“To be visibly Queer is to choose your happiness over your safety”
It’s pride month and this is the only space I feel save being honest about MY experience. I knew in middle school I liked girls, this was before I determined I was NB. I was scared, a bully in my gym class often put me down by calling me a lesbian, I did not know what it was really, fragments maybe. I knew my Uncle was gay, I knew that was something my family accepted and I never knew anything different, but no one explained what it meant to be a lesbian. Growing up lesbian and gay were the popular slurs. In middle school I played traveling volleyball, it was what I considered my main sport, I was always on the outside socially because I tried very hard at practice and the rest of my team wouldn’t meet my energy as they considered it a leisure sport to engage in during their off season. There was always this one girl who was nice to me when we’d talk, I had a crush on a girl in my friend group from school (Not volleyball), and I wasn’t sure what to do. I talked with girl and she actually gave me great advice and I followed it the next day at school, didn’t work out but thats okay. So I come home from school that next day feelin good and I walk into my mother screaming into the phone, I don’t remember that part but I know when she saw me she dismissed the person on the phone, came marching up to me (which with her I’m so mad face that wasn’t great) and asked if I’m a lesbian. Being young and afraid of this big bad word that was an insult I said no! I just liked this One Girl, I still liked boys. Turns out the girl not only told the whole team and all their parents had been harassing my mom all day. She looked at me, asked if I loved volleyball, I said of course I do! She then looked at me and said “Then you’re going to practice tomorrow, fuck ‘em”. That was my last (? or second to last) season on the court. I regret not looking for another team to this day. I can’t tell you how many couples want to bring me in their bed for their pleasure, Or you turn down some guy at the bar and they take it as a challenge and maybe they can now have two girls instead of one. It’s dehumanizing and gross. Being queer has always held me apart from most. Being known is truly difficult.
One of my mutuals on another platform posted the quote at the top this week, and I have some mixed feelings about it. To Clarify the feelings are not about my mutual but the quote itself that was posted on twitter. (I found it on their page and quoted it word for word but I’m horrible with links so if you want to see it I’ll do my best or just search it I guess lol.) This person is someone I hold a lot of respect for in my community. They are a transperson, are very visible as a transperson with their partners. With the dangerous conditions in America right now for our community, transpeople especially, trans poly people even more so. The strength to follow the heart when things are tough, persevering, it is irreplaceable. It did get me thinking though, and I have a lot of questions. What does it even mean to be visibly queer? Is there a definition? Is it a box to check off to feel “included”?
To Me: For pride month it’s important to support the things you believe in, for yourself and others. Sharing individual and personal struggles to bring awareness and education during this month is great! I always learn so much this time of year. I will say this though, I don’t like such generalized statements. This quote is fine for specific groups, but doesn’t always apply to the community as a whole and I hope I can properly articulate why I think this. First queer people are diverse! A lot of people in the community ‘pass’ as cisgendered heterosexual couples but could be bi or pan or ace (or closeted). The other thing that comes to mind is you could be single! I am! and maybe that is why this bothered me so much, both of these apply to me. I am nonbinary and have been told and done my own research to tentatively know I am technically part of the transcommunity although I never felt I truly “count” whatever that means, and would not label myself that way, the statement felt almost criticizing??... I’m not sure. I’m as plain jane as they come. Dark long hair, nail appointments and feminine clothes are being reincorporated into my space from what I couldn’t explore in childhood. I do pass as cis. and I know how important those kinda statements are so I’m not saying it’s inherently wrong.... I guess what I’m trying to say to you and myself is you don’t have to be visible to count. We all have different challenges and what I experience will be different from you. I want to use this post to personally recognize the groups that may get overlooked or receive a not so warm welcome because we all know our own commuity can be very exclusive. Bi, poly, ace and pan people get flack from both sides, straight and queer a like. Maybe that’s why it’s taken me two days to get this out on a page. During these trying times I believe we must speak out for others, not just ourselves. We are here, We are Queer, We are united. No one gets left behind. We must strive to be open-minded and curious to our differences. If you got this far thank you for taking the time to read this. Happy Pride Month my friends!
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Berry I'm begging you on my knees, next time you make an au PLEASE mention their relationship! I love your art, I love your art style so much im ready to print it on a cake and eat it, I love your storytelling about your aus, but I would rather eat glass than ship them so i tend to be cautious about aus, and I have been here since when you first posted about rlgl and them called celestial twins gave me a green light on them being brothers. It's OKAY!! Mistakes happen and it's okay! Just for the next time, Please mention their relationship beforehand.(or at least if they're a couple or not) (And, maybe you should change celestial twins? Maybe celestial duo or something, so people won't get confused/misunderstand)
I'm so sorry I'm making this a big deal I'm not sure myself why I'm upset about something silly like this
Ah no its fine, if this is something that is important to you its understandable that you get upset! I am really sorry that this oversight of mine upset you like that. I hope though that you can still enjoy the other aus but if this made you uncomfortable with my blog or something that is understandable too.
I will try to mention the kind of their relationships early on if i make any new aus.
Though i am not sure if i wanna change them being called celestial twins at work? Because it just kinda feels like thats something faz. co would do. Though maybe i could make it a poll asking if you guys are uncomfortable with it and if enough people are uncomfortable i would change it.
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I've been thinking about the whole 'Who is Tech Support John texting?' thing and how Lily said she thinks it's between the author who gave him his second duck or the rainbow bridge lady and there have been hints to either with John testing a scenario and visiting the bridge a few times and honestly? I would love it if the answer was that it's both of them. Hell's Belles hasn't had much poly rep and while I think John might not be the best fit since he seems to still get used to being close to people in general, I think he would be able to navigate that since he's very direct. We'll see of course but I think he deserves two nice ladies as his partners 😉
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