I was doing a survey today and was stuck by how straight people co-opt queer initiatives to the point that they’re no longer legible to us. Allyship is a community moment, bestowed by we queers only on those truly deserving.
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But straight people have taken it and turned it into a tool of hollow corporate virtue signalling. I don’t know if you’re any safer than the people who don’t have a little sticker cause *I don’t know you*: show me community, show me solidarity, then we’ll talk.
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And hey, we’re a victim of our own success: people can say they’re an ally without worrying for their own safety… but “having queer friends”, “knowing queer people” doesn’t make you an ally: we all know those straight people who claim our friendship while demeaning, insulting, and assaulting us.
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But as the world becomes more dangerous for us, yet again, we’ll see who the real allies are: those who are as scarred and bruised from the fight as we are.
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