reblog if ur an ace-positive exclusionist

(supports aro/ace people while not believing they are inherently lgbt!)

pride should not have ticket prices. pride should not have cishet people in the spotlight instead of lgbt+ people. pride should not be just another party that straight people gravitate towards for the music and to treat lgbt+ people like we’re a zoo.

this is extremely personal but I’m 21 and I’m not even in a safe enough place to go to Pride yet. I’ve ID’d as gay and trans since I was about 14 and I still can’t go to pride and know I’ll come home to a safe bed to sleep in and wake up to loving parents and it’s so exhausting to go to work the next day and hear that Homophobic Hannah can’t come in because she’s so hungover from ~partying at pride~ all night when any other night of the year she thinks I’m God’s Mistake and that I should shut up about liking girls. it’s disgusting that straight people can be safer at Pride than gay people. it’s not for you.

things i am against:

-cishets (yes, even the ones who happen to be ace) forcing their way into lgbt spaces

-cishets calling themselves queer

-gay people being told not to kiss in public because it might disturb the aces

-lgbt people being called terfs simply for not liking the q slur

Things I am NOT against:

-asexuality/aromanticism itself

-lgbt (ie sga and/or trans/nb) aces and aros in lgbt spaces

-cishet aces making their own community to focus on ace specific issues instead of trying to tailor our community to fit their needs

-lgbt people using queer as a personal identity

girls who are uncomf abt wlw ships but obssess over mlm ones are so sketchy n i dont like them lmao