This Reminds Me That I Went To A Pride Event One Time, And The Flag Vendors Didn't Have Any Intersex

this reminds me that I went to a pride event one time, and the flag vendors didn't have any intersex flags. This is a mild example of erasure, but an example no less.

Intersexism is clinical. It's sterile. It's professional. It's systematic. It's efficient. It is horrifically violent, yet quiet. Disarmed, portrayed as care. And worst of all, it has successfully erased us.

Nobody knows what intersex means.

Nobody knows what our flag means

Nobody knows we even exist.

For me at least, intersexism is the most visceral form of bigotry I have ever had the experience of living through and witnessing.

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So YOU'RE the one who made that? It's really nice I like it a lot!

Huge thank you to DE for inviting me to create the 2024 Pride display! Warframe's LGBT+ community has been the most kind and welcoming, and I'm proud to be a part of it. Happy Pride, and cheers!

i really want to see genderqueer be an identity we talk about in great detail this pride month. genderqueer saw more usage in the 90s and 2000s, with the rise of the term non binary we've seen more people gravitate toward that label as it becomes the more socially accepted term to use given its notoriety. i would like to bring back alternative labels for this experience, since our diversity is what makes us so unique and strong as a community

genderqueer is an identity that has a long history, and a myriad of definitions and folks who express it in different ways. it really can mean whatever the hell you want. it can mean that you're cisgender but express your gender in a queer way. it can mean that you're trans, take hormones, have gotten top and bottom surgery and dress however you want. it can mean that you dress "normal" and pass as cishet but have a queer gender on the inside. it can mean that you combine masculine and feminine aesthetics. it can mean that you strive for gender neutrality. it can mean that you want to be so ambiguously gendered strangers can't tell who you are.

there's no guidelines or rules, genderqueer is an identity meant to embrace the freedom one can have with gender expression. it can mean as much or as little as the person using it wants it to. it's a beautiful term that is just as flexible as non binary, and i do not postulate to replace that term, but rather bring light to another identity that may suit folks slightly better. it's a beautiful identity. it's what I came out as first in 2011 and I'm happy to be back at all these years later.

2024 is a great year to be proud of being genderqueer and to proudly tell people about this part of yourself. let's celebrate ourselves louder and prouder than ever before. there are many ways to exist outside of the binary, and folks deserve to know about older terms that have been used by the community as well as newer ones

STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]

After seeing the Warframe Steam page I just have to say: good on you DE for sticking up and celebrating LGBT+ and fuck the bigots that act like only cis-hetero people have a right to anything while ignoring one of the core reasons why LGBT+ (and other groups) have months to them. Because they've been DISCRIMINATED AGAINST and treated as other by bigoted neanderthal shitbags that can't stand anything outside of cis-hetero male and generally white. People should and have every goddamn right to be their true selves and love who the fuck they want; with or without bigots approval. I don't give a single fuck if "your culture" is what you lean on to try to defend bigotry as at that point fuck that part of it. Bigotry is a scourge and disease that deserves to be drowned out of existence.

Who knew that a game that freely allows players to shift from masc presenting bodies to femme presenting bodies (the frames); had a non-gendered only viewing walking camera while on the Oribiter once upon a time ago; and then presented character customization that doesn't gender anything just shows traits + allows for blending + at any point changing it to another = a game & company that is progessive and respecting people not one that caters to the disgusting inhuman bigots. Kudos to Warframe, kudos to DE, and fuck the bigots.

This pride month I want to remind everyone to not worry about being 'valid' but rather being yourself. I want to remind those in unsafe situations to continue to exist, even if they cannot be themselves. I want to remind everyone that their own identity is just as legitimate as the more 'accepted' and/or mainstream identities.