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Since joining Tumblr, I’ve met a lot of young queer people. Look, I’m a bisexual man in a gay relationship, and I’m approaching 30. I was still a kid when Matthew Shepard’s story was being covered on the news. I remember thinking, “I better keep my mouth shut about these feelings I’m having.”

And then I met Dominic when I was 12, and people could see how in love we were. And we got the shit beat out of us. The year I met him, some kids in the grade above me held me down against the bleachers in our gym and stomped on my hand until my fingers broke. Instead of sending me to the nurse, the teacher sent me to the assistant principal to explain the situation. She asked why the kids had beat me up. I said, “They were calling me gay.”

Her response was, “Well, are you?”

My, “I don’t know,” earned a call to my parents, and I was outed. Efforts were made to keep me from seeing Dom. Throughout high school, Dom’s stepmother intensified these efforts. He slept in the basement of the house. Although he was an incredibly talented student, he was prohibited from participating in any extracurriculars. He suffered a lot of physical abuse during those years.

The day he turned 18, he packed up everything he had and walked to my house, and we’ve lived together ever since. Things are better, but they’re not perfect. I’ve had trucks pull up next to me at stoplights and, seeing the pride sticker on my car, through old drinks and garbage into my window. I no longer speak to my dad’s side of the family. I haven’t been to see them for Christmas or Thanksgiving in years. One of my uncles had cornered me at Thanksgiving when I was 17 and said, “I’m not going to judge you, but I’d be happy to break your neck so God can do the judging a little sooner.”

I joined a support group for trans and intersex people. When I joined, 40 people attended regularly. Within the year, the group was half the size it had been. Some couldn’t make it anymore, because they were staying at the shelter, where their stay hinged on them agreeing to instead to attend homophobic sermons. Some were put in correctional therapy. Five of them died. Three of those, I didn’t know, but I knew Alex, the 19 year old who was fag-dragged in Kentucky and died a day later in the hospital, and I knew Stephanie, who went home to Alabama to care for her mom in hospice and was beaten to death with a baseball bat by her mom’s boyfriend.

Tumblr is not reality. The dynamic here does not reflect the dynamic out there. Here’s the part where I finally make a point, and it might be extremely unpopular - but guys, value your allies. Value each other. We are met with enough hate in our daily lives to enter an online safe-space and meet more hate from our own, over petty things. Don’t go after one another over every little thing you find problematic.

Learn to see nuance. Maybe the word “queer” bothers you, and you see a gay man using it as an umbrella term. Maybe someone called a trans man a trans woman because they’re confused about terminology, but the post where they did it was voicing support for the trans community. Maybe someone is just asking a question, wanting to learn more. Stop. Attacking. These. People.

Allies are being driven away. Members of our own community are being ostracized. Others are feeling nervous and estranged, and it’s largely because of places like Tumblr, where the social justice movement is quickly becoming violent and radical. I am begging you, stop nitpicking “problematic” things and start directing your efforts to create real change. When it comes to comes to your allies, forget the “social justice warrior” mentality and put down your torch. Educate calmly. Be respectful. Be understanding. Be forgiving. And I’m certainly not saying that your anger doesn’t have a good place - when you are met with bigots on the street, congress members who want to pass hateful laws, violent protesters, abusive parents, prejudiced teachers, that is when you need to be a warrior. That’s when it counts. In the real world. When you have the opportunity to protect people from real harm. Attacking your would-be allies via anonymous asks is just going to lose us ground in the long run. And we don’t have time for that, not when trans women of color are being murdered every day, not when states are still fighting against marriage equality, not when there are politicians in office who believe that trans people are possessed by demons, not when we’ve just lost 50 brothers and sisters to one gunman, not when the media won’t even admit that the attack was homophobic.

Please step back. Look at the big picture. Look at where we are, globally. Don’t just log on to your safe space and attack your allies over small missteps. That’s like washing the dishes in a house that’s on fire, kids. Let’s fight on the battlefield, and when we come home to each other, let’s just focus on bandaging up our wounds so we can go out and win the war.

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if you support donald trump unfollow me. full stop. hopefully no trump supporters are dumb enough to think they’re welcome here, but seriously. gtfo my page. block me while you’re at it.

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Good morning! I’m salty.

I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.

This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.

You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.

“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.

If you’re not prepared to see adult content, created by and for adults, don’t fucking click through this. And if you do, for all that’s holy, don’t blame anyone else for it.

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The Japanese official Obey Me twitter account has been sharing some manga pages to explain the game and characters for new players.

These are the unofficial English translations in case you missed them!

Art is by Knmc21da.

All translations provided by Maon! Please go say thank you to them 🙏

I've made some slight adjustments for ease of reading that are still accurate 💖

All brothers page translation~

Obey Me! Understand it in one page!

The Devildom. In the "House of Lamentation", live seven handsome demon brothers.

A mysterious human exchange student is summoned to the Devildom.

They tame the brothers with whips.

(Belphie: Ain't that masochism?)

And restores their brotherly bonds.

Solomon (friendly): That's right! It's like an adventure game about taming handsome demon brothers.

Levi: WTF are you talking about?!

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Lucifer's page translation~

Lucifer, the Avatar of Pride.

A perfectly flawless, malicious sadist. The mighty first-born who rules over his own disobedient brothers.

His hobbies include listening to and appreciating classical music (all the better if it's cursed), and coming up with the perfect place to hang up Mammon ♡

Lucifer: Where should I punish you today?

Mammon: I AM SO SORRY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME BIG BROTHER ONIISAMAAAAAAAAAAA!

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Mammon page translation~

Mammon, the Avatar of Greed.

He loves MONEY!! The scummy second-born who borrows money and never pays it back.

Mammon: Everythin's all mine!

Other than money, recently he is also interested in the strange new human exchange student.

Mammon: Huh? Don't be sayin' such idiot things!

MC (sheep): ...

Mammon: 😳

House of Lamentation group chat:

Asmo: Let's have a movie night! ♡

Mammon: ...

He hates horror movies!

Mammon: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!

Satan: Shut up.

Beel: Mammon, get out of the way!

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Levi page translation~

Leviathan, the Avatar of Envy.

Nothing beats 2D! The hardcore otaku third-born. His only friend is Henry (a goldfish). His waifu is-

Levi: WAIT! You are 5000 trillion years too soon to be talking about me like that!

(Blacjack: But it's true, right?)

(Nancy: Yup.)

Levi: And you dare to even try talking about Hana Ruri-tan? You know that she's the heroine of "The Magical Ruri Hana: Demon Girl", right?

Levi: (continues babbling about Ruri-chan)

Narrator: ...

Even though he's like this, he is actually capable of summoning and controlling Lotan, the powerful sea monster. And he is the Grand Admiral of Hell's Navy.

Unknown brother: Don't listen to him.

Another brother: Just shut up...

Narrator: ... just look at the scenery, I guess?

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Satan page translation~

Satan, the Avatar of Wrath.

The fourth-born who loves reading and cats with all his heart. He is perhaps the most decent one of all the brothers.

Levi: DeCeNt ROTFLOL

Mammon: He's a real pain in the ass when he gets real mad

Satan (angry): HMM?

Asmo (sarcastic): And he has such a good relationship with Lucifer! ♡

Beel: *monch monch*

Lucifer: Fufufu

Satan: I'll kill you!

Satan: ... Belphie.

Belphie: Oh? Ah, you came Satan.

(The youngest brother, Belphegor.)

Satan: The... uh, I've forgotten how many we've had- Meeting #X of the Anti-Lucifer League will now commence!

Belphie: What should we do this time? Burn all his clothes?

Their pranks and harassment campaign against Lucifer goes on day by day!

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Asmo page translation~

Asmodeus, the Avatar of Lust.

He spends all his free time partying in clubs. A top tier narcissist.

Asmo: But it's true that I'm cute and pretty, right?

Solomon: Ah, I see you're doing this... You did mention you help your brothers to paint their nails.

Asmo: Yesssss♪

Mammon: *dozing off*

Asmo: I have my own beauty routine, and I'm an advisor for "Majolish"-

Solomon's Point: Majolish is a famous brand in the Devildom.

Asmo: -and I even find time to help my brothers paint their nails. How can I be such a cute, kind, and perf-

Mammon: Bww?!

Asmo: DON'T FCKING FALL ASLEEP YOU MORON

Solomon (swooning): Woooh!

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Beel page translation~

Beelzebub, the Avatar of Gluttony.

Eating, eating, exercising, training, eating - basically, he is always hungry.

Solomon: ... btw, that growling sound... Is Cerberus not in a good mood?

Lucifer: That's not it - it's Beel's stomach.

Solomon: But he's already eating?!

Belphie: Hey, Beel. I'll give you mine.

Beel: !!! THANK YOU BELPHIE! I LOVE YOU!!

Belphie: Okay, okay. I love you too.

The twins bond is deep.

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Belphie page translation~

Belphegor, the Avatar of Sloth.

No matter where, when, or how, he can always fall asleep. The beloved seventh-born.

Lucifer: WHO THREW MY DDD IN THE TRASH?!

(Belphie is the culprit.)

Phone chat:

Mammon: Another great pic of Belphie sleeping!

Levi: Well, I had to lend him my Azuki-tan plushie

Asmo: CUTEEEE ♡

Belphie brings all seven brothers together to make a family.

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OMFG SIDE CHARACTER EVENT???!! I'm ✨hyperventilating✨ Bruh did that roger pufferfish reblog work?? 👀 I swear yall....

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Hoping c:

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Demonic thot omfasdfghjkl-

Cursed Creature here

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Y'all Belphie looking fine for the spooky event going on right now 🥺😤👌

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