Ngl I always find it interesting to talk to non-LGBT/non-discourse involved people about LGBT discourse and inter-community politics because there’s very much a noticeable dissonance of “well, this thing doesn’t affect me, so why does it affect you? Why are you bothered by this?” while simultaneously acknowledging that they aren’t involved in the community, and/or community politics.
It’s very easy (and arguably fairly rational) to say people should be able to identify however they want, but it often comes at the cost of ignoring science or incidentally bigoted history. Autistic people being scapegoated by an allistic to “justify” the existence of MOGAI, pansexuality existing as a “replacement” label for bisexuality since either the 1920s or 1930s, the very definition and criteria of gender dysphoria being willfully ignored or changed when the term is already highly inclusive of a variety of different trans experiences, how “gender is all fake bullshit!” can help one trans person and harm another, all of the varying and complex opinions people have on various slurs being reclaimed, I could honestly go on. LGBT people are highly variable in the opinions they can hold and this has been a universal constant truth. The age of the internet has definitely made these politics and discourse more accessible-- as well as opening the door for a whole host of misinformation-- but to act as if community in-fighting and discourse is a recent invention would just be absurd. The issue will always come down to when community politics and discourse distracts from fighting for our actual, tangible rights. If you prioritize identity politics and label discourse over actual people being killed or our rights being under direct threat, then you genuinely need to re-evaluate those priorities. It should also go without saying that other people are not mandated to engage with you and staying in your lane and being reasonably amicable towards things you don’t understand or simply fundamentally disagree with is the mature option in the vast majority of cases.
I have VERY strong opinions about biphobia and bi history, the ableist history of MOGAI, misinformation about gender dysphoria, and the scientific/neurological basis of gender in general. All that can be discussed WITHOUT going out of your way to attack random internet users hoping that they’ll engage you in a discussion you aren’t entitled to. You’re allowed to be frustrated with other members of your own community, but that frustration should never take priority over the rage you should feel towards the bigots in positions of power, nor your ability to evaluate if arguing with a random teen on the internet over their identity is worth it. Trust me LGBT discourse and politics would be so much more fucking productive if it wasn’t a dick measuring contest over who the “real” bigots of the LGBT community are and instigating random strangers, as opposed to, oh I dunno. Posting actual sources pertaining to community history and being open to other perspectives as opposed to being rude and accusatory towards each other? Just a thought.
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my dream portrayal of jgy is that he's an independant character with his own strengths (not lxc's sweet little child-birthing wifey) that get recognition and appreciation (and that aren't 'being a good mommy/rabid event planner, haha, such a control freak this a-yao'), who deserves and gets love (but isn't just a tiny lovely thing whose only purpose is-- do you get my point already i wonder), who's allowed to be in a bad mood (but isn't defined by those moments, which is very important to me personally), but who isn't a cruel or bad person (and whose attempts at explaining his situation to others are taken seriously, and not as just him trying to Manipulate Others As Usual because, and i might be controversial but idqc, if i'm to call a character a gaslighting manipulator i'd like to see cases of him a/ doing it b/ succesfully c/ often, and no, "well he conned lxc into thinking he's not an evil murderous twink, SOMEHOW" doesn't count)
and my problem is that it's, well, as dreams usually are, rather unattainable
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i regret going back to school i need to drop out and fuck off to middle of nowhere ireland. become a sheep or something (yes a sheep not a shepard.)
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man, i really just. absolutely loathe living through this era of everything i once cherished growing up degrading into corporate sludge. websites i once adored using are either gone or had to go so corporate to survive they are barely even a facsimile of what i once loved. no more flash games. no more forums. no more fun. every website has to look like tiktok even though i and many others fucking loathe that app. no more customizing your page with html, no more blingee, no more making silly amvs, everything has a copyright bot on it, youtube poops i used to love watching have been erased from existence cus of said aforementioned bot, we're in the post-sopa era where they won and all the absolutely insane religious fascists in the govt are trying to censor any and everything that they don't agree with on the internet, ban this, ban that, "protect the children"...i hate this place. i can't do it no more brother HH. i want to live through a sludge era. i want to do whatever the fuck i please without some puritan fuck breathing down my neck. what is the point in wasting air if you can't do anything with it?? Like Actually What Is The Point of living if you're not allowed to, well, live. christ alive.
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finally more or less settled into new apt. still need some stuff like a bookshelf and maybe some more cupboard space but got all the amenities... -w-
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you ever have those days where you just fucking hate every single one of your friends and your roommate and your neighbors and your parents and society and culture and this whole fucking human experience
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a tribute to the lost soul on the second floor of my building
who burned popcorn at midnight and forced us all
to waste away in the 30 degree weather
fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you
but now I'm inside
and I'm warming
and I'm more inclined to be kind
and still I say
fuck you
good night
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