nova-bright:

bluestalkingstitches:

Seriously? “If you’re hiding anything, no matter how good your reason is, then you’re ashamed of it”? No. NO. FUCK NO.

COMING OUT COMPROMISES YOUR SAFETY. COMING OUT CAN GET YOU TRAUMATIZED, SENT TO THERAPY, BEATEN, RAPED, TORTURED, DISOWNED, AND MURDERED. YOU CAN LOSE YOUR JOB. YOU CAN LOSE YOUR FAMILY. YOU CAN LOSE EVERYTHING. COMING OUT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.

“Ashamed”? No. Fuck. No. This attitude is what’s shaming. This attitude comes from a position of safety and privilege and it completely ignores the reality that many people, in many countries, put their fucking lives in danger by talking about who they are—no matter how proud they are to be that way. Being comfortable with your own sexuality or gender identity does not keep you from getting killed. It does not keep you from being hated. And being afraid or unwilling to ruin your life on other people’s violent prejudice does not make you weak—it means there’s a big problem with a system that it’s not your responsibility to fix by putting yourself in the line of fire. In fact, it means you’re maybe not the one in a position to fix it, because you’re too busy surviving. And survival is noble enough, if that’s what you’re facing. If you choose that your responsibility is privacy and safety, that’s legitimate, it’s respectable, and it’s NOT ANYONE ELSE’S FUCKING BUSINESS.

“Because they couldn’t understand it gets better”? I can’t believe you just made a statement that more or less reads, “I had to show these poor children the light! Cannot believe they thought their current situation actually matters in the long run! Not like it doesn’t get better! I will enlighten you.”

She seriously just SHAMED CHILDREN FOR BEING AFRAID? For the record: it doesn’t always get better. It also doesn’t always matter if it could get better. If you are being tortured by your classmates at the age of fourteen, some benevolent promise by people who aren’t in that situation anymore who are so tired of your pain isn’t going to just flip a switch and make you go “Oh, okay! I guess I’ll just endure my daily suffering at the hands of tiny bigots and think about the future!” What a fucking ridiculous thing to say. What a flippant, unempathetic, egotistical thing to say.

If you give that much a shit about queers, maybe pay attention enough to know that the problem isn’t with their perceptions.

All of this commentary. All of it. Fuck this idiocy. People who should come out of the closet: no one, unless it is safe and healthy for them to do so.

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fiertia:

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bryko:

My concept art for the worst shirt ever

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fandom literally thinks a show where two white guys look at each other and all the asian women are lotus blossom/dragon lady stereotypes is more progressive than a show that hasn’t even aired yet and an asian woman is WATSON.

falanfelan:

He was the wizard of a thousand kings
and a chance to meet him one night wondering.
He told me tales and he drank my wine.
Me and my magic man kinda feeling fine.
He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire.
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire
to free the world of its fear and pain
and help the people to feel free again.
Why don't we listen to the voices in our hearts?

Cause then I know we'll find we're not so far apart.
Everybody's got to be happy, everyone should see.
For we know the joy of life and peace that love can bring.
So spoke the wizard in his mountain home.
The vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone.
And I will dream of my magic night
and the million silver stars that guide me with their light.

and now, METACEPTION