Yoinking That Butch Flag

Yoinking that butch flag 👹

alternate butch, futch, and femme.

[Image description: Three flags, each with seven equally-sized horizontal stripes. On the first flag, the top three stripes form a gradient from deep violet to dark blue, and the bottom four stripes form a gradient from pastel yellow to light blue. On the second flag, the top three stripes form a gradient from blue to pale green, the middle stripe is off-white, and the bottom three stripes form a gradient from pale pink to pink. On the third flag, the top four stripes form a gradient from red-pink to pale orange, and the bottom three stripes form a gradient from warm purple to deep blue. End description.]

left: butch. middle: futch. right: femme.

the butch and femme flags are edits of the butch and femme flags by disasterbisexual, and the futch flag is inspired by the futch flags by neopronouns. also check out the alternate chemme flags by neopronouns, as those were what inspired us to make these edits!

as with the flags they're edits of/inspired by, these flags are explicitly inclusive of all butches, futches, and femmes.

tagging: @radiomogai, @neopronouns

Shoutout to mspec lesbians who are cistrans btw. You're the best

Aw man there goes my weekend plans of exploding for no reason./j

If you're a trans POC please stay alive!!

Even if it seems like the whole world is against you, I promise there are people out there who care about you. One day there will be a world where we can live freely.

Your name is so real

"I'm fem-presenting!" "My presentation is masculine!" "I present androginously!" well I forgot there was a presentation today and it's too late to put anything together

The casual exlusionism within the AroAce community really affected how I view myself, because I'm in my mid-20s and I'm only just realizing that I might be Grey Aromantic too because I really enjoy romance in fiction, romance is one of my favorite genres.

the idea of having someone who understands you and will be there for you no matter what, who you want to spend the rest of your life with is a very appealing idea to me, especially with the trauma I've been through.

I'm not a fan of "happily ever after" romance, but realistic romance where we see couples still struggling with their own problems, but still have each other.

But I only just realized I've felt genuine romantic attraction so little, and most other times I have were hyperromantic trauma responses.

I have multiple partners across two DID systems, and I love them very much, but my romantic attraction is exclusively within those two systems. People outside of those systems, I haven't had any romantic attraction to since I was 13. There were a few hyperromantic crushes out of want or need for attention (as I'm a trauma survivor), but even those were sparse.

Even my break ups with some people only bothered me because of how they broke up with me, not that they broke up with me. Not that they severed a year (or more) long romantic relationship with me.

Aromanticism is more complicated than I initially thought, and the exclusionist behavior that is so common from inside and out only muddies the water and makes it difficult for AroAce people to accept themselves.

We need to learn to spread acceptance and that just because someone doesn't fit a perfect box, that doesn't mean they're not one of us.

AroAce is not a box, and it shouldn't be treated that way.

How does one get over the fear surrounding using an AAC device/app? It's a mix of multiple things; I'm semiverbal, but feel as though I'm not semiverbal enough, and I technically 'can' speak most of the time (mind you I end up sounding like a five year old despite having a decent vocabulary: I stumble over my words and trail off at 'odd' times and the process ends up being frustrating if not physically agonizing) and therefore I feel unworthy of assistance; my tendency to just... not use my aids despite them helping (because I can technically survive without them) would result in the large amount of money being wasted (AACs can get pricey as fuck); the 'oh god I'm just attention seeking' voice; the 'Jesus fuck everyone is staring at me oh no' feeling that contradicts the 'you're attention seeking' voice but doesn't help the imposter syndrome for some reason; I don't want to be a nuisance when I can just force myself to speak at the consequence of exhaustion.