#token queer

[d1sc0-1nfern0]

Is this controversial? I genuinely have no idea. I have reasoning for this. It feels obvious to me. I’m wondering if it’s not to others.

[snootyfoxfashion]

Token Queer Lapel Pin from goldandmean

It's a big responsibility being the only queer person in your family, workplace, or friend group. Wear your "token queer" status with pride by sporting this tongue-in-cheek pin.

[three-mossy-men]

Y’know, the whole token gay friend is so weird to me, like, in my group of friends there is

Biromantic/ asexual (also agender)

Bicurious/ demisexual

Bicurious/ asexual

Panromantic/ pansexual (also nb)

And then one straight person

Like, out of five of us there is only one whose cis/het, the token gay friend is bad

[thefandomentals]

Put Another Token Queer In The Jukebox, Baby - The Fandomentals

Content warning: Article contains discussion of depictions of racist violence. 

In today's Pride Month throwback, Kai looked at Queer Tokenization: what it means, why it happens, and how it might be avoided.

[peepingnee]

I'm sorry when did Disney decide to get on the pride train? Oh yeah when it became more profitable ....

This makes me unreasonably angry.

[thefandomentals]

Put Another Token Queer In The Jukebox, Baby

Fandom, especially femslash fandom, is starting to confuse tokenism with representation.

Worse, they hold up examples of tokenizing writing as “good representation,” because they don’t understand how something that, on the surface, is exactly what they wanted (gays not dead) can partake of some of the same problems as the Bury Your Gays trope—and are unpleasantly surprised when a story is abruptly wrapped up in a sudden and deeply unsatisfying manner.

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[goldandmean-blog]

Only a few days left of my #tokenqueer pride sale -- 20% off token queer pins through the end of June! Official G+M spokeskitty Isaac "Pretty Boy" Hoy thinks this is a deal you can't pass up! Link in bio 🐈✨

[benji-wns]

If ya dig queer punk stream 4ZZZ now at http://www.4zzzfm.org.au or 102.1FM if you're in Brissy.

I'm not on tonight but helped programmed this queer edition of the 4ZZZ Punk Show!