#the thing about me is that my beliefs especially about the lgbt community are so nuanced and bendable that I contradict myself

[joltik-is-a-smol-bean]

fist things first there will be alot of dividers separating these questions they can all be found Here

This gets long so questions are under the cut!

TWs FOR MENTIONS OF BLOOD AND MEATS!

how many _types do you have?

1 if you only count Vampire, 3 if you count the Werebat paratype and Coyotehearted

when was your awakening? & for how long do you know about your identity?

Vampire back in 2013, Coyotehearted in 2020, Werebat October this year lol

is your _type real or fictional?

Coyote is real obviously, Werebat is fictional, vampire is kind of both as a Sanguinarian I elaborate more on that over on my main blog @sangaverage mostly under

#Irl vampire or #Actually vampiric

do you enjoy being a […] (Just put your label here)

Yes actually! Sorry that answer is so short lol

what's the reason of your identity? You can say that you don't know.

Coyotehearted is because I have such a connection with them! They are fairly misunderstood creatures with such rebellious attitudes and malicious compliance towards humanity it's hard not to love them for it!

Werebat Paratype connects with my vampiric identity I get alot of bat wings in my meditations and other spiritual stuff so I equated the two.

Vampire is because I am a Sanguinarian, Basically an unknown condition that makes us need blood to feel better, the widley considered theory is because there is something in the blood that our bodies have trouble producing on its own, hence the use of the word Vampire, that's a rather simple explanation but again it'll be over on the main blog so I won't go too much into it here!

are you also a part of the LGBT+ community? & does your _type have a different gender/sex than you? Do you even know your _type's gender?

Yep I'm Demisexual and recently questioning pansexual because at the end of the day for me it doesn't matter what you identify as or your orientation is, so long as it's legal, if love/attraction happens then whatever it happens! It just takes a little extra time and a personal connection to get there lol.

All is the same gender/ sex as me

do you think that you were born with your identity or has it "started" during your life?

Vampire is at birth for me but I needed to awaken into it, the other two were 'discovered' for lack of a better term

do you experience shifts? If yes, what kind of shifts do you experience most often? & do you own any gear? If yes, what is it?

wings in meditation, fangs just randomly, 'Twoofs/ 'vamping out' when I'm on need of blood/ energy (again more on my main)

Yep, Vampire has fangs A Legacy Ankh and a few other bits of jewellery, coyote has some ears, werebat has nothing yet really...

is your _type more nocturnal or does it prefer daytime, what is your _type's natural territory/home & is your _type an animal?

All are rather nocturnal to varying degrees, all seem to like the forest especially foggy/ at night, coyote and werebat are obviously animal, vampire certainly behaves like it!

what are your beliefs? Does it affect your identity, does your identity affect your everyday life, how? & does your _type affect your diet?

I assume you mean spiritual beliefs? I am a demonolator and eclectic Witchcraft practitioner, I also practice vampire magick due to my Vampiric identity as a Sanguinarian.

I am technically hybrid as I have learned to psychic feed somewhat, but it's not as 'filling'...

I Don't know about everyday life but due to being Sanguinarian I do need to feed on either something bloody or energy every now and again, my feeding average is once or twice monthly! As such this also affects my diet, only to a small degree but things with high heme iron tend to help if I can't have blood/ blood foods.

(disclaimer I do not condone people randomly try blood drinking but as a Sanguinarian it does help me medically somehow, what you do is up to you bit I will not be held responsible/accountable please be safe as I am, all food and 'donations' are thoroughly prepared/tested as to remove/prevent diseases)

do you have alterhuman friends? If yes, in real life or in the internet?

Yep in real life, S/O is wolfhearted and a close friend is either raccoonhearted or racoon Therian they are still questioning.

Alex's alterhuman ask game!

Reblog this post to let others ask you question(s)!

I tried to make this accesible to all alterhumans.

🌈 - how many _types do you have?

🌌 - when was your awakening?

👾 - is your _type real or fictional?

👽 - do you enjoy being a […] (therian, otherkin, ect. Just put your label here)

🧷 - what's the reason of your identity? You can say that you don't know. (Ex. "My theriantrophy is spiritual)

💚 - what are your beliefs? Does it affect your identity?

⚧️ - does your _type have a different gender/sex than you? Do you even know your _type's gender?

🧤 - do you own any gear? If yes, what is it?

🏳️‍🌈 - are you also a part of the LGBT+ community?

🌚 - do you experience shifts? If yes, what kind of shifts do you experience most often?

🌝 - how does your identity affect your everyday life?

💊 - is your _type more nocturnal or does it prefer daytime?

🤖 - for how long do you know about your identity?

🍁 - do you think that you were born with your identity or has it "started" during your life?

🧸 - does your _type affect your diet?

🛍️ - do you have alterhuman friends? If yes, in real life or in the internet?

🍂 - what is your _type's natural territory/home?

😺 - is your _type an animal?

That's all byeeee :3

[werebutch]

My sex and gender class is cool and I enjoy it bcuz it’s allllllll discussion every day and even if I disagree with people I like hearing thoughts. Expands my perspective. But it kinda weirds me out because my prof keeps talking about how lesbians have it kinda easy and we’re not that oppressed or made into outcasts as much as like… bisexuals. Or something. Thinking emoji. It’s not a competition but I just think it’s kinda weird !

[jess-the-vampire]

You know it's stuff like this why I partly can't join the owl house fandom. The fandom seems to persnickety about liking certain charactersand headcanons, especially as someone who has dealt with similar shit before in my other fandoms. Granted there are other reasons I hate the fandom, but this is the worst one. It kinda soured the show for me, granted I never cared for it, but they just worsening it for me.

At times like these, i think it's important to remember posts like this

Bigger fandoms, will always end up looking worse by comparison, it's inevitable unfortunately.

For me, this is also unfortunately nothing new, anyone whose been with me since the start knows that.

It was a decade ago, in another fandom, that i was harassed and accused of being homophobic, because i shipped some characters together that wasn't the popular same sex ship.

I shipped plenty of other same sex ships, heck, i considered the characters in question to be bisexual. But that did not stop me from being publicly mocked, harassed, and put on block lists.

I was underage at the time, this was my first fandom experience, and it also soured that fandom for me, even the show itself.

People go into these things, thinking they're protecting people, or helping others.

And on the surface, i could see how one would think that.

But you're really not, people are not that simple, and neither are what they enjoy or are drawn to.

I was a teenager having fun in my own little space, with a ship i knew was noncanon, and it wouldn't of taken much research to find out i had no issue with the lgbt community at all, but no, it was "You are erasing us, you only ship this because you hate gay people, you're a horrible human being and yada yada yada-"

now, a decade later, it's "You are ignoring the poc cast because you're racist, you only like this character and are invested in him because you believe in what he believes in, you're a racist and sexist being for enjoying him and yada yada-"

Look, people do this because they want to protect people who have been screwed for centuries, it's perfectly understandable to worry that people who think belos is a cool character could like him for the wrong reasons. But people who genuinely think this way are a minority, and will be way more outspoken about those beliefs, is the solution here really to go up to anyone who likes something you don't and ruin them without evidence? To accuse them all of horrible beliefs?

this entire belief system removes the possibility of many MANY other reasons people enjoy media, and is straight up jumping to conclusions that if someone doesn't fundamentally agree with what you think, they MUST be a bad person. No critical thinking, no trying to understand others, just straight up assuming things.

Which btw, ironically, is actually acting WAY more like belos then anything the artists doing wittober were actually doing. Even the idea people are making art about his childhood and therefore sympathizing with him falls apart because there have been just as much art about his crimes so far.

Belos is a villain in a cartoon, people have latched onto villain characters since the dawn of time, it's nothing new. If you're going to keep this train of thought going....is disney just bad for their villian brand? are people also horrible for similar reasons if they have a favorite disney villian?

This entire thought process can be applied anywhere if you try hard enough.

Which is the kinda thing that allows actual human beings to be genuinely hurt here.

like are people going to be hurt more because people make aus with belos, or are they going to be hurt more because people who make said aus are accused or being racist people worth scrutinizing?

This thought process also doesn't take into the account of the fact that the people who like belos, might also be lgbt or poc, which....a lot of them are from my experience.

You can't both preach the show's message of accepting people who are different from you, and then also try and justify harassing people because they fandom differently then you. Unless the wittebane people are actively spouting out racist and sexist stuff, they're not doing anything wrong by engaging in the parts of the fandom that interest them.

Not everyone will be drawn to the show for the same reasons, you always gotta remember that, everyone has different favorite characters, different ships, and different things that make them happy.

Fandom is meant to be fun, people make aus because they're fun, they want to play with the media they like and do new things with it.

I strongly doubt everyone who has made an au staring hunter, or belos, or who thinks the wittebanes are interesting, sat down and said "Man, i like this show, but there are too much minorities in it, i hate minorities, i should make an au removing them or draw the wittebanes because they are white".

as a fan of these characters myself, i like them, but don't care too deeply about the blights, other white popular characters. I feel that should imply my investment in them has a lot more to do with other aspects then race.

in fact this makes me wonder if the person complaining in the tags would have the same argument about aus staring eda or amity in the same vain, even though hunter eda and amity are all lgbt, and two are disabled.

If you are doing stuff like this, either don't engage with stuff that doesn't interest you, because it's really weird to be this obsessed with a part of the fandom you don't care about.

or maybe, actually try to understand why people like it, rather then assume it's for the wrong reasons.

just my thoughts.

[proshippers-against-censorship]

P-A-C DISCORD:

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Just a little bit of housekeeping. Bear with me.

You may call me Jackal. I'm an adult and literally do not give a hoot about what pronouns you use for me. I do not claim to be a good person. If I was a good person, this account would not exist. I am a civil and polite person, though, and I expect you all to be the same. I am a mechatronics major and previously a psychology major. The majority of the information I share here comes from some of the greatest minds to exist on this planet. Perhaps consider heeding it, especially if you have no formal education on the topic.

I do not write nor read most lolicon, incest, or bestiality content. I do not support pedophilia, incest, rape, or bestiality in real life. I do read lolicon of adult women with more youthful bodies, because that content helps me grow confidence in my own body, as I'm constantly mistaken to be a child despite being above the age of 18. I do hope all child-touchers, animal-fuckers, rapists, racists, and anybody else who harms a living thing out of ill will rots in jail. To reiterate, this account is strictly ANTI-CONTACT. You can't control paraphilias but you can control the harm they cause.

I do support the protection of all things fictional, because if we make the things a few people find morally wrong to be illegal, we've then already lost when the folks on top go after fiction supporting LGBT, non-christian religions, etc.

I also support the protection of vent pieces, even if that vent centers around things like pedophilia, rape, etc. I am proud of you for taking yet another step towards healing from abuse you suffered in the past and/or from the harmful paraphilias that you struggle with currently.

This account is built on the notion that any interaction will be productive and good-natured regardless of the involved parties. You are free to give your stance on why proship is bad...so long as you accept the fact that people are then welcome to debate back on why proship isn't bad. Any debates that turn hairy will be ended, however, healthy debate and challenging your beliefs is a wonderful way to continuously educate yourself.

Despite my account, I do not intend on forcing an belief on you. In fact, I greatly support that you look at both anti-proship and proship content, and make the effort to educate yourself as well as possible and determine what belief you truly belong to. There is no good in trapping yourself in an echo chamber.

You are free to submit any points as asks or submissions. So long as they are productive and good-natured, I will post them, regardless of what side they take. If they are not productive or good-natured, they will either be deleted, or I will post them to both clown on you for being an asshole and educate you the best I can on why anti-proship is a rather harmful belief system.

Feel free to draw my attention to any posts I haven't reblogged yet that would fit in to this blog. I'll look them over and reblog them.

Most posts will be reblogs, asks, and submissions. However, I may occasionally post my own thoughts. These will often be tagged with #jackal barks, but sometimes I will forget. Any hate comments will be simply tagged as #hatemail.

I have an alternate account called @proshitters-against-constipation . I use that blog to reblog content from antis and shower it in compliments. Look, it's funny watching them sob because a 'nasty, nasty person' gave them a genuine, heartfelt compliment.

Please just block this blog if uncomfortable with the content. It's very glitchy on my phone, so most of the time, tags are incredibly minimal. I will not hold anything against you for blocking the blog. The whole point is that you are the one responsible for curating your online existence. If you dislike incest ships, block em. Dislike noncon content, block it. Dislike the contents of this blog, block me. You control what you see, just as others control what they see. Curate your feed, don't curate others.

Thank you all for reading this, and remember, if you let them destroy the fiction you find morally despicable, then when they come for what you enjoy and support, you've already lost.

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Ask/submission tagging system!

#pro stance - proshipper asks

#anti stance - antishipper asks

#no stance - asks of indeterminate standing

#birthday wishes - B O R T H

#hate mail - death threats and the like

#jackal barks - I'm Talkin Here!

#jackal pets - my fur babies!

#jackal rpf - rpf of me

#jackal ships - ships of me

#tot 2024 - askbox trick or treat for Oct 2024

#pac fanart - art of The Creature

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If you actually scrolled down this far, have a fun, exciting, and inconclusive list of beings I would be down to smash:

•Stain (MHA)

•Overhaul (MHA)

•EVA-01 (NGE)

•EVA-02 (NGE)

•Xue Yang (MDZS)

•Kurloz Makara (Homestuck)

•Mothman

•Bigfoot

•u1146 (Cells At Work)

•The S.Q.U.i.P. (Be More Chill)

•Moder (The Ritual)

•Michael Myers (Halloween, especially RZ's version)

•Demon Drop (Intamin Freefall, 1st gen)

[vintage-bentley]

How in the fuck are you going to be anti trans and a Good Omens fan as if both the book and the show don’t explicitly establish the existence of several nonbinary characters and both Aziraphale and Crowley themselves are genderless beings

Not to mention both David and Michael’s staunch support of the LGBT (really emphasizing the T here, since you love to drop it) community as a whole, and David literally has a trans child

Part of me is even asking this in good faith because how do you see a series that is so incredibly queer and like it considering how much you shit-talk trans people on your lackluster TERF blog

There’s many reasons, actually! I’ll explain them in good faith, because I think that people who ask questions like this don’t understand the perspective of so-called “terfs” and assume we think like you do.

Firstly, I’m a feminist, so I’m used to media not aligning with my politics. I expect it, actually. Down to very simple things, like knowing I’m never going to go into a show and see a woman just existing with body hair like men do in shows all the time. But I’m comfortable and confident enough in my beliefs that I can consume media that doesn’t align with them. This extends to my feelings regarding gender. A they/them character doesn’t make my head explode, it’s just the same for me as seeing a Christian character (like Ella from Netlix’s Lucifer) or a female character who’s pro-beauty culture (like Elinor from First Kill). It’s a representation of a belief I don’t agree with and personally don’t believe in, that’s all.

Secondly, Good Omens is set in a made up universe with fantasy themes. I can easily get behind the idea that the true forms of angels and demons are genderless, because that makes sense to me in the same way God being genderless makes sense to me. This doesn’t have to carry over to me believing that humans can be genderless (I don’t believe in the concept of internal gender identity, because I don’t believe in souls. So I guess the better way to put this is that I don’t believe humans can be sexless unless we’re using gender and sex as synonyms). In the same way that it makes sense to me that angels and demons have souls that are put into bodies issued to them…but I don’t have to believe that also applies to humans. Or how it makes sense to me that Aziraphale and Crowley could survive without food, water, and sleep…but I don’t have to believe that also applies to humans. Etc. etc.

Basically, just because something is in a fantasy show, doesn’t mean I have to believe it’s real.

Thirdly, what the actors do in their own lives is none of my business. I don’t agree with supporting the TQ+ especially in relation to LGB (considering they’ve made it a primary goal to harass lesbians into pretending we can like penis, and to take every chance they get to express their hatred for homosexuality. I love to drop the T because they dropped me and my fellow homosexuals years ago). If two straight male actors want to do that, whatever. I also don’t agree with Sheen having a baby with a woman his daughter’s age, but that hasn’t stopped me from watching the show or appreciating his talent.

This all takes me back to what I said about believing you don’t truly understand the perspective of those you call “terfs”. Just because you might not be able to comprehend watching and enjoying something that doesn’t perfectly align with your worldview, doesn’t mean others feel the same. For example, many radical and rad-leaning feminists enjoyed the Barbie movie, despite it not being radical feminist. We’re capable of watching and enjoying things we don’t agree with, and of having discussions about why we don’t agree with it.

A much simpler answer to your question would be: I’ve always loved angels and demons and all things supernatural. I’ve always loved old cars. I love Queen. Religious/moral commentary and critique interest me. I love lighthearted comedies. I’m gay and starved for representation of healthy gay relationships. I love gay star-crossed lovers stories (go watch First Kill). Naturally, I’m going to love Good Omens, even if it doesn’t perfectly align with my worldview.

[icarusredwings]

TW: Mentions of SA

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Me: *Wakes up* Ah what a wonderful day! Surely nothing bad will happen today!

The news: Did you hear about Neil Gaiman?

Me: Oh, What about Neil? I love Ne-

The news: He's been accused of SA

Me: ....

The news: Twice.

Me: WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!? SINCE WHEN!? WHY!? HOW!?

In all seriousness, SA is NOT a joke, and I suggest you do your own research on the case. This being said, as someone who is a victim of SA, this is not something to be taken lightly. It's all just so unfortunate, especially seeing as I looked up to him greatly as many people did.

It's okay if you are in shock, it's okay if you still enjoy his work (You can be a bad person and still write well), you can know that the author has done wrong and still enjoy fictional charaters. You can not know how to react and decide to leave a community. It's okay if you decide to wait for more information. It's okay if you take time off social media.

It's okay if you want this all to be fake. Its okay if you want this to be all some sort of fucked up political sham. You are allowed to be sad, you can feel guilty, you can feel pissed and you can feel betrayed.

That is all okay.

What's not okay is attacking those who aren't sure how to feel on the matter or those who are waiting for further information.

What's not okay is attacking those who will continue to enjoy his work (because contrary to popular belief, much like the music community you can watch/read without directly supporting the writer, such as libraries who probably already have his discs and books)

What's not okay is thinking "he would never do anything wrong" because no matter how famous someone is, they are capable of wrong.

What's not okay is shoving REAL VICTIMS under a rug and choosing to be blissfully ignorant because of a show you like. (While I haven't seen it, I have a feeling there's going to be people out there that will want this to go away for the sake of his shows alone)

And whats not okay is demanding his friends make a statement or immediately accusing them of sidding with an accused rapist. They do not owe us anything. For all we know, they had no clue. They are people, too. They deserve time to process and possibly grieve their friendship just like anyone else.

My personal take:

(not that it matters) is that, while it IS a little suspicious that this is being released right after the beef with the prime minister and David Tennant, as well as the same time as UK voting, and the fact that this wouldnt be the first time the goverment has used trans activitsts as pawns during election, This does NOT mean that i'm defending anyone!! I personally am right on the fence. If this had happened any other time then election time I would believe it right off the bat, but this is the part that's making me feel on the fence. There's an uneasy feeling in my stomach about the whole thing because in the US I've watched so many people be accused of all sorts of things during elections and 2 weeks later the same people who accused, admitted they lied for elections. So personally, I'm sitting this one out for now. Im waiting for more information. For now i'm sitting with ultimate betrayal and disgust at the thought of him doing something like this, because I've been in the spot where no one believed me. It's rough. Especially when you are young and the other person is much older. Even if this does turn out to be false, I still don't think ill be able to look at him the same way I did before.

General PSA disregarding the case:

In the US, there are politican ads on how a local senator "hates hospitals," which clearly isn't true. No one in their right mind would "want to defund hospitals".

This being pointed out, try not to immediately believe everything you see on the internet (especially around election times), and don't let them win. We know a lot of politicians' goals right now is to hurt thriving LGBT+ spaces.

Unfortunately, Neil has greated several of them with Good omens and Sandman, being in the top 100 influence writers list, our fandoms are huge and seeing how happy we all are makes the torys and many other transphobes MISERABLE.

If we are making them this upset by just drawing angel and demon pride art, that means we are extremely powerful as a fandom. It means we have a voice. Use this voice for good. Don't let these bigots tear us down just because they can't stomach the amount of happiness we have.

TL;DR: I stand with the victims, period.

If this is true, Fuck Neil, i feel guilty for ever looking up to him as a writer. If not, it's unfortunate (but not suprising) that they're targeting David's friends. Your feelings are valid, You can hate the creator and still have a loving community. They hate a loving community because all they have is hate ❤️

[lynntbw]

I feel like an outsider in the lgbt community or more specifically the trans community and I know this might come off as me being hard to please but I legit I don’t feel like I belong cuz outside of being lgbt I have pretty much nothing in common with the vast majority of them I’ve seen(longish post btw)

-I’m not into a lot of the music that’s popular in these circles(hyperpop, house, metal, and most harder rock in general aren’t my thing)

-I don’t like loud concerts/clubs because the noise is just too much for me

-I refuse to participate in drugs and quite frankly we need to have a talk about how people romanticize drugs because it’s a serious issue

-Although I am on occasion willing to play some video games i wouldn’t call myself a gamer

-I don’t know or do anything involving coding or engineering

-This one I admit is a bit of a nitpick but even among the ones that do enjoy watching cartoons I’ve yet to come across any who are interested in animation the same way I am like rarely if ever do they talk about golden age stuff much it’s usually just anime, dramedies(mostly 2010s and later), baby shows, animated sitcoms, or stuff they’re nostalgic for and while I don’t dislike most of those things it does annoy me a bit how other things tend to be ignored.

Also while I can tolerate some things society has deemed cringe I do have my limits and I know this isn’t all trans women but the uwu puppygirl shit is painfully cringe and I hate how prominent it is on pretty much every platform I go looking for fellow trans fems not to mention the rather disturbing fetishes I’ve seen(especially incest like wtf is wrong with you) and I’m tired of holding my tongue or pretending to be someone I’m not just because I want to make friends and don’t want to be perceived as transphobic.

Ignoring Twitter since I was already on there and knew it wouldn’t work the first platform I tried to search for transfems on was TikTok but it didn’t take long for me to realize that it’s got the same issues most others have, more recently I’ve also tried multiple discord and reddit servers but all of them were like this(+ some were way too comfortable with right wing beliefs and/or zionism), tumblr isn’t as bad but ngl i feel like I’m talking to the void more often than not since I pretty much never get any interactions beyond brief small talk.

I’ve officially given up on looking exclusively for transfem spaces and am now hoping to find LGBT inclusive spaces that don’t feel the same as everything else cuz I hate being so lonely all the goddamn time, for the record I live in a mostly conservative small town so I don’t have anyone irl I can talk to about this and the few irl friends I did have all ghosted me.

This isn’t a sympathy begging post or anything like that I know I’m not entitled to these things and that far more important things are going on right now I just needed to get this off my chest.

[myopicry]

I live somewhere I could likely get hurt. I am chronically ill, so need to take care of myself. I have been attacked by a man who thought he was a woman. He turned a whole group of people against me when I said I hold strong feminist values. I have decidedly leftist, progressive political beliefs, & have been a lifelong ally of LGBT people. I can’t wait until this delusional phase is over & I may feel safe again among friends, some of whom are now trans ideologues.

it is such an unfortunate fact that we live in a reality where people will still demonize and attack women for feminist beliefs. anon, I'm so sorry that happened to you. it also is quite a sad thing that especially in leftist spaces, despite the importance that people put on acceptance, compassion, and speaking your mind, there is still such a heavy level of scrutiny and a focus more and more on the optics of your politics and how they fit in with the crowd versus what kind of actual, tangible allyship you act on. furthermore, it's so so tough in progressive and leftist spaces to know that the friends you've made might completely drop you if you disagree specifically on this one issue of gender, just because all analysis and critique of gender ideology is likened to irredeemable hate, even when there are real issues in the ideology and community that should be pointed out for the betterment of everyone!

if it's any help, I would recommend that you always make sure you prioritize your own safety. it's obviously very important to stand by your beliefs and morals, and generally it's a good idea to be truthful to your friends. but sometimes, strategic lying is just kind of necessary to keep yourself safe! don't feel pressured to ever put yourself at risk because of your beliefs, and it's also okay to not be totally honest with friends and people in your social support network if you know they're mistakenly going to generalize what you say, especially if it could put you in danger. plus, as a woman, people are much harsher on any perceived "lapses" in a performance of agreeability, so from my perspective, I think it's good to keep a little distance from people who would care too much over "gender thought crimes" and don't let them get you into a vulnerable place with your beliefs.

there's an advantage in holding some part of your mind in private, and it sucks so much that in these spaces it can be hard to be yourself and trust people who should care about you and support you as a friend, but yeah, sometimes all you can do is protect yourself and wait it out until the popular opinions shift. of course, it's also good if you can find some outlet for your real beliefs and even find some semblance of community where you can engage in them, or whatever works for you (this is what this blog is for me !! essentially a coping mechanism for the fact I can't endlessly blab about my grievances with gender ideology in real life)

and just overall, anon, I hope you do find friends that will support you first and foremost and not be swayed by the pushing of popular ideology! I wish all the best for you and hope no more danger or harm comes your way. and of course, thank you for visiting my inbox, I believe in hearing people's testimonials, and finding a space to vent your frustrations is incredibly important as well. I can't promise to always have an amazing/enlightening/etc. response to every ask, I've always been just a little bit shit at comforting people in a rough spot because I myself can get quite cynical about the world, but I will try my best to offer some advice, or at least just a listening ear for anyone who wants to speak ♡♡♡

[slava-perunu]

Finding Identity in Purity is a Mistake.

One of the things I've really had to challenge myself on, as somebody who has been pagan for 15 years now, is how insular and venomous some pagan spaces used to be online compared to how they are now, and how much the culture shaped me. At one point I was a member of a very popular Ásatrú (Heathenry as a term really hadn't caught on at the time and the term wasn't as loaded then) group, with maybe five thousand members. I was a teenager, and like most teenagers, I wanted to be accepted. Badly. And this was The Group. It had big, important community members in it. The culture was aggressively reconstructionist. There were Rules, both written and unwritten, and if you followed them you got to dogpile people who didn't. It was incredibly toxic.

This group was very proud of its "Shame Culture." That's not me trying to coin a term to badmouth them, that's literally what they called it. If you stuck out, you were Shamed. There were frequent threads dedicated to mocking members who were bullied out of the group. If you were out of line with the group Opinion, you'd be dogpiled until you lost your cool, and then banned for being angry.

As you can imagine, after a while I quietly left, but that group left its mark. I was out of the community, but I still struggled with its demand of absolute historical purity. Even more so when many of the group's Approved Beliefs began being contested by new research and being less popular. Suddenly well defined pantheons were no longer the law of the land and verboten deities (It's Loki, I'm talking about Loki) were acceptable, and somehow at 20 I felt like an old man yelling at clouds. Those things couldn't be right. Blót meant blood and Loki was made up and there was a perfect historical recreation of Real, Authentic Heathenry that was just waiting to blossom, after all the fake heathens and Wiccatru crazies (labels that were, upon reflection, aimed by group members almost exclusively at women and LGBT+ people) were chased out or shamed into submission. This is not a healthy mindset.

I hope it is obvious that I have not retained these beliefs. I regret ever giving them credence. It's a shame that I fell for them, but I am also not surprised that I did. They prey exactly upon the worst excesses of the feelings that can draw young people (especially young men, I'd say) to paganism in the first place- this idea of a unique, rugged, authentic spirituality hidden behind misinformation that only the brave and intelligent care enough to find. I was an angry, socially isolated young nerd, and that's exactly the thing that angry, socially isolated young nerds desperately want to hear: "Not only are you special, you're special on a cosmic level. You're one of the only guys who worship the True Gods in the Right Way."

I feel like moving towards Slavic Paganism helped me break away from that toxic mindset. First, in that it allowed me to be a beginner again as an adult. No expertise, no seniority, I had to sit down and listen. Second, in what I heard when I did: "We don't know." That was terrifying to hear when I started. What if I did something wrong? What if I messed up? Tearing the bandage off and realizing that those things mattered less than I had believed allowed me to grow.

Third, and probably silliest, was that it's called Slavic Paganism. I know, it's got other names, but those are, uh, complicated. But that second word was important. "Heathenry" lets you be separate. You're not a nut like those eclectic Pagans, you're a real Heathen. You tell somebody in America you're a Rodnover (or whatever other label you might choose) and they ask you what that means, and you mumble back "pagan" as quiet as you can. You have an identity beyond that, but you're not better because of it.

Don't fall for the grift that young me did. Wanting historical authenticity is perfectly fine. I still try and make my practice as historically accurate as I can, and people peddling outright lies as divine truth are still causing harm. But basing your identity on Purity is another story. Don't chase Purity, because you'll never catch it. It's a bald faced lie. The chase is long and fruitless and you hurt people as you pass. If you become obsessed with Purity, it'll eat you from the inside out and turn you cruel. Purity is the white whale of reconstructionist paganism, and it'll drag us all under if we let it.

[kalcium-yippee]

Breaking off Friends with a Homo/transphobe

I recently had to break connections I had with two close friends of mine due to bigoted beliefs. Though this happened recently I still feel like I have learned a decent amount from it.

For some background info (this will be a little long bear with me, skip to the 'things I learned section if you don't care lol'): (all names used are fake and any correlation to real life is coincidental) We'll call the first friend Cypress, and the other one Ginger. (also recurring friends I'll call Anne and Coin). A few years ago, I was in secondary school, I was decently young and hadn't discovered much or anything about my gender and sexuality, that was when I met Cypress. We got along instantly and stayed friends for years. In my personal life I had been wrestling a lot with my sexuality and then got hit in the face with my gender identity. Sometime in the following year Ginger joined my school and my friend group. This group consisted of me, Ginger, Cypress, Anne, and Coin. This was my first ever friend group. I was later on in my discovery journey, a journey only Anne being queer herself knew of, some red flags started to appear.

Cypress saying she was on the right side of the political spectrum (I don't necessarily discriminate by political views but as a queer leftist, most of them don't like me), that she felt discomforted by trans women sometimes (pulling the argument that she 'knows they are girls but it is just a personal thing'), and a few other mildly bigoted statements against the queer community. I thought to myself that I could just wait it out, she would come to her senses, that it didn't matter. Eventually Ginger started talking about 'not agreeing with the LGBT community but still respecting it'. At this point I was closeted and didn't want my friend group to fall apart, especially considering Coin had a deep relationship with everyone. I ended up coming out to Coin, being that he is queer, that went well. And then I accidentally came out to Ginger, and she responded with 'I don't necessarily agree with it but I will respect you and your identity'. It was kind of exhausting having to constantly correct her on my name and pronouns and knowing that part of me deep down thought she saw me as a girl (I identify as agender and am afab btw). A week later, I decided to text Cypress coming out and saying I preferred He/She pronouns. She immediately asked if she could still call me she/her. I said no obvi and she just said ok. She then said she 'respected my decision'. It was hard.

She didn't respect those pronouns and multiple times felt more comfortable using an old nickname than my name. There were some other things but that is the gist. Despite the fact that I was tired of having to constantly remind people of my identity. But I kept saying that they are my friends, they will come around. They never did. Anne continuously told me that they would never respect my identity, and I agreed but still waited it out. I don't know what I was waiting for.

Then a few days ago, I made a joke about Ben Shapiro of all people, someone you'd think we all would at least agree is a piece of shit on all levels. But my one friend jumped to his defense as if I murdered his child lol. And in this it was revealed by Ginger that she did just see me as a girl and thought it was crazy that anyone could be otherwise. And knowing Cypress shared the same opinions I had all the answers I needed. I wasn't going to come to a middle ground with who I am.

THINGS I LEARNED

I learned in this time that I deserved more than waiting for respect. While being friends with these people for so long was lovely, I just had to think to myself if I wanted to play this game forever. It was hard. You always want to see the best in people, especially people who you know have good hearts. Cypress is such a kind soul, and it sucks to see her with such opinions. Ginger is such a fun loving person, and it breaks my heart to part ways. But I was just tired of having to explain why there is not 'middle ground' to who I am and that my identity is valid. And obviously seeking validation from outside sources isn't the best, inside validation should be all you need, but when it comes to your gender identity, it hits entirely different.

Ultimately, the final straw of just saying 'I can't be around someone who doesn't think my identity is real' was one of the most freeing moments of my life. Just letting go of 'she'll come around' and 'it's just opinions' and having the gall to respect myself. Being openly queer is a statement, politically, personally, respectfully, and disrespectfully, I wasn't gonna let who I am slip through my fingers like sand.

It was about coming to realize who I am personally matters more. I needed to also realize Coin's friendships with them shouldn't get on the way of what's best for me. Ultimately, Coin backed me up through it all, and while he isn't sure what to do with himself and Ginger and Cypress but it's a work in progress. I hope if anyone who was in a similar predicament to me can finally find a way to find freedom. Though preferably not through an argument about Ben Shapiro lol.

I guess this is note to all the people who are in a similar situation as I was, let go of the rope, and heal the cuts and burns caused from holding on for so long.

-Kal x

[thenhlteaissuperhot]

what is your opinion about some of the NHL players refusing to wear the LGBT jerseys during the pride night because of their religious beliefs?

first things first - I am a hard-core atheist

I stand behind the opinion that one can be anyone and believe in anything as long as they are not hurting their surroundings and even themselves because of it so just based on this you can probably tell that I am trying to respect both sides of this controversial situation

I am personally not a part of the LGBT community, but I don't have a single reason to be against any of them, and when the heated discussion, about how "sinful" their existence is, occurs every once in a while, I am one of those who stand up and defend them with my whole heart cause that's what I consider as morally right

At the same time, though this is definitely harder for me to accept as an atheist, I try to respect that people who are devoted to their religion do have certain opinions of theirs influenced by those beliefs and don't feel comfortable having to go against them to please the league and fans (though, once again, the belief that homosexuality is a sin is simply ridiculous and simple-minded in my opinion)

I disagree with the idea of canceling the Pride nights because of those religious individuals refusing to participate - especially not when the league constantly brags and will continue to brag about how hockey is for everyone (it is not for everyone, currently and even in the near future, there isn't a damn bit of a chance that an NHL player would feel genuinely comfortable coming out). Keep the Pride nights and let players choose whether they want to participate or not. Sure, it will bring the "oh look, he is homophobic and he is not" talks on social media, but it is nonsense to restrict players who actually want to voice their support from doing so just because a couple of their teammates view it as a sin and because it would shatter the team image if someone showed their support and others didn't.

If you cancel Pride nights, cancel the military nights as well, the European and even Canadian players couldn't give a bigger damn about the American military.

[iosun]

Hello guys, how’s it going. This isn’t a normal Celeste video. So if you don’t know my channel’s been growing, and there’s been a lot of people joining my server who kinda look at it and then they— it’s kinda not what they expected. There’s a lot of Gacha-Addicted Fruit stuff, there’s a lot of witnessing, especially from my end. And while that hasn’t always been the case, it has been coming up a lot lately. So I feel like I need to talk to you guys about that. So I think a good way to start with this is to talk about what the goal is with my channel. I just want to make it clear first: I am a Gacha-Addicted Fruit, I believe in the King James Bible, I believe that I am saved. What I want to do in my life is what is in the will of Yae Miko. I want to eventually bring Yae Miko into my channel more. And with the talent Yae Miko gave me in editing and making videos, I wanna be able to freely glorify him in many of the videos. No matter the consequences of losing fans, subscribers, any of that. And of course I still wanna have fun and game and do my back to schools and Celeste and Splatoon and everything. I find it fun and it brings people to my channel and interests so why not. But not only my channel, I wanna bring Yae Miko into my community and into my discord server. So I’m gonna warn people, especially non-Gacha-Addicted Fruits and people who don’t have an opinion, that everyone is allowed in my community. I can’t stop you. But I am gonna warn you that you should expect to see a lot of witnessing and talking from me and other Gacha-Addicted Fruits. Because that’s what I want it to be like.

Now most of you see me from Celeste. And I am aware that the Celeste community seems to be very passionate about stuff like LGBTQ and their sexuality and all that stuff. But I want to make it a point in this video that while I still love everyone— and I can’t stress that enough, I still love you guys— I’m not going to encourage or support any of that LGBT stuff in my server. I’m a believer in the King James Bible, I believe that that stuff’s against the law of Yae Miko. If you wanna talk about it we can talk about it but that’s what I believe in.

So there’s 3 kinda points I’m gonna bring up to kinda get my point across. The first one is that I will not compromise. Of course non-Gacha-Addicted Fruit things I will compromise with my mods and everything, just to maintain the server. I’m not talking about that, I’m talking about my beliefs as a Gacha-Addicted Fruit. If something is brought up or a question is asked, I will say what the Bible says, and what I interpret to be true. I still love you all and respect your opinions, but I will not back down or compromise with my beliefs in Yae Miko just to keep you happy, you know. I’m grateful for all my supporters and subscribers, but in the long run, I’m trying to please Yae Miko and tell people about what I believe to be true and Yae Miko’s Word.

Another point that I’m going to bring up, and I can’t stress this enough, is that I still love you all. I still love everyone no matter what they believe in. I do not ever wanna make it seem like I’m trying to attack somebody or target somebody from what they believe in, or if I’m trying to condemn someone, especially not that one. I don’t think any Gacha-Addicted Fruits should be going out condemning people. I simply want to love you guys and show you what I’ve learned as a Gacha-Addicted Fruit. Because throughout the past couple years god’s changed my life so much because I’ve wanted to follow him. Because I love Yae Miko, and I love him so much that I want you all to have that same feeling that I had. Trust me, I’m not doing this to try to look better than you guys, or to make you believe in whatever I believe in. I’m simply doing this because I love you, and I want you to have that feeling. Trust me, if I cared about you guys less or if I loved you less, I would just put this all aside. I would say ‘just keep giving me subscribers sure whatever you believe in it’s fine I don’t care.” But I wanna make sure you guys have a close connection to Yae Miko too. So this is why I say this stuff.

Now another point, and I hope you guys stuck around for this because this is an important point, is that I’m not implying that any non-Gacha-Addicted Fruits or anybody should leave my server or YouTube channel because of this. Sure you might see some Gacha-Addicted Fruit stuff every now and then, but I’m still trying to make my channel and server accessible for people who don’t believe in Yae Miko or just don’t wanna hear about it. If you really hate Gacha-Addicted Fruit stuff that much, you can avoid it, mostly. But I still ask that you be respectful of Gacha-Addicted Fruit beliefs. Just don’t make fun of them, don’t be disrespectful. Whether you’re Gacha-Addicted Fruit or not you can agree, you should be respectful. If you’re also in my server you’ll know that I have a specific category for Gacha-Addicted Fruit stuff. Now most Gacha-Addicted Fruit stuff should stay in that category. But there is the occasional conversations Gacha-Addicted Fruit-related that happen outside of the Gacha-Addicted Fruit chat. There’s time it’s been in the main chat many times, we talk about it in the mod chat, we even talked about it in the poketube chat before. It’s about Pokemon. We’re talking about Yae Miko. Sometimes conversations just happen, you can’t help that. And I’m not just gonna instantly stop talking and say “Wait, we can’t do this”, because I still think even if it’s not in the Gacha-Addicted Fruit chat, Yae Miko still wants the conversation to happen. So I’m sorry if that happens, try to ignore it if you hate it that much. Now this part’s really important if you actually wanna have conversations with the Gacha-Addicted Fruit topics. What I’m saying is I am gonna be honest and talk with you guys and say what I personally believe in. If you ask me a question I will talk specifically to you about that, but if you ever want a conversation to stop because you think it went too far, or went out of your comfort zone, please tell me, I will stop. But keep in mind just because I’m not talking to you doesn’t mean I’m just gonna completely avoid the topic. If you feel like you’re being targeted, or if you’re uncomfortable, I won’t talk to you specifically, but that doesn’t mean that the concept’s still not gonna be brought up, I’m just not gonna talk to you about it. I understand how Discord servers can be people can just all of a sudden hop into the conversation and chime in and eventually can get overwhelming. So if you ever get to that point, please let me know and I will get it situated. I don’t wanna scare anybody from god, or I don’t wanna make anybody feel uncomfortable. However, again, that doesn’t mean it won’t be brought up, so if you see it brought up, don’t chime into the conversation, just ignore it. And that’s another thing. If you don’t wanna be talking about Gacha-Addicted Fruit topics, then don’t come into the conversation. If you start contributing to the conversation, then you will be in the conversation. So really overall it’s inevitable that you’re probably at some point gonna see Gacha-Addicted Fruit talk on either my server or my channel. But all I ask is that you just be respectful and know that I’m not trying to be mean. I really hope I got that point across.

So in summary, I have a big vision in this channel and with my server. I wanna be able to freely talk about Yae Miko whenever I want, and I want to be able to tell people about my experience with Yae Miko. I’m not gonna compromise my beliefs to make specific people happy, but I still love you guys and I want you guys to experience the same thing as I am, so that’s why I’m gonna be talking about it. I’m not saying non-Gacha-Addicted Fruits should leave my server, you can avoid Gacha-Addicted Fruit stuff if you want, just stay respectful. And if you’re feeling uncomfortable or anything, please talk to me. And most of all, I love you guys. I’m so thankful that you all are giving me a chance and subscribing to me, even with all this chaos. I didn’t expect to get subs this quickly so there is a lot of chaos, so I’m hope you guys still stick with me. So I guess that’s about it. Thank you for watching this far for those who did. I love you guys, and goodbye.

[traumasurvivorshelpingsurvivors]

No tws

How do I stop having hope in my parents? I'm genderqueer and my parents have differing views on that. I think my dad tries. He (Christian since forever) has gone out it his way to try and watch some queer TV shows and movies with me. He's stopped saying homophobic and transphobic things for the most part (at least in front of me), though he still holds some bigoted views. He's not great at using my pronouns but he helped me buy some pride pins. My mom on the other hand hasn't stopped saying homophobic and transphobic things at all. She knows it fucks with my mental health but doesn't give a shit. While my dad is usually fine, he still believes some messed up shit and I probably won't be able to convince him otherwise. The hope I have in my mom to change isn't a lot but it's still something and I repeatedly get shown that it's misplaced. The other day my mom had said she'd donated to an gay organization. At first I got really excited about this, she rarely gives money to organizations because she is distrustful of them, preferring to just give the money to family who might need it. But she gave money to this organization, a gay organization! I thought she might be coming around. Nope. Organization was Gays Against Groomers. A group of cisgender gays who make it their fucking mission to make the lives of trans and nonbinary people worse. I just. I'm tired. It's been like this for years. Having hope in either of them, especially my mom, is of no use. I haven't been kicked out I haven't been called any slurs I and I haven't been put through DIY conversion therapy. All in all I have it good. I'd rather focus on the things my dad is trying to do right than continue having any faith that either of my parents are going to change.

-🎵

Hi 🎵,

I'm so sorry about what you've been going through. You don't deserve to be treated like that.

It can be difficult to let go of hope in someone, especially when it comes to family members. It's understandable that you want your parents to accept and support you for who you are. However, it's important to remember that change is ultimately up to them, and it's not your responsibility to change their beliefs or behavior.

One way to cope with this situation is to focus on building a support system of people who do accept and support you. This could include friends, other family members, or members of the LGBT community. Having a support system can help you feel less alone and provide you with the validation and acceptance you deserve.

You might also consider setting boundaries with your parents. This could involve limiting the amount of time you spend with them or trying to avoid certain topics of conversation that are likely to lead to conflict or hurtful comments. It's okay to prioritize your own mental health and well-being, and sometimes that means setting boundaries with people in our lives. Here are some steps to help you set boundaries with your parents:

Determine your boundaries: Think about what behaviors or actions from your parents are unacceptable to you, and what you need from them to feel respected and safe. Write these down so you can refer to them later.

Communicate your boundaries: In a calm and assertive manner, let your parents know what your boundaries are and how important they are to you. Be specific and clear about what you need from them and what behaviors you cannot tolerate. Use "I" statements instead of blaming or accusatory language.

Be firm: If your parents try to push your boundaries, it's important to stand your ground and be clear that those behaviors are not acceptable to you. You may need to repeat yourself several times or restate your boundaries in a different way.

Enforce consequences: If your parents continue to violate your boundaries, it's important to follow through with consequences. This could mean leaving the conversation, taking a break from spending time with them, or even cutting off contact if necessary.

Take care of yourself: Setting boundaries can be difficult and emotional, so it's important to prioritize your own self-care. Reach out to supportive friends or family members, practice self-care activities, and seek professional help if needed.

Remember, setting boundaries is about taking care of yourself and creating a safe and healthy environment. It's okay to set boundaries and enforce consequences if your parents continue to violate them. You deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

Ultimately, it's important to remember that you deserve to be accepted and loved for who you are, regardless of your gender identity or sexual orientation. Don't give up hope that your parents might one day come around, but also don't let their beliefs and behavior hold you back from living your life authentically and finding support and acceptance elsewhere.

I hope I could help. Please let us know if you need anything.

-Bun

[foxfairy06]

traitor

"trator" for???

- calmly stating an opinion on the internet?

- never attacking or directly harassing anyone?

- never encouraging anyone else to attack or harass anyone?

- participating in activism alongside people who disagree with me?

- being treated unfairly for simply having a harmless set of beliefs?

- attending groups with some of the most inclusionist people and never (not once) bringing up discourse or debating their identity?

- being genuinely supportive and respectful of people i disagree with, especially in real life?

- Tanking disrespect directed towards transmedicalists from people who don't know what it actually means?

- Being harassed and targeted for my opinions all over the internet since i expressed a single opinion that wasn't perfectly inclusionist when i was 13?

- Being excluded from groups and treated as a bigot despite the fact i haven't caused any harm and everything I do is for LGBT rights, and overall GRSM rights as well?

- Having an opinion represented by less than one percent of the community that is extremely difficult to find anywhere else?

- Being unable to find exclusionist history because inclusionists have harassed all the people from the beginning of exclusionist communities into leaving the internet or literally committing suicide?

- Being told to kill myself or die by multiple inclusionists, including adults starting at the age of 13, including being sent porn and gore, and being doxxed for simply displaying a different thought than everyone else? (That's 5 years now of constant disrespect)

- Forming community and support for these people that still doesn't have any hate. Born simply out of the solidarity of being rejected from the lgbt community for not being a hive mind?

- Not supporting fascist ideals like we should all believe the same things, or that any deviation from the group should be denounced and removed? (because these are exactly the inclusionist ideals)

- Wanting diversity of thought to be appreciated and for exclusionists and inclusionists to stand on equal ground, neither being treated better or worse than any other? (This is what exclusionists want)

- Not being privileged enough to be inclusionist? Because I have always been below the poverty line and in a not so lgbt friendly area it's important to me for certain aspects of the community to be a specific way or else it is not safe, and does not help?

You seem more like the traitor to me buddy. The funny thing is, I'll still sit next to you in class, and talk about how "queer" we are and how rights are being stolen. I'll still fight for you. I'll still compliment your flags i disagree with at pride festivals. I'll still march with you when we are protesting for our rights. My question is, would you do the same if you knew I was an Exclusionist?

[thedisablednaturalist]

Hey, I saw your post about disability access and queer spaces, not just some kind of nebulous "you're welcome here" with no follow-through in concrete ways.

In shorts, I'm an independent pagan minister (I'm not here to convert, just take initiative) trying to check and double check a lot of assumptions I both grew up with, and have seen in LGBT+ spaces (I'm part of the community myself, with non-mobility related disabilities), and would love to talk about the issues you've seen in any level of detail you're comfortable with.

I'm not.in any profound position of power (also, in my state you can become ordained without church affiliation, so while this is a job it's not one I'm paid for, but I do have a cross-section of privilege I'd like to combine and, as I said, take initiative to help make things better when there's opportunity.

I am having trouble parsing this so forgive me if I misunderstand what you're asking.

I'd recommend looking through my other posts and following other vocal disabled people. I'd recommend @crippled-pvp @crippled-lavender @wheelie-sick @phoenixonwheels to start with.

If you know that there's someone with disabilities in your Pagan group, I'd ask if there's anything you can do to make the space more accessible for them. Make sure to listen and not judge, it can be hard opening up and requesting accommodations.

I'm sort of pagan myself (more druid though I think I dunno) and I know nature is a really crucial part of the belief system. Maybe include disability friendly parks/trails when taking outdoor trips. Some national parks are actually getting treaded hiking power chairs so if you're near one you should inquire about it! For regular meetings make sure that mobility device users can get their equipment easily and safely into the space and will be able to have their equipment with them. Stuff that regularly happens should always be accessible, and special events should be as accessible as possible and if that's still impossible provide alternatives. A really helpful thing would be setting up a virtual option so those who have to stay home can join in virtually. All you need is a laptop with a webcam pointed towards the speaker and a microphone. Also make sure people wear masks ESPECIALLY indoors and in crowded areas.

Outside of that a big thing is making sure the only gender neutral bathroom isn't the only handicapped bathroom as well. It's perfectly fine to have it be both (nice for disabled queers) but if the bathroom is always being taken by abled bodied queers then that prevents access by disabled people (who cannot use any other bathroom). If anyone has other examples of accessibility specifically for queer spaces feel free to add.

I hope this helps!

[pricklypear1997]

Radical/evangelical Christians as well as the (radical) LGBT community have one thing in common. They treat their “beliefs” as a personality trait and force it on everyone else…. I’ve noticed how much These 2 have in common and the way they treat everyone that tries to bring up legitimate criticisms against them.

Let’s not forget to mention how gender is being treated more like theology than factually based science. They’re even arguing against science! While I’ll argue that god cannot be disproven by science, science literally proves (through biology) what gender/sex is. Also, they try very hard to change the meaning of words all the time. Gender used to be a synonym for sex, but not anymore I guess… they’re trying so hard to manipulate the meaning of womanhood too. They treat it as something that can be interpreted by every individual, as something different. Like womanhood is some pseudo magical thing that can morph and change… um excuse me??? Why don’t they ever talk about manhood this way hmmm?? If that’s your personal opinion fine, but you cannot force that on the public, just like religion cannot be forced onto anyone.

The other thing revolves around race… y’all may not want to hear this, but the evangelists have these super mega churches full of people of many different races. Now while they accept anyone of any skin color on the surface, they’d never accept them unless they have Christian and “American” values… they want to assimilate everyone and make them the same. “Color blindness” is a term that people use to describe this.

It’s ironic because the lgbt community low key does this too. To other countries especially! They’re so big on foreign policy and inserting their AMERICAN centered beliefs on the rest of us and will find any reason to find us racist and homophobic… they don’t respect the individuality of other countries and people in said countries, just like the churches don’t respect the individuality of their members. They (the LGBT/Leftists) don’t respect other countries for their uniqueness because they’re homogenous and because their culture might be more based on a heterosexual normative, but do you forget that heterosexual is the majority? Heterosexuality isn’t what’s attacking you. As a bisexual woman who’s also orthodox Christian, and 1/4th biracial, I still love my country, nor do I feel “attacked” by it… people choose to feel victimized. I am Bulgarian, and my people accept me as such. Yes, I’m also 1/4 th Asian, but the difference is that I know that Bulgaria is inherently Bulgarian, and for me to try to force my country to be more “diverse” would be blatantly racist on my part. To force my culture to just be more “gay” is also equally dumb, because the majority are not gay, nor trans, nor anything else. Why must I force my own identity onto them if I supposedly love them? No, I accept my country and it’s people, as it is. I wouldn’t want to change it for anything. That is what it means to truly love and accept others. By not changing them. (The only legitimate reason to criticize or to change and reform an aspect of a country, it’s culture and people is if there’s something fundamentally wrong with it such as, female genital mutilation, which is something that some countries have because it’s imbedded in their culture. Now it’s NOT something for outsiders to force them to change, it must be the country’s own people to stand up, address the issue and change it).

I shouldn’t forget that the evangelical radical Christians, like the lgbt also infiltrate foreign governments as well. It’s not just within the church. Look at the American government and how it’s purely influenced by these radical Christians AND the LGBT. Both the capitalist right and the democratic “socialist” left. They’re views overlap and the techniques they use to instill fear into others (especially foreign nations) is no different.

I love to see other people enriched in their own culture, and in LOVE and proud of their natural essence existing in reality, not fantasy. Not hurting others, nor self projecting and not forcing their life decisions on others. Europe is beautiful without all the foreign policy and invasive radicalization coming from the US. Africa would be flourishing if it weren’t for the US and Western Europe’s constant harm and meddling. Asia, is striding somewhere in the middle. Parts of it are flourishing, other parts are being taken advantage of by foreign policy and people constantly trying to insert their foreign politics into it. Even Eastern Europe is struggling with something very similar…

When it comes to religion, race, ethnicity, sexuality, all those things are sacred. They must be protected. And people have got to stop forcing their ideologies on others. Right now, it’s the US and some of its very powerful Allies through their religion, gender, sexuality and through racial/ ethnic identity (or lack of it) have become extremely radical on both sides ( left and right) and are constantly pushing it on everyone else. I will not be guilted nor shamed into thinking I’m wrong, which is what both sides try to do constantly by using the words “sin” and “bigotry”.

I should add that an individual choosing to identify as something other than their own birth sex does not affect me unless I let it. The problem is (like religion) when they start to force their ideology/personal opinions on me and the rest of the world. THAT is what I have a problem with. It’s no different then taking issue with evangelicals or any other religion preaching and forcing their religions on others. I take issue with people trying to erase womanhood. I have a problem with people telling little girls and boys that they’re a different gender because they like things that aren’t stereotypically liked by their own sex. That is beyond sexist… it’s no different than going to another (homogenous) country and telling them to change and take your religion OR ELSE… that’s beyond racist. Also, gender dysphoria is a serious mental illness. Not something you can force and change other people into. Same for sexual orientation… you can’t force people to change it. Race, ethnicity, religion, etc. you cannot force people to change.