Do You Consider Fundamentalist Mormons To Be Queer? /genq

do you consider fundamentalist mormons to be queer? /genq

Well ‘queer’ and ‘lgbt’ are personal labels that I would never try to push on someone who didn’t want to identify with them.

However if a fundamentalist Mormon in a polyamorous relationship wanted to identify as queer then they’d be fully in their rights to do so as a polyamorous person.

Hope this clears it up :)

ok so you support the disabled, disordered, and mentally ill. but are you normal when someone takes long to respond to you? or if they have a hard time listening to you? when someone has a hard time giving you their attention? or when their manners aren’t perfect? or when someone makes mistakes that may be obvious or simple to you? or when someone talks loudly or “causes a scene?” are you normal when people have to think really hard to explain things? or when they have a hard time putting their thoughts into words?

are you normal when people’s hair is unkempt or oily or visibly unbrushed? or when their face might be full of acne? or when they don’t have deodorant on for one reason or another? how about if their clothes are dirty? 

are you normal about disabled/disordered/mentally ill people when they make you a little uncomfortable?

Apologies to the classmate that I was rude to about his parents divorcing because I couldn’t grasp the concept that someone would be upset over their father moving out and them not having to see him regularly

Anyway I have trauma-

Physically disabled folks, tell me about your favorite disability aid(s)! Mobility aids, medication, strategies, apps, other disability aids, whatever helps you most/is your favorite.

Been seeing a lot of the bullshit about people with aspd/npd or low/no empathy again, so to combat that, I wanted to share a bit of positivity, so.

Things that are wonderful about my low empathy pals

Extremely perceptive

Almost impossible to freak out (great horror movie buddies)

Their ability to see through bullshit is unmatched

Immune to petty drama (unless it's funny)

Their sense of humour????????? The wildest, seriously

Perfect Poker Face

The ability to stay so calm in emergencies

Some of the least judgemental people I know (who knew rejecting social actually makes you more accepting of others? /sarcasm)

Some of the fiercest, most loyal and protective friends to those who have earned it

Unique and shrewd perspective on things because they're immune to guilt-tripping

Understand that actions, not thoughts, are the measure of a person's morality

Secretly the biggest animal lovers you'll ever meet

....and lots more things I didn't mention, but most importantly the most wonderful thing about aspd, npd, and low empathy people is that they are here, they are alive, and they are a beautiful expression of one of the many ways one can be human. They are just as capable of being good or evil as any other person is. If this is you, I want you to know I'm proud of you for surviving everything you've been through, especially the trauma and demonisation. You are worthy just as you are.

Please feel free to add anything I missed! Obviously not everything on this list is going to apply to everyone, since it's drawn from my own friendships and experiences, and everyone is unique, but that's half the point, isn't it?

infuriated by the language in the "welcome" letter we got from the local FND Service in Devon (fnd = functional neurological disorder) which perpetuates a myth about FND

emotional/psychological stress is a risk factor for developing FND - which means you're at a higher risk of developing FND if you're experiencing or have experienced those states (for example if you're a childhood trauma survivor) - it is not a cause

FND is a condition with physical symptoms and a currently not understood cause, in which the brain and body can't talk to each other properly (leading to loss of function or sensation, and brain fog and memory issues, for example, and a type of non-epileptic seizure too)

it's diagnosed both by ruling out other stuff (like MS, which it can resemble) and also rule-in tests these days - depending on which country you're in and how much funding it gets to be explored

for some of the latest info on FND and brain differences etc please read this pdf from Nature Reviews

and once again this is not a psychogenic condition - it's a physical condition whose causes are not yet understood