kyraneko:

faranae:

prochoice-is-pro-compassion:

pinkqueerpunk:

aroacemonster:

Friendly reminder that LGBTQ+, Queer, and LGBT+ are the preferred terms for the community (x).

Friendly reminder that Queer is approved by 72.9% of the people, and the groups who don’t prefer it’s use as an umbrella term are straight people, exclusionists, transmeds, truscums, sex-negative people, and sex work critical people (x).

Friendly reminder that aros and aces are excluded only 9.2% / 8.1% of the time respectively while being included  78.9% / 81.2% of the time (x)

Friendly reminder that exclusionists are in the minority and aro/ace people are included in the LGBTQ+ community by the people within the community.

Also, i checked out the survey the second claim sources a while back: this is not OP choosing the words truscum, exclusionist, etc. These are labels that the survey gave people the option to self-identify as. It’s self-proclaimed exclusionists who dont like the word queer, not random accusations

yeah that’s super important. 

This one gets reblogged on main. The reclassification of ‘queer’ as an inexcusable slur is a recent development which stems in part from exclusionist rhetoric. We reclaimed it decades ago. Learn our history. You are not immune to TERF propaganda, but you can absolutely choose to educate yourself to spite it.

Be kind. 💜

THE RECLASSIFICATION OF ‘QUEER’ AS AN INEXCUSABLE SLUR IS A RECENT DEVELOPMENT WHICH STEMS IN PART FROM EXCLUSIONIST RHETORIC

They are not interested in protecting us from bad words.

They are not interested in excising every word ever used as a slur.

They are targeting an identity, an acceptance-based ideology, and people whom they disapprove of as too nonconformist.

And they are mispurposing the language of protection and empowerment to do so.