#omggg imagine my shock opening my phone earlier and seeing ''(10)...'' asfhfjkdf i was like uh holy shit what did i do?

[non-binharry]

You know, sometimes I wonder if some people live in a different world than I do. Full of pink hearts and sunshine and nothing bad ever happens. Maybe some people are just that sheltered, I don't know. Or just the fact that it's not THEM, so it doesn't matter. But when people come on here and say things like "well Harry never said he's gay" or "Harry never said he's trans/nonbinary etc" I just have to wonder if they live in reality. Even if not for the fact that they've had contracts in place (1)

(2) for their entire careers - THE CLOSET EXISTS FOR A REASON. Things might have gotten better in the world than even just 10 years ago, but there's also been a lot of new resistance to it. We don't live in a utopia. As an example; I live in a Scandinavian country. It's pretty good here, all things considered, and certaintly compared to a lot of other places. However, about a decade ago a Conservative party got a lot more power here, and since then the people have been more divided. It reminds

(3) me quite a lot of the US and Trump's followers. Not as vocal internationally yet, but it's getting there. Anyway, after this there's been a change. I've always been proud of my country because of it's openmindedness and (what I thought) was progression compared to other countries. I came out in middle school as bisexual and there wasn't a problem with it at all. In the past couple of years though, people's 'views' are really coming out in full force allover the place. Not just rascist or

(4) sexist comments but anti-lgbt too. People I never thought would have these views prove me completely wrong. There's talk of forbidding the Pride Flag to beflown because it's too political and there's been people burning it on video. I now have somewhat gone back into the closet. I keep it more to myself and try not to show too much PDA with a partner. This in 2020. And I'm a completely unimportant person. Harry & Louis are in the spotlight. They were part of the biggest boyband in the world

(5) for fuck's sake. Now trying to make it on their own and have successfull careers etc, it's hard. Regardless of how wonderful and fantastic it would be for them to come out, it's a big deal. It's also not easier when there's all these people claiming 'they're not gay' all the time, as if it's something gross and who thinks Harry is sleeping with every woman he is seen with. There's still a lot of people who blindly believe everything they've been fed. So it's just not that simple. (cont..)

(6) And if coming out as gay/not straight is hard, imagine telling the world that you've been with your bandmate throughout literally your entire career? We know it of course, but the general population and all the people who still believe in One Direction's perfectly crafted image? The people who's been telling Larries all kinds of shit and threatened us for years for 'ruining their friendship'. So with these things being difficult enough, I can't even imagine how hard it must be to come out

(7) as trans/non-cis, for anyone in general and even more so in the spotlight. Not just for actual danger that could happen but also to a group of fans who refuse to accept even the possibility of H being anything but a 'CIS MAN' (like that Blouie post the other day, wtf? I hope H never fucking sees things like that.) Now, in general I would say to not speculate about people's sexualities and gender, but I do feel like it's different to 'code' what we see them showing us themselves. What both

(8) H/L have shown us throughout the years in any way they've been able to. They've not exactly been subtle - the tattoos alone, I mean cmon. Same thing goes for H/gender and things like his songs and what he's actually said/done, not based on just his clothes. It is a sensitive subject, but he wouldn't 'sprinkle in it' like he said himself, if he didn't know it would cause people to think/wonder. I am cis myself so I am not going to comment on this in more detail, but I'm thankful for the

(9) discussions on here and for people who recognize themselves in H and so I can learn/see things I didn't before! But yeah for the people who's wondering why H is not 'out' then? Well I wonder why when you all need him to be cis so bad.. When straight and cis always have to be the 'default' until proven.. not. It sucks, but sadly it's the world we live in. Yes, it's gotten better but it's still no bloody Utopia. Just a little bit of open-mindedness could go a long way...

(10) (Sorry very looong message! You don't have to post this if you don't want to Asia :) Just wanted to rant a little bit and share my thoughts with someone. Hope you have a great day and sending you lots of love and (safe-distance, hah) hugs from far away ;) also I had to wait an hour for the ask-limit thing, so not sure if you got all 10 parts? //End.