#tw queerphobia

Any form of hormone replacement therapy or sex-change surgery is illegal unless the participant is intersex. Intersex genital mutilation is legal and even encouraged.

A (thankfully-unenforced law) is that any homosexual relations, even if consensual, are punished by death.

Crossdressing is illegal and extremely frowned down upon.

Then I see people on social medias calling transgender men “theyfabs” and “transandrobros” for daring to speak up.

Then I see entirely new binaries being made to justify oppression olympics (looking at you, TMA/TME)

Then I see some of the most rancid and pointless discourse, coming from people who live in nations where being out as transgender, as gay, as intersex or as any marginalised identity is encouraged.

From people who don’t have to suppress themselves to stay alive.

From people who don’t have to face some of the worst queerphobia each day and keep a smile throughout.

From people who have allies for family, for people who have so much support.

openlynews || meduza

upd: putin signs russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages. PinkNews || The New York Times || Meduza

upd (July 27, 2023): Center-T and Coming Out LGBTQ+ Group have launched a petition for simplification of asylum procedures in EU for transgender people from Russia. ➡ Please sign and share. ⚠ upd (November 23, 2023): Petition calling for easier access to refugee status for trans* people from russia in Germany created by the activist team "Quarteera" The petition can be signed without being a German citizen. ➡ post // ➡ petition

Please if you have the means consider donating to the following:

➡ Queer Svit - https://queersvit.taplink.ws/

➡ North Caucasus SOS - https://ncsos.io/

➡ Center-T - https://centre-t.com/english

➡ KilkoT-Action (КилькоТ-Действие) - https://boosty.to/kilkota

➡ Delo LGBT+ - https://www.delo.lgbt/ || https://boosty.to/delolgbt

➡ Sphere Foundation - https://spherequeer.org/en/

Quick reminder since apparently it bears reminding in both directions: if bigoted people, closed-minded people overall, or your own internalized insecurities misinterpret a queer person’s message in a way that hurts/endangers you, yeah, it sucks, but it’s not the fault of the queer person in question, nor should it be a reason for them to silence themselves. They’re probably as hurt/pissed as you are that someone misinterpreted and misused their message to do harm.

Of course sadly there’ll still be queer people that actually DO mean harm and dismissal to other queer people – I ain’t speaking for those and it’s not the best way to ensure their and others’ wellbeing imo. I’m just saying – not all people will be like that. That’s what I want to believe. So hopefully let’s not put everyone in the same bag, keep supporting each other, WHILE allowing each other to advocate for our own visibility, without having to self-erase or self-censor to accomodate to what haters might say.

If you resist the societal structures that have actively harmed you your entire life you are a dangerous criminal who can only be redeemed by DYING

Victims of grooming and (C)SA are tainted and will also become dangerous criminals or heartless egotistical assholes (or both!) BUT if your backstory is sad enough and you seem mentally well enough and you can be easily stripped of your agency you can become a martyr!

Prison is a mercy and all criminals should die

Cops are great for society actually!/Only SOME cops are bad

Being queer makes you a dangerous criminal who deserves to die

Being disabled makes you a dangerous criminal who deserves to die

Oppressed people are mean and heartless and should shut up >:(

If you are literally on the verge of death your family should be able to keep you alive and in pain indefinitely because they miss you (AKA disabled people are basically objects and you can do whatever you want to them)