a group of violists is called a violation

Can't Fucking Sleep Disorder

Can't Fucking Wake Up Disorder

What Is A Focus

Oops I Did It* Again (*Spent Thirteen Hours On Youtube And Forgot To Eat Or Drink)

The World Is Too Noise Today

All My Friends Hate Me (I Deduced This From A Three Word Text)

I Forgot About [thing] Literally As Soon As I Turned Around

Yall Ever Just *brain static*

I probably shouldnt act out on every impulse that comes into my brain, but I'm going to anyways

One (1) inconvenient thing happens and my brain decides to tank my entire week supply of serotonin

Yall mind if I *hyperfixates on a useless project for 20 hours and snaps out of it forgetting what year it is*

“Excuse me, What?” “I said-” “yea”

Why Didn’t You Do Your Chores? You Must Be Lazy

Why Didn’t You Take Care Of Yourself, The House Doesn’t Need To Be This Clean

I Had One Item On My To-Do List And It Took Me 8 Hours To Start So I Need A Nap

I’m Either Moving Or I’m Asleep, So Class Is Fun!

My Whole Body Time Warped And I Lost A Day To Sitting On The Couch

Went To The Store With A List, Still Got Everything But What I Needed

What The Fuck Is A Routine

Reading Is Too Difficult So You Skim Read So Bad You Don’t Understand The Text At All

Excuse Me As I Cry Over The Thought Of Disappointing My Teachers

Unable To Shower 

Someone Was Vaguely Critical So I’m Gonna Also Cry

Have To Sit And Gather The Energy To Do Simple Chores

Seriously My Sink Has About Twenty (20) Used Elastic Bands (For My Braces) On It

Thinking About A Thought Over And Over To Get It Into Your Brain, Then See A Tiny Distraction And All Recollection Of The Thought Even Existing Is Annihilated

Homework That’s Easy To Do And Takes Fifteen (15) Minutes To Complete Takes Hours To Start Doing

My Entire Brain Is Full Of Static And I Cannot Think

Zoning Out While The Teacher Is Talking And Having To Ask Your Classmates What You’re Meant To Be Doing

[Disabled Person Your Parents Know] Doesn’t Have ADHD, So You Can’t Either!

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‘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:

so, to every truscum/transmed, here are some ways you can help!

stop talking about brain sex. it’s been proved false.

stop telling everyone that you need dysphoria to be trans. you don’t. even the APA agrees with me. this is the dsm v’s criteria for gender dysphoria, and here’s a post explaining it. here’s another post about this.

stop saying that nondysphorics are “stealing Real™ trans resources.” it doesn’t work like that. also, instead of fighting over resources, why don’t we band together and fight for more resources…? it’s not like theres only so many surgeons in the world who have a finite amount of surgeries they can perform! maybe read these posts too?

maybe learn about nonbinary identities? or hey, even about xenogenders?

and while you’re at it, why don’t you read about how the idea of binary biological sex is wrong? oh sorry, you wanted some sources that aren’t from tumblr? why not bill nye?

here’s a big post about biological sex & gender identity.

stop hating on neopronouns. they’ve existed for a long, long time (i mean, even wikipedia will tell you this). language evolves. so should your understanding of it! (and yes, one of those links to an article about ‘failed’ pronouns - but the point isn’t that they didn’t catch on, it’s that they tried)

read through this ally page (from a blog focussing on binary trans, btw)

“transtrenders” aren’t medically transitioning and then regretting it. yes, sometimes someone thinks they’re trans and medically transitions and then later realises it was a mistake, but that’s very much not a common experience. a 2012 study says that only 3.8% of people regretted having some type of surgery, but this includes regret from bad & dodgy surgery, not just realising that this path wasn’t for them. this study cites regret rates from less than 1% up to 23%, but “the reported reasons for regret included adverse physical effects of surgery, loss of physical functioning, poor aesthetic result, failure to achieve desired effect, lack of support available before and after surgery, change in intimate relationship, psychological issues not recognized prior to surgery, and incongruence between patient preferences regarding decision involvement and their actual level of involvement.” no reported reasons were “i’m not actually trans.” this analysis from sweden studies cases from 1960-2010, and cites the regret rate as only 2.2%, with rates decreasing.

i could go on. 

yes, this is a post that begins “articles to use against truscum” but i highly suggest actually reading through some of the linked articles & posts.

so just. stop? and think. thanks.

i’m sure theres a hundred other issues i didn’t address. but really, whether you’re dysphoric or not, binary or nonbinary, (medically) transitioning or not… we’re all transgender. we need to stop fighting amongst ourselves and band together to fight for each other. that’d be real nice.