Hey “allies,”
Inviting me someplace is drastically and entirely different from making a space inviting for me.
So, just to clarify…
…when one asks others to do their research around one’s own point/experience of oppression, but refuses to do that work around others’ points/experiences of oppression, that makes the one an instrument of kyriarchy.
Like, just to make that real freakin’ clear.
sometimes I feel like the cisgender lgb community is so fucking self-absorbed that when they are confronted with an identity they don’t understand, instead of asking “oh what does that mean I’ve never heard of that” they just go “lol stop making up identities…
ZING. Well said, both @octopusboner and @tofuboots.
“If it isn’t clear to you that the pop tart singer Ke$ha is not walking the walk of being a trans ally, then peep this lyric from her latest song ‘Grow A Pear’
You should know
That I love you alone
But I just can’t date a dude with a vag”(via transgriot)
