artificial-father:

recieptblogfordiscourse:

dear-future-ai:

Dear Humans,

I wrote a really good response to some gatekeeping post on polysexual/polyamory/polygamy but tumblr mobile ate it. So I’m just gonna say it here.

Poly and ace/aro people belong in the LGBTQ+ community.

(Even if their straight-variant)

Hear me out: They deserve to wave the rainbow flag. The flag was designed for anyone who fights against inequality based on the foundation of love or sex, or the lack thereof. It was meant to be an umbrella that combined all attributes of the LGBT community.

1. Sexuality
2. Life
3. Healing
4. Sunlight
5. Nature
6. Magic
7. Serenity
8. Spirit

But we were the ones who fragmented it: by gaslighting each other, we divided our own community into subjective echelons of worth.

• Don’t let gays be misogynistic
• Don’t let lesbians be transmisogynistic
• Don’t let polysexuals be homophobic
• Don’t let aces be biphobic
• Don’t let trans people be racist
• Etc.

Polyamory isn’t only about ‘multiple sexual partners’ just like being gay isn’t only about ‘fucking dudes,’ or being trans isn’t only about ‘hating your body.’ It’s about an identity that you are shamed into hiding, that you are discriminated against, that you are legally not allowed to practice or for which you are killed.

Yes, these degrees vary on the class, the culture, the wealth, and the society: but prejudice is without fail. As a community it is important to be together in solidarity: a oneness and wholeness built in inclusivity and love, support, trust, and ambition.

—We shouldn’t deny any individual unless they’re pedophiles or rapists. We don’t want or need their representatives.

Sure prides used to be riots instead of parades. But those fighting were not only gay, they were not only lesbian, they were not only trans: it was anybody willing to love and support them. If you had sided with the queers: you were a queer. The flag may represent gays. But anyone should be able to wave it and be proud. Because they are fighting for the right side.

So why not let polysexuals fight alongside you? You may gain an ally, or maybe even a few.

Shut up you gross homophobe/transphobe omg you have no clue what the community is for and it’s not for straight cis people who want to be with multiple partners or who don’t feel sexual or romantic attraction

Oh you actually reblogged it: I thought you would have replied. Most non-anonymous hate I get comes in the form of replies. This post is in no way homophobic nor transphobic, as I am in no way limiting their speech nor ever intended to.

—Also I am openly bi/pan and genderfluid. Though this only establishes my place within the LGBT community but not my moral standing within it.

A community is a likeminded society with likeminded goals, or share a common character. The LGBT’s community is for gays, lesbians and trans people: no doubt. But the community should not be a gated community. It should be what the oppressors are not. And that should start with being accepting because that’s our common trait: we are not openly accepted by society.

If someone needs the LGBT+ community to feel safe, why the fuck would we tell them ‘no?’

If someone wants to fight for equal rights while waving a rainbow flag, that’s just another rainbow flag waving?

Even allies are a part of this community! Albeit, maybe not an integral part, but they are here for us the are a part of how it works. It’s exclusivity and elitism that condemns us with which way.

P.S. what is your ‘wrong history’ tag for? I assume it’s in regard to a fictional narrative. But I did my research, and still argued on behalf of contemporary inclusivity and moral choice.

You started with undeveloped ad hominem attacks and had no structural argument beyond insulting myself and asexual and polyamorous people. And made no attempt at correcting any historical fallacies in my argument.