As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.
For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.
But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.
Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.
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you know i dont think we as a fandom have marinette call adrien "kitten" enough
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are you in love with me have you fallen in love with me will you fall in love with me when will you fall in love with me
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I know the villain dad au is kind of the current focus buuuuut I never stop thinking about Feralnette so uh. What's Luka up to there? Has he checked on Marinette recently? Is he worried? (sorry if you've already answered this in-story or somewhere else, that's my bad)
(also I love your art and your stories and your characters and ideas and dhsjsjxhehsjejwj you're a genius)
I'm laughing honestly because he's ACTUALLY IN THE NEXT UPDATE
LMAOOO NO WORRIES HE'S HERE
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shoutout to aziraphale whose instinct upon realizing he’s deeply in love with crowley was to offer him road head
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