listen… i’m a lesbian and i know full well what oppression based on love is like… but i wish white gay folks wouldn’t act like sexuality is the only reason anyone’s ever felt that
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there are people in my family who’ve been disowned because they married someone of a different colour to them… i’m mixed race and the very concept of my existence would’ve been illegal in the us when my parents were born. the supreme court only ruled against discrimination of mixed-race marriages in 1967! that’s barely 50 years ago. homophobia is an awful thing to experience and i know that from first hand experience but i’m begging you to remember that gay people aren’t the only ones being killed for who they love. please remember the struggles faced by Black and brown people when you talk about oppression. please have some solidarity with your nonwhite friends (especially your nonwhite gay friends!) when you talk about dismantling the systems that keep us alone and isolated. please remember the horrible history that is anti-miscegenation laws when you talk about equal marriage rights, because they aren’t just for white gay people.
this is okay for white people to reblog
Mixed-race marriages were still being denied in 2009. This is not ancient history. Just because it’s law, doesn’t mean bigots give up their preferences. In communities that shelter and protect bigotry, it takes a long, long time for oppressed people to get the same rights everyone else has.
Also worth mentioning in this post is how disabled people still don’t have marriage equality because they don’t receive disability if they’re married. This puts a burden on their spouse to provide money to both of them (or more if there are other dependent units) and is incredibly difficult if the spouse doesn’t have much money. This effectively blocks disabled people (who often are poor if they can’t work because disability payments are shit) from marrying anyone that’s not a fucking baron.
A few years ago, I remember there being this girl in my life group who–for some reason bc tbh I don’t remember what we were talking about–brought up the fact that her parents didn’t like that she was seeing a black guy. She claimed adamantly that they weren’t racist but rather “stuck in their ways” (which is no excuse) and “didn’t believe in the mixing of the races” (blatant racism). This is 100% not ancient history. Racist people still out, racist-ing around.
(Also I like the point angry-ace makes about disabled people)
-mod Aleksandr
How to tell it’s getting bad again
- Physical pains (sore jaw, old injuries acting up)
- tired tired tired tired
- Can’t think/can’t stop thinking
- Sleeping too much/not enough
- Early waking
- Can’t make eye contact
- Picking or scratching at skin, nails, hair, etc
- Forgetful
- Sex repulsed or sex obsessed
- Lonely in crowds
- Unjustified assumptions (my friends all hate me)
- Too much/too little food
- Everything tastes bland?
- Headcolds/the flu out of nowhere
- Distancing yourself
- Spending too much time in bed
- Not showering/brushing teeth/brushing hair/taking care of your body
- Not able to do laundry
- Not turning in assignments
- Forgetting about assignments
- Zoning out
- Defensive
- Overly emotional/painfully numb
theres this chinese girl in my class who isnt very fluent in english and she asked me if i have a boyfriend and i was like “i dont. i dont like. boys” and she nodded very wisely and went “ah. cooties”
SHE IS WISE
I miss sleeping next to someone
fucking idiot doesn’t even know the clone jutsu lol
I hate how fucking funny this is
“It was the way you laughed, I knew I wanted that in my life.”
— R.M. Drake
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