw in there)
also if you haven’t felt welcome in the queer community for decades and by your own admission never participate that isn’t my fucking fault for saying that queer people have lots of shared experiences that straight children of lgbt people will never have
ESPECIALLY considering that the idea that there WAS a ‘queer community’ is relatively new and the idea that we should be allowed to exclude anyone is even newer
also don’t think that the whole idea that being large and strong precludes you from being a victim of violence has escaped my attention
