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[lacunasbalustrade]

what are your general thoughts on queer(gay n trans n all) people? like you dont seem to be against gay ppl from what i can see but i also see that you've like never really openly said something pro or against trans ppl. sorry if its out of the blue im just curious esp seeing your pov as a religious person who has trans mutuals/follows n all bcuz i (unfortunately) know plenty of christians that know trans people but only tolerate them instead of accepting them (which usually means they misgender/deadname them)

hi! I'm happy to answer your question - it's a bit controversial, though, and a sensitive topic for everyone, so I do ask for your understanding if anything I say happens to offend you.

as a Christian, I believe in the stance the Bible puts forth: that BEING gay is not a life choice, it's an inclination that came forth due to the presence of sin in the world. the continuation, however, of this choice, is a sin.

To quote so no one thinks I'm speaking out of some random, bibically incorrect bigotry, Romans 1: 24 NIV "Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another." ,Romans 1: 26 "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones." , Romans 1: 27 "In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error."

obviously my faith and beliefs should not be forced on unbelievers. I am not any holier than anyone else because I am straight. I am every bit as sinful because it's impossible to avoid committing sin.

so if I'm going to sum it up, it's best said as: none of my business because Who Am I to tell you how to live, right? you're my friends and 'preaching' isn't actually loving. the best form of loving others as a Christian is to accept them as a person before judging based on whatever life choices they've made or pronouns they call themselves. which brings me into the next part!

theologically, I have to admit I'M NOT VERY SURE about trans people. I genuinely cannot find many sources of literature on the topic. There are intersex people, there are people with gender dysphoria. The Bible doesn't talk much about those, enough to give any real objections anyway. To talk about my beliefs based off the context, if God made you as you are, you shouldn't be trying to change you...is the logic, but again, no reason to force biblical beliefs on unbelievers.

I do disapprove of the extent to which some trans people have taken this schtick. I've seen posts saying 'oh if kids can play soccer and do ballet which messes them up for life, they can also do trans surgeries!' I'm sorry. That just doesn't make sense. WHY would anyone want kids to have permission to do Very Risky Things when they are small enough to not know better or make informed choices? And I also know many posts say that 'common sense', kids aren't gonna do those things till they're old enough to feel like they need to do them....those posters need to remember the last time they regretted doing something as a child. Common sense can't be relied upon in my experience.

Plus, given the kidnapping laws in the U.S which basically allow children to be taken away from their parents if their parents disapprove...lol yeah now make a law where my child can be taken away from me if I'm not in the same fandom as them. It can be hurtful to receive dissent on your life choices, but that don't mean up and leaving is the solution, unless the living situation is physically dangerous in some way or you are an actual adult. Children are not trustworthy indicators of whether or not a parent is problematic. And I'm saying this having had problematic parents myself - sometimes we are part of the problem. And if it's difficult, you should still try not to give up on them.

This might be the most important part: I'm wondering whether the gender stereotypes placed on girls and boys are the markers trans people want to overcome. Because from what I've researched, there are two different camps. 1: people who admit that they are biologically whatever sex they were born, and just enjoy dressing like and passing for the other sex because it makes them more comfortable. 2: people who actually believe they are the other sex because they feel that way and they are only effectively realizing that change to their 'authentic' self by transitioning.

I don't believe in gender stereotyping. Like, girls wear skirts boys wear pants. Boys can't wear pink etc etc. So the concept of a trans woman thinking they are a woman because they enjoy the markers attached to being a woman, like, for example, having long hair and wearing skirts, makes me really uncomfortable. Because that's not the whole experience of being a woman. It's only a small part of it, and it's not universal at all. And while no one can claim that ALL woman have experienced a certain set of conditions that make them woman...the only standard for BEING a woman, in my book, is to be a biological one, because it's the only defining trait. When people think of girls, I don't want them to automatically think of girls with skirts and wearing pink. I want them to acknowledge that all girls are different, and the only thing that makes them girls is the gender marker, not their conformance to 'gender norms' that have arisen from societal conditioning.

The idea that someone's feelings can be 'authentically accurate' makes me feel even more....nah. Feelings are valid but if I trusted mine all the time, I'd definitely be all over the place.

To sum it up: no problems with the trans behavior because I'm not into forcing biblical perspectives on y'all. But I definitely have a problem with the idealogy and the legislature.

dead name, misgendering wise...I believe people should be called whatever they want to be called unless it makes the other person uncomfortable. In which case the other person should just stop interacting with them since they're so uncomfortable. (E.g you want me to call you Baby Chicken. For some reason I have a problem with it. Maybe I have a strong fear of chickens.)

Basically I respect your life choices. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk haha.

[midnightsunnyday]

Yeah, no.

You know, I've been very quiet for a long time, but since Tumblr wants to take the time to put this across my dash, I'm going to go ahead and call this one's bullshit.

I find it painfully funny how this fandom, and while we're at it, most fandoms on this hell forsaken website, will literally scream and puke and cry about how "inclusive" they are and promote and produce every gender, sex, disability, mental health headcanon on the planet and have it get hundreds of notes and support. How you all will literally consume the most problematic content imaginable and ship everything under the sun and defend it to your dying breath, yet all of a sudden, a character is turned Black or shipped with a Black character, and all that proship, moral police, inclusive shit goes right out the window. The fucking audacity of some of you in the notes to like/reblog non canon ships, incorrect quotes, and headcanons but the blackwashing is where you draw the line?

White washing brown and black characters literally adheres to an already accepted status quo of whiteness being the default or attractive state. It reinforces the ideal that lighter skin is superior and admits that black and brown characters are only worthy of attention by fandom if they're white/lighter. It accepts the notion that the only audience that matters is white and that whiteness ultimately decides the success/failure of a franchise. In a world literally built off the belief that certain skin tones are inferior, to the point where we historically and currently have literal caste systems that discriminate against darker skin tones, blackwashing is such a fucking non issue that the only reason I see you all getting upset about it is because you genuinely don't give a shit about Black people and hate to be reminded that they exist. You hate your favorite characters being changed because you genuinely find Blackness unattractive.

A fan artist "Blackwashing" a character literally does nothing to the status quo. It does not suddenly change the medium or produce any real world changes. Those characters are still clearly canonically not Black and never will be, and if you have an issue with that, then every single one of you should have an issue with every other non canon interpretation and headcanon in this fandom. Not one of these characters should be fat. No one should be trans. No one should have wrinkles or freckles or pointy ears. You can also forget about gender swapping, let alone any kind of shipping material. Y'all even complain when people make Black OC/MC content. Make it make sense.

I can't beleive that in a fandom where time travel and parallel worlds are said to exist. Where the MC is a literal sheep so everyone can feel included. Where demons, angels, witches and magic are a part of the source material, we still keep having these issues of race and colorism. I was literally going to scroll past this, but no. Y'all are not going to keep making me and other Black fans or people who like Black fan content feel like shit for existing and wanting to be seen.

People when someone draws Mammon , Diavolo , Simeon, , Mephisto or Raphael more lightskinned : "This is RACIST!" "They are not white!! 😡😡"

People when someone blackwashes Lucifer , Leviathan , Satan , Asmodeus , Beelzebub , Belphegor , Barbatos , Luke , Solomon or Thirteen : "Omg 😍" "Better then original tbh" "Omg this is so awesome"

[parf-fan]

Henry: Hold the fuck up.

Catherine: (stopping) What is it?

Henry: No, I am the fuckup. Please hold me.