You wanna know something crazy?
I work for a LGBTQ+/Queer non-profit, I’ve had to sit in on training seminars on how to best support our community, how to create a space that is actually safe for everyone in the community, etc.
You wanna know the one thing that was emphasized by these professionals running these seminars (who are also a part of the community btw)
Telling queer people what their labels for their identity ought to be is extremely harmful.
Gatekeeping the community from other people who are figuring themselves out because of labels is harmful?! Shocker I know, but yes it is.
You know what this means right? It means that:
You don’t get to tell a guy experimenting with queer sex that he’s gay/bi/queer/etc if he ID’s as straight
You don’t get to tell a woman experimenting with queer sex that she’s lesbian/bi/queer/etc. if she ID’s as straight
You don’t get to tell aces who are hetero sexual/Romantic that they don’t belong in queer spaces
You don’t get to blame bi lesbians/m-spec women for creepy cishet men entering wlw spaces to hit on women (in an entitled way) (that’s called misogyny babes)
You don’t get to tell someone they are unlovable/not deserving of a relationship/etc. because of the label they use
You don’t get to tell people that actions invalidate their labels because “actions speak louder than words”
You don’t get to demand to know what labels someone uses because of their actions. (Or you don’t force someone to out themselves)
You don’t apply labels to someone from pure speculation (you could be outing someone and putting them in danger)
You don’t get to tell people their labels are “contradictory” or “don’t make sense” and demand they choose one label over the other
Other Labels cannot harm your own identity, and if you act like it can your wrong and harming the community
And ultimately, It means that according to actual professionals within the lgbtq non-profit space, the exclusionists in the community are wrong and are doing immeasurable harm.
Basically what I’m saying is that everyone is welcome here on my blog, policing identity is harmful, and yes, the exclusionists that told you that your identity is invalid or made fun of you for your identity we’re so fucking wrong.
Everyone who experiences sexual orientation, attraction, gender identity, and gender expression differently belongs within our community.
Gatekeeping only keeps people deserving of services away from the spaces where they can get those services. It keeps them away from peer support. And that’s not good, especially if you know the statistics for self harm and suicide within the community.
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I guess something else that severely bothered me was seeing this person posit themselves as a protector of transfems and then say with their chest that men can't be lesbians.
Babe do you know how some beautiful "men" realize they're not and haven't been for a long time if not at all?
By identifying as a lesbian first.
If we gatekeep lesbianism, transfems cannot be free to discover and to be who they are. They will feel more shame and guilt about who they are and our society does that enough already. It is not fair to do this to another person, especially not someone of such a marginalized gender.
And like, in summation, if you don't support bi lesbians, if you don't support man lesbians, if you don't support lesbians of all kinds and orientations and body parts, you don't support lesbians and you definitely don't support transfem people.
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"bi lesbian in a straight relationship" i cannot stop laughing there is not a single lesbian thing about you
Actually, there is a lot of lesbian things about me. However, seeing as you have the same mental capacity as a bigot, I don't think I'll waste my typing all the things that make me out.
What I will do is turn your stupidity into a post that boosts my fellow mspecs and co.
We have always been queer. We will always be queer. If gender is not binary, then neither is sexuality.
Grow tfu, see some tiddy action + cope + seethe + stay woke
BI LESBIAN DEMI GURL 4 LIFE YO 😘
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Okay not to be that person but I'm getting really sick and tired of hearing/seeing people be mean, so stop.
And yes, labels can be fluid and contradict each other sometimes <3
Bi lesbian is a valid sexuality
No hate on my dash.
Edit: Adding on real quick, nb people can be lesbians If you identify as a lesbian.
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the other day i got a hate ask aimed at mspec lesbians. i blocked it without fully reading it, but i think it merits a mention that, of what i glimpsed, it was mostly just blatant fatphobia. and it made me think about how, when i see an aphobic comment, 9 times out of 10 it's left by a terf.
though they may hide behind wanting to protect some marginalized groups, exclusionists are never actually progressive. it's all just the same bigots every time.
anyway here are some reminders to the rest of you
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Every time someone says "lesbian means nonmen loving nonmen" in response to bi lesbians, there is a kitten out there who will find a bi lesbian and cuddle with them to make up for your shit
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hey maxwell i think i might be a bi lesbian because ever since i heard the term it just kind of clicked?? but im really scared of bullying and harassment because of how much hate they get
can i get some affirmation,,? /nf
Bi lesbians have been around since the beginning of the queer community. Your identity is 100% valid in every way. Fortunately, the mspec mono community is growing as the labels become more known. I promise there will always be people out there who will love and support you :)
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