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the A in LGBTQIA+ does not stand for ally. also, being an ally means actually doing your own work to learn about the queer experience, not asking queer people to do it for you. there are plenty of resources available to do this without burdening your queer friends & fam. (1/7)
but listen, we LOVE allies. every single cishet person should be a queer ally.
and we get that y'all make mistakes sometimes. a lot of this is new to you at first, and for most queer people, simply seeing the effort you put in to learn about our lives means a lot. (2)
and we get that y'all make mistakes sometimes. a lot of this is new to you at first, and for most queer people, simply seeing the effort you put in to learn about our lives means a lot. (2)
but for a lot of queers, that's not enough. we know lots of people who are allies in label only, so it takes a bit for many of us to be able to trust that you are genuine.
we need to see you work. we don't have the energy to teach you how to use language that doesn't harm us.(3)
we need to see you work. we don't have the energy to teach you how to use language that doesn't harm us.(3)
but when we do see you put forth genuine effort to support us and the lgbtqia+ community, you have no idea how much that means to so many of us.
for many queer people, if we had cishet allies growing up our lives would likely be different, with at least some trauma avoided. (4)
for many queer people, if we had cishet allies growing up our lives would likely be different, with at least some trauma avoided. (4)
but no, allies are not part of the lgbtqia+ community, but are partners *with* us.
but to be gay, lesbian, pan, bi, ace, trans, nonbinary, queer, intersex, questioning, etc means knowing deep suffering and loss. almost all of us have suffered deeply bc of these parts of us. (5)
but to be gay, lesbian, pan, bi, ace, trans, nonbinary, queer, intersex, questioning, etc means knowing deep suffering and loss. almost all of us have suffered deeply bc of these parts of us. (5)
and an ally does not get to claim a label that has come to queer people at such a deep and painful cost. sorry. we love allies dearly. we need you. but you're not queer/lgbtqia+ just for supporting us. (6)
are you an ally and want to know how to support the lgbtqia+ community more?
check out this link with a huge list of resources and get to work. (end) https://thesafezoneproject.com/resources/
check out this link with a huge list of resources and get to work. (end) https://thesafezoneproject.com/resources/
