Why Does Everything Have To Be An Argument. Using The MLM Or Toothpaste Flag Does Not Fucking Mean You

Why does everything have to be an argument. Using the MLM or “toothpaste” flag does not fucking mean you hate history or you don’t respect the community. It means that the original rainbow flag, does not symbolize being a gay man anymore.

It symbolizes and is an umbrella for the community as a whole, which is incredibly important for us to have!!

But if you’re bisexual and you want to flag that, you can wave the bi flag.

If you’re a lesbian you can wave the sunset flag.

But guess what?? If I as a gay trans man wear the rainbow flag, it doesn’t tell people that I’m a gay man, it tells people that I’m under the lgbt umbrella, which 90% of the time leads people to assume I’m a bi girl. I use the MLM flag to tie my gender to my sexuality, for my own comfort.

Is the MLM flag as well known as the others? Maybe not!

Does the rainbow flag still represent my family, my fight and my identity? Of course!

I agree that a disturbing amount of queer kids aren’t getting any history, and I’m sure there are some on twitter that are being little douchebags and trouncing on Gilbert Bakers name and that does make me want to cry

But denouncing flags and identities isn’t the way to make them come around. You can fly more than one flag. Your presentation and the information you show people is up to you. And trying to tell kids that they’re bad for wanting a flag that they feel represents them best really isn’t gonna make them listen.

I feel like people forget most trans guys still had to grow up as girls.

We were still forced to be mature early

We were still told to not to take up space

We were still subject to female beauty standards

Our bodies were still treated as inappropriate

We were still pitted against each other

We were still excluded from “male” activities

We were still treated as lesser the boys

Those things don’t evaporate once we transition they’re fucking internalized. I constantly have to remind myself I’m allowed to exist. We don’t stop dealing with misogyny.

SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG I FUCKING LOVE YOU OH MY GOD

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uh slowly getting back into writing and drawing. been really lacking any motivation or anything so everything’s been just sitting untouched.

i have ktober to finish, i didn’t start a new WAISTS chapter yet. i have personal art i want to complete, and :

I REALLLLLYYY WANNA DO DOODLE/REF SHEETS FOR MY AUS N LORE. been really thinking on STBK after the art week and i wanna put out my au and ideas from it. yk the character swaps, how the black knight comes to be, where the true arthur went, etc.

okay gooooddddbyeeeee gonna disappear for a few months again :3

wild as fuck to think of myself as a covid survivor. like literally, and that it means something huge. like that's not small beans, i didn't survive a light bout of seasonal allergies or a mild cold. i'm immunocompromised, bitch. i have hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome. and now my lungs are permanently fucked up. but nobody cares. nobody gives a shit about covid anymore. man fuck ableism, fuck capitalism, fuck covid and fuck america.