New header image by Twitter user @shitomensShe/Her, embarrassed and pissed off brit (fuck brexit, fuck the tories) Good omens trash, (the book and show give me life!) Might have a bit of an obsession with Michael Sheen and David Tennant and all possible ship combinations of their tv/movie characters at the moment. Including Michael x David themselves. Just pump all the Michael Sheen x David Tennant character fics into my veins. Brand new shipper of dream of the endless x hob gadling - so that’s a thing now 😩
Snaps my fingers at you as you scroll past this post
Look at me. Listen.
I'm not the best at serious posts, but that article up there reminded me of how important it is that people like you stand up for us. So hold on while I try to get this out of my mushy end-of-work-day brain.
We could fight this fight ourselves for decades trying to reach the equal laws, gender affirming trans healthcare that doesn't have a 2-5+ soul-eating years of waiting time, medical care with equal knowledge of lgbtqia+ bodies, and, what is often forgotten, inclusion in the little everyday areas of life like our way of speaking or things being set up or designed with the existence of queer people in mind.
But you joining in could get us there so much faster.
The power you have as a hetero cis person is that you set the standard for what is seen as the average way of treating us among other hetero cis people. You have been given the power of deciding what's "normal" and I'm begging you to use it.
Richard Green is a great example of to what extent your actions can help our situation, and smaller ways of support still add up to a great impact on society, and could make the days of the queer people you interact with.
Educate yourself before you speak up, but don't be silent.
Favorite moment of Michael and David on Graham Norton: David tells the story of accidentally injuring himself while playing Romeo in Romeo & Juliet.
(Special note: Michael’s shameless reaction when they show a picture of David in the play.)