#rittz

How do you go to sleep at night

Unlearning aspects of the patriarchy is true for all of us, that's literally the point. "More marginalized than you" - firstly, way to play oppression Olympics. Secondly, who says that's true? Where's your proof that trans women are "more" oppressed than trans men? Thirdly, why does that mean that I'm not allowed to talk about my own oppression, and the way that others are perpetuating it? Am I not allowed to talk about biphobia when a lesbian is perpetuating it?

And this isn't about "men oppress women". I have been very clear that this is about excluding queer men, that this is about hatred of masculinity as a concept, about LITERALLY CALLING MEN EVIL. And that is besides the fact that *that's not true*. Men do not oppress women. The patriarchy oppresses all of us. I, a gay trans man, do not oppress women. A black man is not in a position of power over a white woman. These are all discussions that have been had and that I thought were settled, until suddenly this idea that trans women are the Only Oppressed Class took hold. It is upsetting to me because we are one community, and we're supposed to be united under one cause. This division hurts us all.

The post is incredibly old, but there ARE still posts circulating talking about the fact that there were/was someone or multiple people taking the pan, polysexual, and omni flags and “repurposing” them. Here, I’ll even link some:

https://bisexualpositivity.tumblr.com/post/187439390387/bisexuality-is-beautiful

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/sys-stim-error/187724255808?source=share

And oh look, here are the direct posts showing the person doing it! Just so you can’t say it isn’t happening and is just a rumor:

https://femmebisexuelle.tumblr.com/post/187253830205

In fact, here is this blogs entire tag that literally outright says “reclaimed flags”: 

https://femmebisexuelle.tumblr.com/tagged/reclaimed%20flags

And here’s a person stating they love the idea of it:

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/pride-cat/668701514973560832?source=share

Also rittz...I am Ace. This entire blog is run by a transmasc nonbinary Panromantic Ace person who is Autistic.

I am perfectly respectful to all lgbt+ Identities. My stating I won’t use the doe/stag/tomcat pride flags, specifically the ones linked above that just blatantly steal the pan, omni, and polysexual pride flags and repurpose them in order to “reclaim” them is not inherently disrespectful to any lgbt+ Identity. In fact, if there are doe/stag/tomcat bi pride flags that don’t use the pan, omni, and polysexual pride flags and just repurpose them in order to “reclaim” them (aka, not made by people who are against pan/omni/polysexual people existing and saying that those things are inherently biphobic and a result of internalized biphobia and that they’re all just different flavors of bi), then I am okay with using those specific flags. What I will not use is however, exactly mentioned in this post, and in my beginning post.

All of which have perfectly explained reasons behind them without completely removing and Identity.

Also, Bi people can’t lay claim to a flag format, just like any other identity. Just like any specific ID can’t lay claim to a color, or a specific shape of any kind, or any specific stripe amount from their flags. As there’s only so many ways you can make a pride flag until it starts cycling back into each other.