What are radqueers even?
[ this post is written by anti-radqueers and radqueers, there is no bias here due to that. tags are for spreadablity only. ]
So what are radqueers even? You may have heard positive or negative things about them. With the misinformation social media spreads, who can you even trust?
A radqueer, also known as radically queer, is a stance community regarding multiple stances. Radqueers are pro: transIDs, paraphilas, Medically Unrecognized Disorders, all forms of plurality, alterhumanity, condictory identities, LBGTQ+, bodily autonomy, freedom in fiction, ships, and more.
Radqueers are also always anti on nonconsensual harassment/abuse/neglect and anything nonconsensual.
Contact stance can be anything and being radqueer isn't about your contact stance as well. Radqueers have the stance of "live and let live" to explain it simply.
There's many misconceptions about the radqueer community, and here's some that others wanted to point out.
1. Radqueers are apart of a cult
Radqueers aren't a cult because they lack the defining features of a cult and therefore aren't considered a cult.
2. Radqueers are predators/dangerous
Radqueers are strictly against nonconsenual actions. This means that they cannot be dangerous or predators. If one claims to be radqueer and is a cispredator, they aren't radqueer.
3. Radqueers believe that paraphilas are apart of the LBGTQ+
This differs per radqueer. No two are the same. However, the reasoning why some view paraphilas apart of the LBGTQ+ is because they are both heavily discriminated against.
4. Radqueers are pro-abuse
Radqueers are not pro nonconsensual abuse and are strictly against it. This also goes against what they stand for.
5. All radqueers are edgy 14 year olds
Believe it or not, a lot of the radqueer community are adults. However, there are many minors as well, the reason of being radqueer isn't behind being 'edgy'.
6. All radqueers are white people who want to be transblack to say the n word
Radqueers can be any race and ethnicity. You can look at many radqueer blogs and find that there are more races than only white individuals. Those who identify as transblack are respectful towards black culture and don't identify as it to say the n word. It's encouraged to ask transblack individuals this respectfully and it is never the reason.
7. Transharmful individuals and transnazi individuals agree with harmful/nazi ideology
If one did agree with nazi ideology, they would be cisnazi, not transnazi. Moreover, cisnazis aren't apart of the radqueer community. Transharmful individuals typically don't agree with harmful ideology, and if they do decide to transition, they consensually do so.
7. Radqueers use terms such as MAP to invade queer spaces and prey on children
MAP was coined as an umbrella term for those attracted to minors. This does not mean that they support child abuse nor predators and are actively against it.
8. Paraphilas are inheritently harmful and radqueers support that
Radqueers support paraphilas because attraction doesn't mean anything in relation to actions.