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being a relatively privileged person with a few marginalized identities puts you in a prime position for really good and genuine allyship to those you hold privilege over but most of us are still really shit allies
as a trans person, i know how frustrating it feels to not be taken seriously & how essential good allies are to our community - not because cis people shouldn’t listen to trans voices, but often it’s more comfortable for cis people to listen to cis voices.
this shouldn’t be a constant state forever, it should be something you can recognize as bad and aim to fix. but that first step still needs to exist. yet when it comes time for white queer people to step up and elevate the voices of people of color, ESPECIALLY queer poc,
we consistently fall short & become defensive. i’m not saying that being queer means my experiences are comparable to any person of colors, i’m saying that we should be able to recognize that same frustration in being unseen.
like for example most allies are more willing to listen to other allies over actual oppressed groups & we should take that frustration and knowledge and use it to be better allies in general
this is extremely rambley idk if it makes sense but basically i think if we expect good allyship & can recognize good allyship then we should be replicating that when we’re the ones who hold privilege
