#good faith labels

[jewishfagdyke]

Angel Lesboy

for lesboys who are angels, feel like an angel in some way, or identify as an angel

#mogai #mogai coining #mogai flag #mogai term #mogai post #actually mogai #gender flag #flag coining #2slgbtq #critinclus #angel lesboy #lesboy #mspec #good faith labels #mspec lesbian

[tgirlmouse]

i don't feel nearly as ashamed or hesitant to talk about my queer tgirl attraction to men as my tguy brothers would feel talking about their attraction to women

obligatory "if you're a trans guy and your attraction to women is het, that's real and okay! your trans experience isn't a monolith and other trans people being different doesn't make you different or wrong"

like, think about it: hardly anyone bats an eye when a tgirl uses grindr or calls herself a faggot, but as soon as a man calls himself a lesbian, everyone gets on his ass. anything for an excuse to shit on lesbians, i guess. it makes me angry that nobody sees this hypocrisy or these ties back to the lesbian separatism that infected the community post-70s. it's not gone, it never went away

this isn't exactly profound news to anyone who gives a shit about lesbian history. just something i find interesting

#good faith safe #pro good faith #good faith #lesboy #mspec lesbian #mspec gay #lesgay #gaybian #bi lesbian #bi gay #pan lesbian #pan gay #textposting #mspec mono #contradictory labels #mogai #mspec lesbian safe

[souldagger]

I've been writing my own sci-fi universe on and off after new Trek disappointed me, and has continued to disappoint me. If I had to sum it up it would be Star Trek but more overtly communist and also military sci-fi. I've mainly been inspired by things I've read/played/watched, which has mainly been made by white or western creators, so I wanted to ask if you had any recommendations for sci-fi made by POC creators to broaden my horizons.

omg of course!!! (with the caveat that unfortunately non-Western scifi specifically is a bit of a blindspot for me, so most of these will be Western authors of colour)

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (& i recommend reading the complete trilogy - imo it works best read together as one whole)

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color ed. by Nisi Shawl

How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Kim Bo-Young

And 2 that i personally haven't read yet but i think NEED to be mentioned, especially if we're talking space stories:

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (also military scifi!)

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

also, short story anthologies!!! if you're looking for new authors or want to explore works from a specific culture/place, they're a great way to do that. here's a couple from my own reading list for this year:

Palestine + 100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction

Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction

& finally, i don't really watch a lot of tv/movies, but i do wanna wholeheartedly recommend:

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer (free on youtube and an absolutely top tier example of afrofuturism)

Nope

They Cloned Tyrone

#this got WAY longer than i intended and it's still far from comprehensive #but. bolding the ones that i consider the BIGGEST must-reads/watches <3 #if u wanna do some more exploring on ur own in terms of non-western sf: #i've noticed there's quite a lot of translated Chinese and South Korean SF in particular #or you could look up africanfuturism (which is a separate thing from afrofuturism!) and works that use that label #also: the tv adaptation of 3 Body Problem (aka probably the most iconic piece of Chinese scifi) is coming out in a couple weeks #so that might be worth keeping an eye out for! it's netflix though so idk how good/faithful it'll be 😐 #i hope this is helpful and not too much info!

[our-gay-experience]

are mspec gays allowed here? :o

of course!!! all queer identities are welcome here we love and support mspec gays!!!

#our gay experience #gay #queer #mlm #queer community #lgbtq+ #bi gay #pan gay #gaybian #mspec gay #mspec mono #mspec mono safe #pro good faith #contradictory labels #pro contradictory labels

[lilliths-httyd-blog]

@viking-astronaut inspired by your light fury barbie edit

see this is what ive been saying... her character design is fine, just not in the httyd universe itself...

#light fury critisism #httyd #thw critisism #sofia the first #film critisism #i can't in good faith label this as slander because it's really not

[dyke-stuck]

I didn't know what "girlfag" meant so i looked it up and apparently its a female who's attracted to gay men??? Should you really be using that term for Trans fem!Horuss? /gen

its for girls who are gay for men actually! there can be a lot of reasons for that- like seeing their attraction to men pre transiton as gay and still being attached to the label, being multigender, etc etc. im not here to describe every queer experience so im not going into more detail but basically. Yes we should be using that term for her. Its her real & true self.

#anon im taking this in good faith but if youre against seemingly contradictory labels u are not gonna have fun here #dstext

[loveitism]

female flag redesign !! plain text and image ids below!! alternative text is included !!

♡♪﹐︵︵﹒FEMALE FLAG REDESIGN𓈒 ଓ ⠀a female flag redesign ! This flag can be used by anyone who identifies as female , in whatever way !

the only difference between the two flags is the middle line ! The first is more of a reddish pink and the other is more purplish pink !!

I couldn't pick which design was better [sob]

female flag redesign pt: a female flag redesign! This flag can be used by anyone who identifies as female, in whatever way! end pt.

note one pt: the only difference between the two flags is the middle line ! The first is more of a reddish pink and the other is more purplish pink. end pt.

note two: pt: I couldn't pick which design was better [sob]. end pt.

flag ids

flag/image one: a rectangular 7-striped flag. The 1st and 7th stripes are wider than the others. The 3rd and 5th stripes are slightly wider than the others. The colors from top to bottom are: bubblegum pink, darker bubblegum pink, sweet pink, hot pink, sweet pink, darker bubblegum pink, bubblegum pink. end id.

flag/image two: a transparent image that is the size of the flags. end id.

flag/image three: a rectangular 7-striped flag. The 1st and 7th stripes are wider than the others. The 3rd and 5th stripes are slightly wider than the others. The colors from top to bottom are: bubblegum pink, vibrant bubblegum pink, sweet pink, sweet hot pink, sweet pink, darker bubblegum pink, bubblegum pink. end id.

#⚢₊ peace && love .ᐟ #female #female flag #mogai community #mogai blog #mogai label #mogai flag #female flag redesign #mspec safe #good faith

[tgirlmouse]

i'm gonna start asking turigirl deniers what they suggest i call myself

i'm a trans girl, and my attraction to men is queer in nature

so, what do you suggest i say if not "a girl who is gay for men"? you can't suggest anything that wouldn't invalidate my identity as a trans girl. am i a mistaken man or a straight girl?

i don't have the luxury or privilege of a heteronormative relationship. i never will. most cishet men will see me as a man transitioning into a girl; a woman who used to be a man. the current state society is in, that isn't going to change anytime soon. i cannot date them; i am not the straight girl of their dreams

you know she has a dick, right? she used to be a boy. dating her makes you gay.

what's the point, then? why would i choose to leave a community that has so warmly welcomed and embraced my uncracked egg self into a cold, unaccepting world, pining for men who will never want me and never see me as the girl they want? you thinking that me realising i'm a girl suddenly makes me want to abandon the gay community and find a straight boy to whisk me away is a ridiculous expectation and really speaks on how you view tfems and trans people as a whole. transness is not the walk in a park you think it is

exclu love to claim that me dating gay men is invalidating my gender, that they don't see me as a girl if they're attracted to me. gay men have embraced, validated and accepted my gender transition moreso than straight men ever fucking have or will. to most gay men i've met, i'm a trans girl. girlfag. a born-again woman. that's fucking awesome

to straight men, i'm a girl with a dick. used to be a man. tranny. still a man. a threat to their sexuality

so, are you going to misgender me or deny my tfem experience? take your pick. i'll wait

#i don't entirely use the label turigirl #but if the shoe fits. if the girl gay #pro good faith #lesboy #turigirl #good faith safe #bi lesbian #bi gay #lesgay #mspec mono #mspec lesbian

[d-vewing]

♡ Elegant gaybian/lesgay ♡

[pt: elegant gaybian/lesgay] [no spoons for id]

This is both self indulgent and a scatter shot to keep away any potential safe/queers/anti good faith identities followers

Colours taken from my elegant transsexual flag, im very in love with that flag :33

Dividers by essthereal

#♡ ꒰ coining ꒱⁠ ˖ #gaybian #lesgay #good faith identity #contradictory labels #themed flags #liom #liom community #liom pride #mogai community #mogai pride #liom coiner #liom coining #mogai coiner #mogai flag #mogai safe

[daz4i]

how and why is there discourse about whether or not certain queer identities exist/if people should be allowed(???) to use them. why is "people know their own identity better than you ever could, and they're the only one who get a say on what they are" such a tough concept to grasp

i think if you find yourself offended by the label someone uses (especially if they're a stranger) or think it invalidates your own, it's a good idea to look inside yourself and question why that may be. more often than not, it's a result of insecurity or uncertainty of your own identity (or many other things, but i won't make a whole list here). whatever reason it is, until you resolve it, you shouldn't take it out on people for having an identity you don't understand

many have said it before but it's worth saying over and over. infighting only helps our oppressors. conservatives don't care if you're a cis gay or a xenogender aegosexual aplatonic lesbian, they hate all of us either way. trying to fit in by going for people who are easier targets for them isn't gonna help you, it'll just alienate you from your own community, and you're never gonna please them. the momentary rush you get from hearing you're not like "one of /those/ gay people" is not worth it and is gonna do more harm in the long run, i assure you

also, it is important to me to say this, but having some less than nice kneejerk reaction caused by confusion about an identity you don't understand doesn't mean you're a bad person or anything. as long as you aren't mean to that person, and you take a second to think smth along the lines of "wait a minute, this isn't any of my business" after having said reaction, you're good 👍 a lot of reflexive reactions we have to things are ingrained into us simply by. well. living in a society 🤡 and you're not terrible for having those thoughts. it's your actions that matter, and your second thought (the "wait, why did i just think that?") is more defining of your actual character and morals than your reflex. i know that having thoughts like this, even tho they're unwanted, can very easily make one spiral, so it's important to me that whoever needs to hear this knows this doesn't make you a bad person 🙏 you're good, keep taking actions to be good, accept other people even if you don't understand them, and you're on the right track :)

#i considered adding that last part in the tags but i figured it'll be too long for that 😭 #i noticed i'm posting a lot of rants lately. sorry. but i do wanna make sure no one's actually feeling bad over them #if i complain about something that you do or call it mean and such. that doesn't make you a bad person #you can always work to change and grow 👍 it's not easy but it starts with smaller steps than you'd expect #and now i just switched to a whole other topic from my original point. oops #i do firmly believe that any discourse about someone's identity is dumb as fuck #seeing it in poll blogs always makes me 😐😬 like how is it any business for any of us. why is this up for debate #if a person says they're queer then they are. they don't need to pass some test or go through initiation to be accepted #if they feel comfortable with a certain word that's awesome. why does it matter to *you* which word they use #'they're only using this microlabel to feel special' so? is there anything wrong with that? #'this label contradicts [insert other identity that falls under the same umbrella]' ok. but does that hurt anyone in any way #a lot of identities can even be self contradictory. does it matter tho? does it affect anyone in any way? #'they might realize that label is wrong later' again. what's the harm in that. #i don't blame anyone for these thoughts bc like. this is how cishets view a lot of the even more common labels #so you're basically taught to think this way from day one. that doesn't mean you need to stick to that thought process #you might have these reflexes forever no matter how hard you try. but you'll get quicker about moving on from them #but you do have to try. you do have to realize that other people's identities aren't about you #anyway. this post feels like batting at a hornets nest. really hope i don't get some bad faith readers here lol #(i noticed a lot of places one could apply bad faith but like it's 3:30 am i'm too tired to add this many disclaimer. #so i'm gonna trust you to not jump to conclusions and to approach this in good faith okay? mwah 🖤) #also my whole ramble abt morality (in the tags too) is relevant to. any topic really #i may just make a separate post about it really. .....tomorrow tho.

[icannotgetoverbirds]

saw an exclusionist post so here's a reminder

specifically in reference to transmasc lesbians and trying to draw lines in the sand on who can and can't claim the lesbian label, about how being a lesbian is exclusive of loving men, with someone referring to the people they're attempting to exclude as "fandom gremlin transmascs and neo-mogai crazies."

I don't have the spoons for a proper response but i do feel like i need to make something clear.

on this blog we support fucky genders, fandom gremlin transmascs, and neo-mogai crazies. reblog if u love ur fellow fandom gremlin and neo-mogai crazy queers.

#tw ableist language #tw exclusionism #byrd chirps #oh and if you have a problem with this then feel free to sound off in the notes so i can block you #there's a fucking trans genocide happening right now i will NOT tolerate exclusionary politics around good-faith identities #also why the fuck do the labels matter? we're all a bunch of filthy queer degenerates to the people that want us dead anyways! #if you police good faith identities you're a fucking fed and functionally conservative #and yeah if we wanna work together on something basic and/or general i can play nice with you #but there's no way in hell that i'm just gonna allow y'all into our spaces just so you can try and push me out! #if you're a lesbian and you don't want to date enby/genderqueer/multigender folk that's fine! #nobody is saying in good faith that you have to date us! do you realize who you sound like right now? #gee i wonder who else argues for pushing nonconforming people out of their spaces because they think we're predatory - #- and expect them to date us? i fucking wonder! #if you can't handle gender fuckery then don't make it my fucking problem! i'm not out here making it yours! #and no me existing and sharing labels with you is not 'making it your problem' #look you have the general lesbian space. we have the subset of genderqueer/transmasc lesbian space. #you cannot claim to be supportive of enben (including nb lesbians) if that support doesn't extend to genderqueer/multigender folks! #anyways rant over im not here to fucking argue about my right to self determination #that is specifically what i came to tumblr to AVOID. #not gonna link op because i don't wanna put them on blast just. #op if ur reading this. skedaddle. to the person i was following that put it on my dash. skedaddle. #to the person who they reblogged it from. skedaddle. #out. now. i am sweeping you off my front porch with a broom. you are not welcome on this blog #oh and the person who i'm quoting from the notes? that goes double for you. out. #inclusivity #intersectionality

[soygii]

What's the difference between slut and a wife? The first is a public property; the second, a private property.

#even the fancy title of a wife won't make you better from a hoe if you sleep with your man #wife is yet another useless label #but I guess it's “nicer” to doll up your degeneracy and think of a title representing that #Marriage is very much needed for those who are hoes and actively want to be hoes yet don't wish to be perceived as hoes #Because it's much easier to create a lie and a mask of being better and cleaner #instead of actually being a better #cleaner person #that said if you are in marriage #then stay in marriage as the bible says lol #if you are faithful then marriage serves its purpose for keeping both self-harm lovers close together #so they can destroy each other instead of branching out too far. marriage is like a pen for wild animals #well they will eventually become bored and want a kid to leash out on #but the premise was good at least