CATGROOVE

we are asking you to listen to us, actual, literal LGBT people, first and foremost. we are asking you not to speak over us. we are asking you to stay silent on things that do not directly affect you the way they are affecting us. do not say that you understand what we’re feeling. you don’t. do not say that this is hurting you as much as it’s hurting us. it’s not. 

this is a time for you to be listening to us. this is a time for you to share our thoughts and feelings before your own. this is a time for you to demonstrate what fine allies you are constantly toting yourselves to be. 

by deliberately (yes, deliberately) misinterpreting our posts and making it seem as if we are the bad guys for not wanting to be spoken over (”oh, so are straight people not allowed to mourn? we’re hurting too, you know!!”), you are making this about yourselves. you are not hearing us. you are not understanding us. it’s transparent and it speaks volumes about your priorities.

Nami