(at our parents & anyone else like them, who claims “but I still love you!!!” while trying to control someone’s gender, sexuality, neurodivergence, or any other aspect of their identity (which is not yours to control):)
If you say you love someone,
but want to change them or don’t “believe” they’re LGBT+
you don’t actually love them.
You love an image of them - the concept you have of who they are to you in your mind,
a persona of them, an actor/actress you believe //is// their true self,
But not the real person.
Because real love understands people are like trees or rivers -
Ever growing, ever changing, but still your people.
If you only love them when they’re masking, pretending to be cishet, etc.
you do not love them.
You love the act, your perception...a puppet you can control.
You leave them unseen, completely misunderstood, & yet you claim to love them.
People are not meant to be controlled. People’s identities are not meant to be controlled.
So no. You don’t love them. You only love the act.
~Wrath
(he/they)












