The feeling that I can’t be included in a lot of queer events and spaces simply because I have to fear about my race causing problems for LGBT crackkkers is very depressing. On top of that, I have a “niche” queer identity (non-binary and pansexual) as opposed to one of the more common identities that liberals will bring up to performatively speak on how “inclusive” they are (e.g. cisgender gay men/cisgender lesbians).
The transmisogynoir problem is deeply frustrating too. You have some TERFy bioessentialist queer people who view transfeminine people as a “threat” to queer cis women, then you couple that with the fact that I’m black, a people perceived as “dangerous, violent, and aggressive,” and this all leads to reactionary LGBT people who will try to avoid and exclude me at all costs for “”““safety reasons.””“”
But y’know, as soon as they’re the ones being threatened, it’s “oh, we need to come together, we need you to do the emotional labor for us so we can throw you to the side as soon as the rain passes” bullshit. I feel you, homie; that’s another substantial chunk of why I just don’t fuck with white queers. I’d fw ballroom folks if I lived anywhere near any of the hotspots; from what I’ve seen of it, that feels like what our gay culture should be.
Let the crackers have their parades with corporate logos every two feet and a cop for every dangling peckerwood; they already done forgot their ‘parades’ were our riots in the first place. I’d rather have warehouse parties with the most flamboyant of those who’d live loudly in their truth.
The feeling that I can’t be included in a lot of queer events and spaces simply because I have to fear about my race causing problems for LGBT crackkkers is very depressing. On top of that, I have a “niche” queer identity (non-binary and pansexual) as opposed to one of the more common identities that liberals will bring up to performatively speak on how “inclusive” they are (e.g. cisgender gay men/cisgender lesbians).
The transmisogynoir problem is deeply frustrating too. You have some TERFy bioessentialist queer people who view transfeminine people as a “threat” to queer cis women, then you couple that with the fact that I’m black, a people perceived as “dangerous, violent, and aggressive,” and this all leads to reactionary LGBT people who will try to avoid and exclude me at all costs for “”““safety reasons.””“”
But y’know, as soon as they’re the ones being threatened, it’s “oh, we need to come together, we need you to do the emotional labor for us so we can throw you to the side as soon as the rain passes” bullshit. I feel you, homie; that’s another substantial chunk of why I just don’t fuck with white queers. I’d fw ballroom folks if I lived anywhere near any of the hotspots; from what I’ve seen of it, that feels like what our gay culture should be.
Let the crackers have their parades with corporate logos every two feet and a cop for every dangling peckerwood; they already done forgot their ‘parades’ were our riots in the first place. I’d rather have warehouse parties with the most flamboyant of those who’d live loudly in their truth.