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baking-accident:
i know this is a stupid thing to be upset about but current consensus seems to be that aromantic aces don’t belong in either lgbt or straight categories, and i want to be ok with that, i would never want to make people feel unsafe if i’m considered an oppressor, it’s just that personally i’ve been reading stuff including us as part of the community since i was 14 and impressionable so it’s like, a largeish part of my identity now? i internally go “hey that’s me!” when i see pride stuff, i’m proud of how non-straight i look with short hair and flannels, i’ve always thought of myself as One Of The Gang when my friends talk about being lgbt. i know i can still be a good ally and my self-worth shouldn’t depend on what some community thinks of me, but i guess i just have to learn to be more ok with being My Own Thing
Please ignore tumblr ‘consensus’ (which is wrong anyway, exclusion is ta are by far the minority). IRL and even just elsewhere on the internet, most LGBT+ groups (that aren’t TERF run) want to open our doors to as many people as possible. Because we are still s minority and numbers give us strength.
Ironic that exclusion is ta are always going on about 'it’s considered cool to call yourself queer’, when they are being the biggest hipster shots imaginable.
You are part of the community. Anyone who says otherwise is not someone we want.
baking-accident:
i know this is a stupid thing to be upset about but current consensus seems to be that aromantic aces don’t belong in either lgbt or straight categories, and i want to be ok with that, i would never want to make people feel unsafe if i’m considered an oppressor, it’s just that personally i’ve been reading stuff including us as part of the community since i was 14 and impressionable so it’s like, a largeish part of my identity now? i internally go “hey that’s me!” when i see pride stuff, i’m proud of how non-straight i look with short hair and flannels, i’ve always thought of myself as One Of The Gang when my friends talk about being lgbt. i know i can still be a good ally and my self-worth shouldn’t depend on what some community thinks of me, but i guess i just have to learn to be more ok with being My Own Thing
Please ignore tumblr ‘consensus’ (which is wrong anyway, exclusion is ta are by far the minority). IRL and even just elsewhere on the internet, most LGBT+ groups (that aren’t TERF run) want to open our doors to as many people as possible. Because we are still s minority and numbers give us strength.
Ironic that exclusion is ta are always going on about 'it’s considered cool to call yourself queer’, when they are being the biggest hipster shots imaginable.
You are part of the community. Anyone who says otherwise is not someone we want.
