What TERFs think LGBTQA stands for

Lesbians Gynosexual womyn Butch lesbians Three lesbians at the same time Queen of lesbians All lesbians all the time

"Listen to trans folk-"

No, you listen to women, fuckface. We've heard more than enough.

I’m begging of you even if you disagree with Israel (rightly so), do not fall into the enemy of my enemy is my friend mentality. Do not forget the atrocities that the Islamic Republic has committed and is committing against its own people, including children. Do not forget Mahsa Amini and Nika Shahkarami and the millions killed by the Islamic Republic.

Sincerely, an Iranian.

Period pussy tastes like pennies and brother I'm Mr Krabs

Sorrow

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DYKE!

[former] gay advocacy groups be like no we won't do anything to address rampant meth/drug addiction among men who have sex with men, we have to devote all our resources to pronoun policing and sterilizing & castrating gender-nonconforming proto-gay kids instead

Unpopular radfem opinion but I actually (used to) love the word queer, referring to myself as queer, saying "hey queers" to my all gay/bi friend circle as an edgy teen, and all that jazz. It really did feel like a rebellion, a big "fuck you" to straight people who would once have used the word as an insult but now found it powerless to wield against those of us who had chosen it for ourselves. Straight people used to be shocked by self-described queers, it was very clearly a reclamation and a sign of protest.

But then, slowly and insidiously, throughout the years, "queer" changed its meaning. It stopped being a "fuck you" to straight people, a word chosen precisely for its shocking nature and subversive origins. Straight people started using it again, en masse, to refer to us. And that was okay, that was acceptable, because the word had been sanitised, scrubbed clean of its dirty origins and hung out to dry by interlopers and so-called allies. Suddenly gay (boring, assimilationist, old school, privileged) was juxtaposed with queer (revolutionary, modern, subversive, marginalised) when before they had been synonymous. Suddenly straights could be queer and corporations could be queer-friendly and gay rights became queer rights. Suddenly, the term was meaningless.

Reclamation of slurs is an important part of our journeys as individuals to overcome the prejudices we face and the hatred we might internalise. But as soon as a slur is being used by those whom it did not originally target, it's not being reclaimed, it's being mainstreamed, turned back into a mockery. Now straight people call us queer and we have no recourse. Similarly to men calling women cunts and bitches and women being told to stop making a fuss because they aren't seen as proper slurs anymore ("it's a term of endearment in Australia hahaha"). The power of reclamation, "queer as in fuck you" etc, is gone. It's dust. We're not getting it back. At this point, all we can do is relinquish the word entirely. And I can't lie, that hurts a little, because when "queer" meant something, I loved being queer.

i hate overdramatic sports fans. you’re going to let a game of fetch affect your mood for an entire day??? you’re going to be mean to your family because some men you’ve never met didn’t throw a ball hard enough???? please get a life

It is especially lonely to be homosexual in an era of straight appropriation. It is lonely to be gay in a sea of bisexual people claiming your legacy with no introspection, a galaxy of straight people using your words incorrectly and gentrifying your culture. I sometimes remember that sliver of time when it felt like gay rights were finally becoming respected, but just like any other subculture, the only way to normalize it is to gut the people and declaw it until all the meaning has been stripped down to a series of jokes and cheap aesthetics.

The tragic part is unlike music scenes or political parties, there is no way to abdicate your innate sexuality.

i really do not believe one can be an anticapitalist trans person

y’all literally think your identity can be bought though cosmetic surgeries, makeup and commodities such as binders or shapewear

Men like to frame their most apathetic tendencies as a natural result of their superior logic, frequently positing that women are too emotional to make rational decisions. Let me make this clear: empathy makes people smarter. Compassionate people make smarter decisions. Humans evolved to feel strong emotions because THEY ARE NECESSARY FOR HIGHER LEVEL COGNITIVE PROCESSING. If we didn’t feel guilt, rage, sadness, love, and every other feeling we quite simply wouldn’t have come this far as a species. The human brain would never have evolved. We have this in common with other highly intelligent animals such as apes, whales, and elephants. They grieve powerfully, and form significant social bonds that affect their decision-making. If anything the cultural restriction of male emotional development and the encouragement of male rage, jealousy, possessiveness, etc, just makes them (males) closer to beasts operating on the most animalistic of instincts.

i need a coffee table book of every image ive ever reblogged