If a hijabi Muslim takes off her scarf to avoid violence, she is still Muslim. If a mixed-race person passes as white to avoid being targeted for racial abuse, they are still mixed-race. If a queer person stays in the closet to avoid being murdered, they're still queer.
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Imagine you're a baby queer writer in an unsafe household, and you read this article saying that you can't claim to be queer online unless you're prepared to come out to the parents who might hurt you, disown you or both if they knew the truth.
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I'm so viscerally angry about this I could rant on for days, but I'm going to make myself stop now. Nalini Haynes and DMZ can both fuck off into the sun. KEEPING YOURSELF SAFE AND SECURE DOES NOT INVALIDATE YOUR MARGINALISATION. END OF FUCKING STORY.
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ETA: a friend has pointed out that I didn't include an alt-text for the one screencap I posted, so here it is again with an alt-text:pic.twitter.com/O9IoPvXtAO
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Jumping back on my own thread a final time because: THIS. https://twitter.com/thecmcaplan/status/1376206082901737472?s=21 …
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HI HELLO, BISEXUALS AND PANSEXUALS EXIST! WE LITERALLY EXIST AND WE DON'T STOP BEING BI/PAN DEPENDING ON THE GENDER OF THE PERSON WE'RE WITH OR HOW LATE IN LIFE WE FIGURED OUR SHIT OUT! IDENTITY IS NOT DETERMINED BY PERFORMANCE!
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listen. LISTEN. THERE IS NO ONE RIGHT WAY TO BE QUEER. none of us have the same identical realisation/coming out/dating experiences because, newsflash, WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE. also, where the fuck does any of this leave aro/ace/aroace people?
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Some ace people have biological children! This doesn't make them less ace, even though the proof that they did The Sex is walking around in the world! Lots of aro people are still in relationships! This doesn't make them allo! EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT THIS IT GETS DUMBER
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Rather, staying quiet is how you KEEP being trans. You do what it takes to survive.
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