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kitkatcadillac · 1 year

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seeing a lot of posts making me think about it lately but i think its really important to note when you consider the ways that you accept and support the queer/lgbtq community that its critical, if you want to do a well founded and strong job of it, absolutely CRITICAL to diversify that

i know theres a lot going on right now thats noisy, and scary, and it feels overwhelming and sometimes that pressure is good at encouraging infighting or picking teams or whatnot

but like... i dont know man. step back and relax a little bit. dont engage with the live wire. go... read some stories. read or watch some history, enjoy some queer entertainment.

google terminology. watch something about the AIDS pandemic. see top ten queer artist lists and pick a few to learn more about. look at the wiki for the lavender scare. watch some musicals, learn about theater history. about drag. the holocaust, and how much they cared about whether you were gay, autistic, or jewish, and why its so important to remember who your real fight is with.

not even all at once. just throw some crumbs in with whatever else youre doing, or youre interested in. tidbits. find happy things. find mundane things. find infuriating things. find combinations, confusing things. diversify. grow yourself. give yourself time and tools in bounds. much to learn every day.

#skelly speaks #every single time i look up anything i think i know about queer history i stumble upon something new #fjdj this is absolutely triggered in part by the aformentioned diverse queer acknowledgement need but #man i wasnt even looking for these things. but i was listening to a pathology documentary #(as you do)#and it got to HIV and just... jesus christ man. that wasnt even long ago that was like the 80s #and then nobody gave a shit what else you were. if you were gay you were a Threat #you didnt even have to BE gay man people just had to have some suspicion there was a chance #and on top of all the bullshit the church was doing??? bro you know they played into that #because at the time they were also pushing their 'way of life as we know it' bullshit!#i have so many thoughts and feelings #bfjd of course this is american based thoughts but still #the echoes from these things are still deafening. people are still regurgitating this rhetoric sometimes verbatim...#i dont get it sometimes it all is so cruel sometimes #but i do my best to know what i can and just keep trying to build more understanding #anyway. aaanyway

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