#buzzfeedlgbt

Thanks so much to @buzzfeedlgbt and @wearetransilient for spending some time with us and capturing such a great little portrait of our community! We're proud to be featured alongside folks working hard to build safe spaces in the south like the Phillip Rush Center in Georgia and the Center for Artistic Revolution in Arkansas. We love our queer southern family!

Lets Get One Thing Straignt! I Am not! I Am Proud Of My Rainbow Blood! - (Cr. Gay Pride Quotes For Pride Month) @teespring #Pride2018 #LifeAdviceIn5Words #LGBT #BeforeSummerEnds #BuzzFeedLGBT

— BuzzFeed LGBT (@BuzzFeedLGBT) March 16, 2018

Hey y'all LGBTQ young'uns! We're open today for Drop-In Hours from 3:00 to 7:00 with a special and exciting twist! We will be joined this afternoon by some folks from @buzzfeedlgbt and @wearetransilient who are currently traveling & producing a video series about trans identities in the south! We're proud to know some incredible trans and queer folks from Alabama who have already worked with both Buzzfeed and Transilient in the past to share their stories about the resilience and vibrancy of our community. We're excited to host them here at MCAC for our youth who are interested in doing the same! Check out this example of Buzzfeed's work and visit https://www.wearetransilient.com/ for information about Transilient. Please know if this is not something you're interested in or feel don't comfortable being a part of that Drop-In Hours are still for you! We'll still be up to our everyday community check-in and carefree free time business as usual. The Buzzfeed and Transilient teams will be here during Drop-In Hours hanging out and filming only with those who consent to be on video. If you are a minor and are interested in speaking on camera, please access the release form linked below and bring it signed by your parent or guardian this afternoon. If you are unable to print it beforehand, we will have copies at MCAC for you to take to be signed. Buzzfeed will require a signed release for your image to be used in their series. Minor release form: https://we.tl/95yOyxBFIJ Adult release form: https://we.tl/BfcpmMvDAp

Tbh I've been questioning Buzzfeed News and Buzzfeed LGBT for a while, but as soon as I saw this I just kinda gave up on them. The people who run this page obviously no nothing of reseach, and are more interested in likes and share then actually promoting and form of LGBT acceptance and equality. This article is false. This research is false and speculated from someone who does reparative therapy. There is tons of evidence that says this is fault, yet Buzzfeed, you share it like it is fact? Gross. You just gave those oppressing us more fire against us by sharing this. Gross. Educate yourselfs. Become more intersectional. Don't force yourself ibto our community and then share bullshit articles that support stereotypes and oppression.

"I believe that we owe ourselves the space to feel that sadness, that fear, and that isolation. I also believe that it is critically important to listen to the many voices rising up right now to scream: No. We are here. We belong here. This is our space. We demand better."