stand up for and protect trans people. even when you don’t think any are around. even - especially - when you’re in an all cis friend group.
cis wlw must be responsible to their trans community members, step outside their comfort zones in genuine and active solidarity. resist actions and attitudes that render trans people, especially trans women, disposable and ungrievable. this is the only way that we can move from “rememberance” to a true celebration of trans people while we are still alive.
Now that we’re approaching 20,000 notes I want to share what I’ve learned since this post first gained traction.
It is increasingly apparent that only a select minority of certain communities are willing to listen to this post and accept that bisexuality’s inclusivity and definition are not up for debate, and that this definition and inclusivity are not new to our community.
It is equally difficult to get through to people who have chosen Latin meanings over history, a hypocritical stance they don’t take up with words like gay or lesbian.
I’ve had more people deny this post’s truth than recognize it as history. I’ve spent hours having to reply to people who do not care about bisexuals than I have talking to people this post helped.
This post is not my opinion, it is a collection of sourced quotes. Despite this being stated over and over again, the content of this post is treated as discourse that is original and unique to my blog.
You weren’t ugly 10 years ago, you were a kid, or a teenager, or just a human person. 10 years ago cameras weren’t that good. We still used CDs. People had flip phones. 10 years ago Instagram wasn’t a thing. I hate to say it but every year we spent perfecting our social media presence is not a glow up. A grainy picture of you just existing in the era before curated existence next to a perfectly lit and framed “candid” is not an accurate comparison… Be nicer to your younger self, man. Think about what it’s telling the kids.
me talking to someone i like: incomprehensible bullshit, nervous laughter, accidentally says something mean, starts to make a joke but forgets the punchline, flips my hair over one shoulder, accidentally says something mean again
this might be a hard pill to swallow for college students but getting drunk all the time isnt a personality trait it’s alcoholism
Here’s another pill: companies and ad teams know that your 20s are extremely stressful and they purposely target you because they don’t care about making us all alcoholics as much as they care about profiting off of us.
