#an' like obviously. fully aware dat these rights r nawt jus' given. they r earned. but i think ppl in better places often forget themselves

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tbh it's still crazy 2 see progressive (ie western slash european & american i guess? yanno wat i mean. places wher we r nawt radicalised & illegalised into it oblivion) audiences have such (understandably) high standards 4 queer media or even queer representation as a whole & won't take less than. like i understand it's cause ya can expect better so ya will, in sum cases ya can even demand better. but it's simply nawt an option 4 many of us.

like idk perhaps a bit too harsh of me 2 say but regardless of the political atmosphere there's still a difference between livin' in a place where ya still have rights, have pride & can walk into a store etc & find queer literature & rep & even merch, have resources 2 support yrself & find yr community. & a place where as much as wavin' a pride flag or even havin' a pride pin, OR G-D FORBID holdin' yer partner's hand WILL get ya arrested & jailed. an' yr lucky if ya don' get assaulted or killed be4 dat can happen 🫥

#mika caws #i TRY 2 have higher standards 4 lgbt shit i rly try but the bar is NONEXISTENT here. #sumtimes i rly need a minute 2 step outta the tumblr sphere (dat is undeniably very us-centric) & remind myself dat all these things i talk #ab r nawt even an afterthought here. they simply don' exist here 2 begin with. 'm talkin' nothin'. #an' like obviously. fully aware dat these rights r nawt jus' given. they r earned. but i think ppl in better places often forget themselves #a lil & like 2 feign ignorance ab the rest of the world. or act like us bein' stuck in these places is sum kinda moral failin' too like #it's so bad here but if we really wanted 2 we'd protest too & get our rights dat we deserve #as if we still ain't actively bein' hunted & outlawed here. jus' cause y'all gawt it a century early doesn' mean everyone else can #idk but there's a difference & i think ppl shld b very conscious of it #ok i momentarily felt bad cause obvs queer rights r still under attack in progressive places too esp the us but hey they don' even blink #when smth happens here. ay. i naw longer feel bad i said it