yall have got to be more normal about Southern people and I'm not kidding. enough of the Sweet Home Alabama incest jokes, enough of the idea that all Southerners are bigots and rednecks, and enough of the idea that the South has bad food. shut up about "trailer trash" and our accents and our hobbies!
do yall know how fucking nauseating it is to hear people only bring up my state to make jokes about people in poverty and incestuous relationships? how much shame I feel that I wasn't born up north like the Good Queers and Good Leftists with all the Civilised Folk with actual houses instead of small cramped trailers that have paper thin walls that I know won't protect me in a bad enough storm?
do yall know how frustrating it is to be trans in a place that wants to kill you and whenever you bring it up to people they say "well just move out" instead of sympathizing with you or offering help?
do yall understand how alienating it is to see huge masterposts of queer and mental health resources but none of them are in your state because theyre all up north? and nobody seems to want to fix this glaring issue because "they're all hicks anyways"
Southern people deserve better. we deserve to be taken seriously and given a voice in the queer community and the mental health space and leftist talks in general.
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The T in LGBTQ isn't silent
How could you betray your own
brothers
sisters
siblings
?
How can you say "I accept everyone"
while kicking away your trans siblings?
You know the pain.
You know the fear.
You should help.
Aren't they worth of help?
Aren't they worth of happiness?
Aren't they worth of acceptance?
What happened to
"We're a community"
and
"We're strong together"
We're strong together except trans people?
Is that your new motto?
Is that what you want?
Did we all forget about Leelah?
Everyone else who lost the fight already?
Are they suddenly unimportant?
The T in LGBTQ isn't silent. It never was. It never will.
If you shut us it out, you'll only harm yourself and the community.
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I remember growing up and feeling so much that the emotion was never distinguishable
I remember holding onto the sadness for years because it was all I knew
I remember crying and begging for someone anyone to save me
I remember telling my mom that I don’t feel like I fit
Like wherever I go I won’t feel like I belong
I don’t remember why I starting harming myself
I don’t remember the day
I don’t remember the first time
I don’t remember what caused it
I do remember the first time I tried to end my life
And the second
And the third
I remember not telling anyone for years
I remember dealing with all of my problems and yours mom
I remember all the things you told me grandma
I remember the pain you words caused me brother
I remember the physical pain you put me through brother
I remember trying to take the steps to better myself
I remember when I relapsed
I remember when I was violated the first time
And the second
And the third
And the fourth
I don’t remember when I promised myself that I would be enough for me
I don’t remember when I realized who I was
I don’t remember when I started to recognize myself in the mirror
I don’t remember when the gaze I gave myself changed to care
To love
To forgiveness
To something good
I do remember every time you have made me think my problems where nothing mom
I remember how you made me feel
I remember how it feels to have to deal with all of your problems
I remember having to put all of mine on the back burner
I remember hiding for years
I remember when you told me that I didn’t know myself
I remember when you told me that I was pathetic
I remember how it feels to have you look at me like i was ruining your life
I remember putting myself back together
While you told me I was a liar
That I didn’t know what I was talking about
I remember the things they’ve done
But I can’t remember a single ounce
Not a shred of happiness from my childhood
I hate you so much for what you made me go through
I hate you all for making me hate myself
I hate you all for using me
For your own benefit
Why weren’t you there for me
I was always there whether I wanted to be
I hate that I feel guilty for not wanting you in my life
I hate that you make me feel like I’m the bad person
I’ve never done anything
I was a good kid
I never did anything bad
Not really
I didn’t sneak out
I didn’t stand up for myself
I didn’t disagree
I didn’t say or do or walk the wrong way
I watched how you wanted me to act
I was what you wanted until I couldn’t be anymore
Then you hated me
Then I was being brainwashed
Then I was lying
Then I was confused
You never asked me if I was ok
You never took care of me
I was never able to be a child
All that happened to me when I was a child and a teenager and you did
Nothing
You never did anything
So I begged my ceiling
I begged the sky
I begged the trees
I begged my pillow
I begged anything
To take me away
Because I didn’t want to be there
And yet you still treat me like I am in the wrong for not wanting you in my life
No I don’t love you the way you want me to
Because when I look at you
When I try to utter the words I love you
When I think about the meaning
I remember all of the times I needed my mother
I remember the times I needed my big brother
But I was never loved unconditionally
It has always been a conditional love for me
I don’t know what’s so different about me
What caused all of the separation
But it’s always been there
I hate you
I hate all of you
I don’t hate you
I don’t think I hate any of you
No I don’t
But you hurt me too much for too long
And I can’t forget it
I don’t hate you
But I don’t love you
Not fully
I love myself
I love myself fully
And I could never love someone fully that put me through all of that
I refuse to put anyone above me
Not anymore
Because I fucking remember
Whether you want to or not
I remember.
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