#yes its fine to reblog; i dont really put things on tumblr if I'd take issue with it being reblogged

[eisthenameofme]

Someone just put exclusionist bullshit on my dash so:

.There is nothing bad about microlables, and they don't in any way prevent overarching queer solidarity and recognition of shared experiences just by virtue of existing. The entire point of including those labels is to make it clear they are /included/. It is intentional solidarity with them. That is the point. It's exclusionary rhetoric you're thinking of that prevents queer solidarity. (What microlabels do is help to enable people to talk about their specific experience within that microlable, and realize that there is that shared experience in the first place).

.Personal identities are just that, and if an individual for whatever reason wants to use two terms that seem to you to be contradictory, it's perfectly within their rights to do so (you are not the arbitrator of anyone else's identity. You almost certainly don't even know what their reasoning is, and either way they don't owe you an explanation about it in the first place. Yes this includes bi lesbians, and any other combination of identities you personally dislike). Words mean things, but their definitions are not rigid, least of all when they are used to describe something so complex and variable as personal identity. If someone is basing their identity on a word, they clearly have identified something about it that resonates with their personal experience, regardless of whether you, a random stranger, understand or relate to it.

.It is biphobic for someone to say bi people can only like two genders or can't like all genders or are transphobic for being bi; it is panphobic to say that pan people are biphobic, or transphobic, or homophobic for existing. Also, speaking of preventing solidarity, stop trying to pit bi and pan people against each other.

.criticism of a queer identity is not "rightful", and it being "well meant" or not is irrelevant. No they are not hurting you by existing. No they are not hurting the queer community by existing. They are also not being solipsistic just because they want a more specific word to describe and discuss their personal experiences. No matter how weird and unnecessary you personally think it is. Exclusionists like you, on the other hand, are doing an excellent job of trying to prevent solidarity with people who do use those labels.

.the comodification of pride is a problem. Microlables are not the impetus for that. You're thinking of capitalism.

.microlables are not the thing centering discussions in queer spaces around whether something is "valid". It /is/ usually exclusionist rhetoric like yours fueling the idea that it's a necessary discussion in the first place, though. ("Well intentioned" criticism of personal identities does tend to result in people responding that there's nothing wrong with their identity, actually)

. Queer people don't have to change how they present their identity to be more palatable to you, and it's queerphobic for you to expect or demand that they do. Yes even those ones. Fuck off.

#yes this is vaguing someone specific. Go fuck yourself #also love seeing repackaged exclusionist ace discourse bullshit from the mid 2010s. #i dont know what to tag this. #queerphobia #tell me if you think anything specific should be tagged #mypost #anyway im back on my anti-exclusionist bullshit apparently #also i have half this fucking site block how did one of these fuckers find their way to my dash #just adding here because i saw someone checking in the notes- #yes its fine to reblog; i dont really put things on tumblr if I'd take issue with it being reblogged #and if i did id mention it in the post so people know #appreciate you checking though