I Feel Like Many People Use "straight"...wrong

i feel like many people use "straight"...wrong

it's used a lot to mean cis, het, allo, perisex, etc.

basically just not lgbtq+ at all

but that's not true

trans people can be straight and lgbtq+

intersex people can be straight and lgbtq+

neopronoun users can be straight and lgbtq+

arospec people can be straight and lgbtq+

acespec people can be straight and lgbtq+

polyamorous people can be straight and lgbtq+

genderfluid, bigender, and other gender non-conforming people can be straight and lgbtq+

i know a few people who are biromantic and heterosexual or vice versa, and they are still lgbtq+

and there are so many more identities that can absolutely be both

straight does not mean not lgbtq+

I love you, nonhumans, that write paragraphs about their experiences on Tumblr. You are making history for our community. Thank you. Our community will never die out if you stay alive and just talk about your experiences, coined terms, or opinions.

No matter where you stand as a nonhuman, or even alterbeing, you are making history every time you post. Never forget that.

I love seeing posts from "rare" weres, therians with uncommon theriotypes, therians with experiences nobody else seems to relate to, endels and clinical zoanthropes with unique and diverse experiences as nonhumans, and somewhat personal blogs describing shifts, phantom, mental, or physical.

I just appreciate how humbling this community can be. I've seen the strange, the incredible, the bittersweet, the scary, etc. but it's all worth it in the end to know that I, we, are a part of a history most humans cannot fathom, and that's a gift.

dont know a thing about yaelokre but i love the style of this picrew

two because i couldnt decide which i liked more

do this picrew!

Picrew

Yaelokre OC maker

❗️do not cover up credits❗️ тикток и тгк: @trubadui автор оригинала:yaelokre

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I hate how shame is such a common factive experience. Why should we be ashamed of existing?! We're "weird"? Good! Fuck normalcy and arbitrary expectations! We make others uncomfortable? Well, that sounds like a them problem, because we're not harming anyone, and one person's discomfort doesn't override another's right to exist as themselves in peace. Besides, it's not like they're gonna get over themselves if they never have to confront their discomfort, so I'm just gonna stay here and you can tell me when you're ready to treat me with respect.

Fuck shame!! I'm proud to be a factive and I'm not gonna be ashamed of who I am!!

it's so funny to me how terfs want trans men to be butch lesbians so bad and then when we are, but still trans, they throw a fit. like you wanna tell us that we're 'confused butch lesbians' sooooooooo bad but then when we do turn out to be butch lesbians, but also transmasc/trans men, it's a problem. cis butch lesbians only!!! like do they want us here or not, because some of us are here and staying here regardless of whatever mental gymnastics they're performing over there.

they tell us we're confused and that we don't know what we want, but it is they who are confused and have no fucking clue what they want

Hey, it's October now! Its my absolute favorite month that contains my favorite holiday.

However, Halloween and the days leading up to it can be very stressful for psychotic folk.

So!

Please:

Do not trip paranoia/strengthen delusions on purpose for fun. If you are in a position to stoke someone's paranoia or to ease it, do the kind thing. If you're faced with a delusion, do not advance it. This doesn't necessarily mean give an unwanted reality check, it just means do not take it further.

Do not take advantage of people's psychosis for a laugh. Don't pretend like real things are just hallucinations and that you can't experience them, and do not pretend that genuine hallucinations are real. You could do some serious damage to a person by making them think they're hallucinating when they're not, and you can do just as much damage if you convince them that what they are hallucinating is real.

Do not mock and demonize our mental illness with offensive costumes. We are not a joke. Don't run around in straight jackets. Its not funny, it's not quirky, it's not cool. Its ableist. Psychotic people, as well as many other groups of people, have faced years of active hatred and oppression. Its not funny to poke fun at those times of abuse.

Do not encourage the narrative of asylums filled with murderous, "insane" monsters or the stereotype of "crazy" killers. Go to a different haunted house. We are not a horror sideshow, we are real people who have suffered real terror, real trauma, and real challenges. Its not ok and it's actively harmful.

It takes very little effort to make psychotic people feel welcome and comfortable this Halloween. Please don't ostracize us.

Have a good October and a happy Halloween!