#Because now just being a “butch lesbian” comes with several connotations and biases presupposed

[nikkisticki]

I don't think most people would agree with me but I think a lot of it is the flags. The desire to make it about cultural appropriation is keen to a point but it's more complex then that. These imaginary lines in the sand have become quintessential to the spaces that queerfolk exist within, and then we reinforce it by flying colorful flags that scream "I might be on your side, but only until the bigots are gone and we can descend into queer feudalism"

Honestly, the larger community is constantly primed to attack each other for petty stupid reasons, which is why it's so easy for bad actors to don a certain flag and go about creating bias and bigotry under the guise of a minority group.

We've separated from a single entity into several groups with no cohesion and now the loudest fools in the largest group have the most influence while everyone else flounders. We all were under one flag, unity at its finest. Now we squabble over whether someone is or isn't worth excluding because we don't like the cut of their clothes and the colors of their flag.

We've ended up playing at imaginary nationalism.

all this fucking talk of "stealing" with the queer community. "gays are stealing from lesbians" "aces are stealing from gays" "transes are stealing from everyone" absolutely convinced white queers learned about cultural appropriation and decided it could be applied to sexuality and gender and it became entrenched becuz ppl are fucking obsessed with gatekeeping and exclusionism

besties, we are all in the alphabet soup together. the lines between us are blurred as hell. we are not stealing, we are inspired. our culture is bright and beautiful and a street fair that everyone trades at. quit being so goddamn individualistic and embrace the community. it's the only way we have solidarity