#the a in lgbtqia does not stand for allies

[itsoktocallmegay]

Friendly reminder that aplatonics are queer. It’s so disheartening to see so much aphobia be directed towards aplatonics. The A includes all aspecs.

[momiji-kitsune]

For all those people who think the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for Ally...

How is being a descent human being queer??? How is not being a literal homophobe/transphobe/biphobe/intersexphobe/aphobe worthy of praise???

Congratulations, you're not an asshole. That does not mean you're part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

[hokkaidocreamcheese]

As somebody who is asexual greyromantic and agender, it hurts when I hear hamas murdering people just bc they're being themselves.

LGBTQIA+ (A does not mean ally, fuckers) has persevered and will always do so.

[randomdarija]

!!!!

This is your friendly reminder that ace/aro people belong in queer spaces. Yes, even cishet ace/aro people. Yes, even cishet ace/aro men. And if I see you tell an ace/aro person that hc a queer character ace/aro is infantilizing them, I will take your fucking kneecaps 

[stiffyck]

Since it's pride month I think people should remember the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for identities such as aromantic, asexual, etc.

It does not stand for ally.

[barzfrommarz]

since pride month is coming up remember

flag discourse is not real

slur discourse is not real

lesboy discourse is not real

mspec discourse is not real

trans men/transmascs are queer and we deserve a safe space

afab non binary people are not women lite

amab non binary people are still non binary

companies don’t give a shit about us. Do not praise them (esp since they are backing down bc of conservatives)

asexuals and aromantics are real people who are queer

The A in lgbtqia+ doesn’t not stand for ally. It stands for Asexual, Aromantic and Agender (and any other A label)

stop excluding masculine queer people

Xenogenders and Neoprnouns are valid

Xenogenders and Neopronouns hurt no one or make us look bad and don’t make transphobes hate us any more than they already do

Bisexuals can be in guy/girl relationships (and so on)

Queer platonic relationships are valid

Cishet/Allies are allowed at pride (seriously I saw a tweet from some idiot saying you can’t bring your cis partner to pride)

Real people cannot queerbait. Stop using this as a tool to (intentionally or not) force people to come out

A couple looking cishet or heteronormative does not mean they are

Trans men/Transmascs don’t owe you masculinity

trans women/transfems don’t owe you femininity

Anyone under the Nonbinary umbrella doesn’t owe you androgyny

Uplift Disabled/Neurodivergent/Non white queer/trans voices

Don’t forget about the Queer and Trans people being bombed in Palestine.

Cops aren’t allowed anywhere near pride. All Cops Are Bastards

Zionism,Racism,Antisemitism,Abelism etc is no welcome in the queer community

People who are still in the closet/not out are still part of our community and shouldn’t be forced to come out or be excluded

that’s all I can think of rn. Happy almost pride month 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

if you can and it’s safe, consider attending IRL pride events. Stay safe!

[shoeboxgoblin]

Actually the A in LGBTQIA+ does stand for ally. ally beardsly

[ky-the-squiddy]

Every so often I come across people going on about 'queer is a bad word, I'm not a terf but we shouldn't use that word in community/academic/etc settings, don't call me queer' and just

Okay

You're not queer

I won't call you that, no one should call you that, and anyone that does is being an asshole regardless of their identity or minority status. It doesn't matter what reasoning you have behind not wanting to be labelled as queer, what trauma you may or may not have, what you've identified as in the past and present, and whether or not your preference just comes to not liking the vibe of the word for entirely inscrutible reasons. No one has any right to pry.

If you say you're not queer, then you're not queer, and that's okay.

It just also means that if I, a queer person, talk about the queer community, then I'm not referring to you. If an academic refers to queer history and queer texts written by queer people about other queer people, they're also not talking about you. If a corporation starts using 'queer' in their ads then they can eat shit because fuck 'em, they have no fucking right to use our words when they aren't and have never been one of us, but if a well-meaning ally uses 'queer' as a one-syllable shorthand for LGBTQIA+ in a verbal conversation, then there's no reason for you to get any more annoyed at them as you would if they used the word 'gay' instead.

You have every single right to be labelled or not labelled as you like, and I will stand behind you all the way. If someone is trying to shove 'queer' on you when you really don't want it? Then I will happily, metaphorically, deck them in the face for you. We are still family, whatever you choose to call yourself, and it's important that we stick together.

But

If you aren't queer, and you get frustrated when you see queer people talking about the queer community, take a deep breath, and consider:

They aren't talking about you

[bored-boring-and-tired]

do you think that asexual people belong in queer spaces

ASEXUAL PEOPLE BELONG IN QUEER SPACES.

lgbtqiA

the a stands for aspec. asexual, aromantic, agender, aplatonic, and any other identities/microlabels that fall under the aspec umbrella. it does not stand for ally. although allies are great and appreciated, erasing aspecs to say “a is for ally!!” is not okay.

[safe-space-for-all-queer-folks]

Friendly reminder that the A in lgbtqia+ stands for Asexual, Aromantic, Agender and any other queer identity. It does NOT stand for ally so please stop spreading aphobia and invalidating A identities thank you.

Note: I do appreciate you allies but you are not a queer identity

[darkshrimpemotions]

The A stands for Asexual, Agender, Aromantic

Since I was just in a corporate Pride event where a wholeass member of the queer community and leader of the company’s LGBTQIA+ organization said the A stands for Ally, here is your annual reminder that the A does not stand for Ally and has never stood for Ally.

Allies are important. We need allies. We treasure our allies. But being an ally to queer people doesn’t make you queer any more than being an ally to any other marginalized group makes you a member of that marginalized group. It doesn’t make any fucking sense to include allies in the acronym used to name our community. Fuck’s SAKE.

[anotherdayforchaosfay]

The only people not included under the queer umbrella are cis heterosexual. That's it. Everyone else is included. That includes ace, which is, as what the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for.

A does not stand for ally.

Lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, intersex, ace, and the + is for everyone else not cis hetero. More sexualities and gender identifications are becoming known, like demi and pan, and they're part of queer community.

Again, cisgender heterosexual people are not queer. Everyone else is.

[aroacesafeplaceforall]

What ace movement? What are you guys doing to enact change? What change? Online posting is not a movement. What legislation are you pushing? What organizations are you funding for what causes? What are you doing and how did people sayin g cishets aren't queer stop you?

Hey anon, I’ll answer this step by step.

What ace movement?

Well, that’s a very broad question. If you mean the movement towards equality for all of the lgbtqia+ community; then that’s what the ace movement is. If you mean specifically ace, then it’s stopping erasure, stopping hate and stopping misinformation at the same time as making the wolf a safer and more accepting place for all those on the ace spectrum!!

What are you guys doing to enact change?

Spreading awareness, helping people figure themselves out, educating those who ask and more! Supporting ace spec people and their creations is definitely up there as well as sharing websites and organisations to help people!!

What change?

To increase awareness and acceptance for all aspec people, as well as hopefully make some people’s lives easier and safer!!

Online posting is not a movement.

Actually, now a days this is incorrect. A large minority of voters and protestors rely on social media to get ideas, news, thoughts and more! A movement is any group of people attempting to do anything, though the exact definition is “a change or development” so yes we are a movement 🥰🥰

I’ll answer the next lump simply;

This is tumblr. We are (usually) politicians and I’m here to education and teach people as well as share posts to my followers! If there’s a legislation aimed for or against ace spec people I will for sure share it and my thoughts on it!!

I’m unsure what you mean by the last part but if you meant why A does not stand for ally is simple.

It’s an exclusion of all A identities including (but not limited to) Agender, Asexual and Aromantic identities. There’s no H for heterosexual and there’s no C for cis. You don’t include them because they are not part of the community!

You can by allies but you can’t claim to be part of the community unless you are part of the community.

Thanks for the ask hope this answered some questions!!

[onesidedradiostatic]

husk in any image with valentino is going for his throat i imagine. pan on pan violence. (sort of imagining husk as a spitting kitty cat now, with valentino holding onto a chandelier or smthin near a ceiling for dear life)

charlie, cherri, sir pentious, vox -- well the two in the middle are making out, while charlie and vox stand to either side not quite sure where to look, because they also can't really look to each other for solidarity. alt. charlie is cheering cherri/sir pentious on, vox isn't sure how he ended up on this picture and why alastor isn't there :(

see at first id think alastor, vaggie, and angel would be pretty chill in the same picture, seeing as angel has been learning Boundaries, but i forgot that vaggie -- while chill with alastor in the battle + final bit -- potentially does not trust this guy in the slightest, considering he's made a deal with her gf. so like. nominally chill picture. for now. rosie is also there

is lucifer the token straight in this setup? (i wrote that and then remembered adam, but tbh loser bisexual adam hcs have compelled me) (and then the host of people who are ??? in my head atm. velvette, carmilla, lute, zestial, niffty -- oh NIFFTY does strike me as potentially straight in a "housewife from a terrible marriage" sort of way) (lol accidentally wrote my way into a "what about the straights" corner somehow, love a show where everyone is queer until proven otherwise and even then...)

(reference to this)

LMAOOOO this is all very real. "vox isn't sure how he ended up on this picture and why alastor isn't there :(" I'M CRYING??!?????

velvette is definitely some form of queer to me, wlw or aro are all acceptable to me. carmilla, zestial, niffty idk. for lute I do actually kinda like her with adam so she's at least a manliker to me but also like the idea of her having had something with vaggie in the past, so bi/pan to me

honestly I'm fine with bi lucifer or token straight lucifer both work for me but I was speaking in terms of canon sexualities in my post (because if it wasn't just canon there would probably be more bisexuals LMAO. and rosie would be with alastor in the aroace section)

btw regarding the lucifer thing, they've taken it out now but at some point he was listed as straight on the wiki and I got JUMPSCARED bad

I think the idea of it is very funny though. yes the one who oversees the PRIDE ring. straight. also him being token straight of the hotel (unless you count niffty???) where like everyone else is queer in some way and he's wondering why he gets left out and charlie just has to awkwardly go over and say "ummm... dad. you're uh. straight!" "well. do I get a flag?" "errrrm. yes, dad! the um. straight.... ally flag." "wow! is that what the a in lgbtqia+ stands for?" "no. no dad. that's alastor." "the a in lgbtqia+ stands for alastor??????" "DAD. NO."

(this is of course all for the fun and giggles I am still fully in support of bi lucifer I just think token straight lucifer is also funny)

[sweetmyrrhs]

aro + aspec beings, from the LEAST ASPEC QUEER PERSON YOU WILL EVER MEET, we love you. you are welcome here. cishet aspec people, you all are seen and loved and embraced. fuckin go through me with an AK47 if you disagree

the A in LGBTQIA+ does not fucking stand for ally btw. being an ally is basic human decency, it doesn't make you queer! fuck queerphobia, do crimes.