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Would you like a brand new aspec server to join? I have the place for you!!!

Come join the Aspec Afterparty! I'm an admin on here, so you can come talk to me! Also! It is still rather new and smaller, so if that sounds better than a cluttered discord server then this may be the place for you! We have plenty of rooms for tons of different dicussions and always open for suggestions!

Thank you for reading and if you join I hope you enjoy our family-like tight-knit community!

Link -> https://discord.gg/c3JRdNT

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Would you like a brand new aspec server to join? I have the place for you!!!

Come join the Aspec Afterparty! I'm an admin on here, so you can come talk to me! Also! It is still rather new and smaller, so if that sounds better than a cluttered discord server then this may be the place for you! We have plenty of rooms for tons of different dicussions and always open for suggestions!

Thank you for reading and if you join I hope you enjoy our family-like tight-knit community!

Link -> https://discord.gg/c3JRdNT

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Ace and I are taking asks and the like in our inbox! It's always open! Thank you for reading! :3

‘Queer’ was reclaimed as an umbrella term for people identifying as not-heterosexual and/or not-cisgender in the early 1980s, but being queer is more than just being non-straight/non-cis; it’s a political and ideological statement, a label asserting an identity distinct from gay and/or traditional gender identities.People identifying as queer are typically not cis gays or cis lesbians, but bi, pan, ace, trans, nonbinary, intersex, etc.: we’re the silent/ced letters. We’re the marginalised majority within the LGBTQIA+ community, and‘queer’ is our rallying cry.

And that’s equally pissing off and terrifying terfs and cis LGs.

There’s absolutely no historical or sociolinguistic reason why ‘queer’ should be a worse slur than ‘gay.’ Remember how we had all those campaigns to make people stop using ‘gay’ as a synonym for ‘bad’?

Yet nobody is suggesting we should abolish ‘gay’ as a label. We accept that even though ‘gay’ sometimes is and historically frequently was used in a derogatory manner, mlm individuals have the right to use that word. We have ad campaigns, twitter hashtags, and viral Facebook posts defending ‘gay’ as an identity label and asking people to stop using it as a slur.

Whereas ‘queer’ is treated exactly opposite: a small but vocal group of people within feminist and LGBTQIA+ circles insists that it’s a slur and demands that others to stop using it as a personal, self-chosen identity label.

Why?

Because “queer is a slur” was invented by terfs specifically to exclude trans, nonbinary, and intersex people from feminist and non-heterosexual discourse, and was subsequently adopted by cis gays and cis lesbians to exclude bi/pan and ace people.

It’s classic divide-and-conquer tactics: when our umbrella term is redefined as a slur and we’re harassed into silence for using it, we no longer have a word for what we are allowing us to organise for social/political/economic support; we are denied the opportunity to influence or shape the spaces we inhabit; we can’t challenge existing community power structures; we’re erased from our own history.

I’m not kidding. Cis LGs have literally taken historical evidence of queer people’s involvement in the LGBT rights struggle and photoshopped it to erase us:

Pro tip: when you alter historical evidence to deny a marginalised group empowerment, you’re one of the bad guys.

“Queer is a slur” is used by terfs and cis gays/lesbians to silence the voices of trans/nonbinary/intersex/bi/pan/ace people in society and even within our own communities, to isolate us and shame us for existing.

“Queer is a slur” is saying “I am offended by people who do not conform to traditional gender or sexual identities because they are not sexually available to me or validate my personal identity.”

“Queer is a slur” is defending heteronormativity.

“Queer is a slur” is frankly embarrassing. It’s an admission of ignorance and prejudice. It’s an insidious discriminatory discourse parroted uncritically in support of a divisive us-vs-them mentality targeting the most vulnerable members of the LGBTQIA+ community for lack of courage to confront the white cis straight men who pose an actual danger to us as individuals and as a community.

Tl;dr:

Here's a sharable, printable "Ten Dollar Bill" pdf, perfect for placing into Salvation Army kettles. Text on the reverse reads:

"I cannot give my support to an organization that actively persecutes LGBTQ people around the world - including Jennifer Gale, a transgender woman who froze to death in Austin because the Salvation Army shelter would not house her with the other women."

Obviously no one is going to spend the note as actual cash. And no business is going to accept it as actual cash. It's not like you take out money and replace it with obviously fake money. I'm also not going to donate money to them at all, so I'm not denying them money I would have otherwise given.

So not only is this a pointless (and harmful way) to get your message out, it could be flipped and make us out to be terrible people. And even if they don't use it against us, all this will do is drive that mindset farther into the owner's head that the LGBT community is a harmful and toxic community. So, what's even the point? You hurt people who did nothing wrong and made us look like asses in the process.

I'm not for the Salvation Army in any way shape or form, but don't be a dick trying to get a message out. You might as well tell those kids "fuck you" and spit in their faces. Is that really how we are going to fight this? By being just as much of an ass as our oppressors are? Wow, great way to get people behind your cause.

Or is your argument that doing even a little good makes up for hurting others?

Let's say there's a guy. We'll call him John. Now John is just a nasty person. He calls people horrible things, sometimes he beats people up because he doesn't like how they look, and every now and then, he kills someone.

But John also runs a soup kitchen to feed the homeless. He does so with neighborhood donations. He uses about half the money he receives and pockets the rest. On top of that, he takes a lot of the food he buys for his charity and stocks his own shelves with it.

Watch out for people saying any of the following:

Aces aren’t a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

People who use the term MOGAI make the LGBTQ+ community a laughingstock.

Trans women are biologically male and trans men are biologically female.

Queer is a slur that no one should ever use.

You need dysphoria to be transgender.

Lesbians aren’t lesbians if they have relationships with trans women and gay men aren’t gay if they have relationships with trans men.

Transtrenders hurt the trans community.

People who identify as <asexual/aromatic/transgender/bisexual/insert non-standard pronouns here> are stealing resources from the community.

Watch out because the people that say these kinds of things are trying to convince you to cut off ties from your community and believe only what they tell you to believe.

That’s part of the nature of authoritarianism. They need to spread their ideas to feel safe so they either need you to believe what they believe or they need to attack you for not agreeing with them.

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