These are some of the most telling replies I’ve received on a post so far. As the person runni
These are some of the most telling replies I’ve received on a post so far. As the person running this blog, I think that the phrase “pitching a fit” is entirely fair. I would imagine that my followers who have also seen what I’ve seen this month would agree. I’ve addressed this issue multiple times this month already. And I’ve seen several other bloggers who were being harassed for this same reason address this as well, so this isn’t limited to my posts. 1) The two lesbian specific pride posts I’ve created this month have both received less than 200 notes. But every single post without the lesbian flag has received easily a dozen or so comments just like yours. Back in May, I created over sixty posts for pride month and queued them randomly. Many of those posts have included the lesbian flag. Tumblrs’ ten image per photoset rule means that I can only include so many flags per post, which means that some edits I’ve created take up as many as four posts. That means that sometimes the rainbow flag is in the third post or the bi flag in the second or the genderqueer flag is in the fourth etc. At no point have I excluded the lesbian community from pride month. But I have been explicitly told that this isn’t good enough, that the lesbian flag should be in every post even if other flags aren’t. For example: “I guess OP could split the gay flag and lesbian flag down the middle and put them together?”I won’t be doing that, by the way. Did you know that content creators don’t owe you anything unless you’re paying them? And did you know that you can make /your own/ content?That is one reason why this blog exists. I didn’t see enough genderqueer focused content for my liking–so instead of harassing other bloggers, I started making my own. An idea: Instead of demanding that a genderqueer focused blog create lesbian flag edits…go create a lesbian positivity blog?2) First, intersex isn’t a gender identity. Why does the intersex flag belong more in a post with genders than with sexualities? What is the difference? Or do you just want me to bump someone else out so your flag can be in? Second, because intersex people are less common, they don’t deserve a spot in a post with flags for communities that are more common?The word that comes to mind here is “selfish”. I’ve seen these comments all month. “Why did you include X or Y community, that’s not real/they’re less deserving/they’re not inherently lgbt/they’re rare/what about meeeeeee11”A lot of folks have lost sight of the fact that it’s possible to ask for representation of ourselves without tearing other communities down. The intersex flag being in that post takes nothing materially from you–it’s a motherflipping blog post. 3) The rainbow flag was used to represent both gay men and lesbian women for DECADES. Every person off this hellsite knows that when I, as a woman-read person, go out wearing a rainbow flag that it means I’m gay or otherwise non-straight. Back when I identified as a cis lesbian, and then as a genderqueer lesbian–the rainbow flag was the flag. The pink flag was the lipstick lesbian flag, and the purple labrys flag was entirely associated with radfems/terfs and wasn’t even created by a lesbian. Just eight, six, four, two years ago–the lesbian flag never appeared in positivity or pride posts on this website. It is only this year that I’ve begin to see the lesbian flag with any regularity–and only on this website, nowhere else.The pink stripe lesbian flag is still new and not even widely embraced by the lesbian community. The pink stripe flag does not have the visibility or history of the rainbow flag–or even the yellow/purple intersex flag. I’ve seen a lot of lesbians creating alternatives, because a lot of people in the lesbian community dislike the infinite shades of pink and don’t feel represented by them. As a genderqueer nblw, trying to figure out if I can (or should) still identify as a lesbian, even I prefer the rainbow flags. 4) My ultimate point being this: you’ve said that you believe that nonbinary people don’t “need” our own flags because we’re represented by one stripe on the trans flag? But you believe that lesbians DO need their own flag in spite of having had the rainbow flag for decades? Explain to me how that isn’t hypocritical and contradictory. Explain to me why we should have one flag to represent the entire trans community and one stripe for all of our nonbinary genders–so that you can have two entire flags for your one sexuality. I’ll be waiting. @cybunni -- source link
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