Storify is shutting down in May and has informed users that we have to migrate our content elsewhere if we wish to save it. This is one of my old threads.
#PrideMonth. For each fav/RT, I'll tweet a Pride fact I was going to tweet anyway. Typos will be liberal and unapologetic.
#PrideMonth. I am queer and I belong to the Queer community.
#PrideMonth. The word Queer was reclaimed for use by our community (much as gay was for the Gay community) & I am proud of my fellow queers.
#PrideMonth. The Queer community includes queers, intersex folk, lesbians, trans folk, bisexuals, pansexuals, asexuals, aromantics, & gays.
#PrideMonth. Queer is an inclusive word and doesn't privilege any letter over another. There are no invisible letters or plus signs in Queer.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes many people who are intersex. If you are not intersex, you are perisex.
#PrideMonth. [TW] It is still legal and common practice in most parts of the world to operate on intersex infants' genitals due to stigma.
#PrideMonth[TW] The above practice is a human rights issue and hostile to bodily autonomy. We should all care about this.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes many lesbians. Both cis women and trans women can be lesbians; lesbian as an identity is not limited to cis folk.
#PrideMonth. Lesbian trans women are women who are trans and lesbian. They're not "straight men", and saying they are is transphobic bigotry.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes transgender folks simply for being trans. We trans people are queer no matter our sexual orientation.
#PrideMonth. "Trans" means a person's gender is not the gender that was assigned at their birth. It is not a statement about our bodies.
#PrideMonth"Cis" means a person's gender is the same gender assigned at their birth. It is not a statement about their body.
#PrideMonth. Genitals are not a binary. Genital modification is something some trans and cis people participate in, and some do not.
#PrideMonth. A trans person is not somehow less valid if they choose not to modify their bodies.
#PrideMonth. There are dozens of genders. All of them are valid. Genders which are not man or woman are nonbinary genders.
#PrideMonth. Trans people come in any sexual and romantic orientation combination. All of them are included in the Queer community.
#PrideMonth. Straight trans people belong in Queer. Lesbian trans women belong in Queer. Gay trans men belong in Queer.
#PrideMonth. Trans people who opt for body modification do so for themselves, not for the benefit, pleasure, or deception of cis people.
#PrideMonth. Trans people's gender and pronouns are their gender and pronouns. No one gets to misgender them as a punishment.
#PrideMonth. Trans people are integral to the Queer movement and always have been. Look up why Pride month is held in June, specifically.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes bisexual people. Bisexuality is an attraction to two or more genders. (Reminder: there are dozens of genders.)
#PrideMonth. Bisexuality includes trans people the same as any other sexual orientation. Bisexuality is not a transphobic identity.
#PrideMonth. Bisexuals are not necessarily attracted to men or women. (Reminder: there are dozens of genders.)
#PrideMonth. Bisexuals are not necessarily attracted to their own gender. (Reminder: there are dozens of genders.)
#PrideMonth. Bisexuals do not necessarily want sexual contact with every genital configuration available.(Reminder: genitals are not binary.)
#PrideMonth. Bisexual is not the same thing as pansexual.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes pansexual people. Pansexuality is an attraction to people from all or most gender identities. (Reminder: there are dozens of genders.)
#PrideMonth. Pansexuality includes trans people, just the same as any other sexual orientation includes trans people. Pansexuality is not "the trans orientation".
#PrideMonth. Pansexuals are not necessarily attracted to men or women. (Reminder: there are dozens of genders.)
#PrideMonth. Pansexuals are not necessarily attracted to their own gender. (Reminder: there are dozens of genders.)
#PrideMonth. Panseuxals do not necessarily want sexual contact with every genital configuration available.(Reminder: genitals aren't gender.)
#PrideMonth. Pansexuality is its own valid thing. It isn't "bisexual but with trans" or "better than" others. Attraction isn't a competition.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes people who are asexual. Asexuality is a spectrum; if you are not asexual, you are allosexual.
#PrideMonth. The existence of asexual people and a word for not-asexual people (allosexual) does not inherently "sexualize" others.
#PrideMonth. The word "allosexual" does not sexualize people to whom it applies any more than "heterosexual" or "bisexual".
#PrideMonth. Queer includes people who are aromantic. Aromanticism is a spectrum; if you are not aromantic, you are alloromantic.
#PrideMonth. People can be asexual and aromantic (acearo), but sexuality and romantic attraction do not have to "match" neatly.
#PrideMonth. A person can be asexual & heteromantic (or biromantic or [any orientation]romantic), or heterosexual & aromantic, or ANY COMBO.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes asexual-spectrum and aromantic-spectrum people, regardless of whether their other axis is hetero or not.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes asexual heteromantic people. Queer includes heterosexual aromantic people. Ace and aro are inherently queer.
#PrideMonth. Ace and aro people face stigma for being queer. Even if they all somehow did not, they would still be queer.
#PrideMonth. Aro and ace people face stigma for being aro and ace. The onus is on the Queer community to not replicate that bigotry.
#PrideMonth. Ace and aro people are not being ace and aro *at* you, any more than bisexuals are bisexual *at* you. Respect our identities.
#PrideMonth. Queer includes many gay men. Both cis men and trans men can be gay; gayness as an identity is not limited to cis folks.
#PrideMonth. Gay trans men are men who are trans and gay. They're not "women" and saying they are is transphobic bigotry.
#PrideMonth. Queer is a community term chosen by the community and used in university coursework, academic study, and activist spaces.
#PrideMonth. Queer is the appropriate inclusive term for our community. "Gay", "LBGT", and "LBGT+" are not inclusive.
#PrideMonth. Terms like "MOGAI", "MOGII", "GSD", "SAGA", and other acronyms have been used to sneak in pedophiles and/or misgender trans people. Use with care and understand that some people will not want to claim those terms.
#PrideMonth. Queer was reclaimed over decades. It is our word and using it is an act of defiance against those who would render us nameless.
#PrideMonth. Queer is used by our community BECAUSE it is inclusive in ways that "gay", "lbgt", and "lbgt+" are not.
#PrideMonth. The inclusiveness of Queer has caused recent and strong pushback from bigots who wish to push bi/pans, trans, aces and aros out.
#PrideMonth. In-community bigotry against bi/pans, trans, aces, and aros is rooted in white supremacy which is why we're seeing a resurgence.
#PrideMonth. In-community bigotry against bi/pans, trans, aces, and aros is a rejection of intersectionality and privilege theory.
#PrideMonth. Possessing one or more Queer identities does not erase any other privileges you may possess: cisness, whiteness, ablebodiedness.
#PrideMonth. Possessing one or more Queer identities does not make someone an expert on (or bigotry-free towards) any other Queer identities.
#PrideMonth. Queer people are queer because of who they are, not because of what they've suffered.
#PrideMonth. There is no minimum suffering one must experience to be Queer. Queerness is not a fraternity and Pride month isn't Pledge week.
#PrideMonth. No one can tell you if you're queer or not; you have to decide for yourself. But the Queer community is here and I welcome you.
