god save the queer

its april 7th 2026 yep its that one day from that one webnovel. holy fuuuuckkkkkkkkkk. i drew something i guess

Their parents are leftists, open minded, pro LGBTQ+, learned to use the right pronouns (to their face at least) all that jazz.

Their Auntie grew up in a remote area, little old fashioned, doesn't really "get" the non binary thing, and hasn't quite got the hang of the singular 'they' yet. But she tries.

When my cousin got injured and couldn't drive their parents shrugged and told them to quit their job.

Their Auntie drove them to and from work every day until they got their cast off.

Which family member do you think they'll ask next time they need help?

What this post is saying (and I've fudged some details for privacy) is that sometimes the real allies aren't the experts who know all the terminology, but the people that are trying their best to learn despite not understanding yet. Auntie literally did not know that non binary people existed, is trying to learn an entire new concept, a new name and pronouns, and yeah, she's messing it up and imperfect, but when her nibling needed help SHE'S the one that stepped up. Not the family members that used all the right terminology.

I was at a ceremony once where an elder was sharing some really beautiful teachings about unity between different cultures and peoples. She grew up on reserve and english was not her first language, and so some of the terminology she used to describe people was out of date. Not like slurs, but not the language we use in 2026.

So we let her know, politely, that there are different terms that people use these days. Problem solved! We youngins certainly could have written her off as a racist, but her intentions were good, she just didn't know.

My point is that some "allies" are more concerned with looking good than DOING good.

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