I wish all closeted LGBTQ+ people a very happy pride month.
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love is choosing who gets to bother you
Once they’re officially family, the Cain instinct kicks in.
I’ve cracked the code. Next time you correct someone on your pronouns and they respond with that generally positive but slightly defensive vibe like “oh sorry, I’m new to this so it’ll take me a while” just hit em with one of these:
“No worries, I’m practicing at reminding people and you seem like a safe person to practice with”
Boom. Took the perceived blame off their shoulders and made the connection for them that being corrected = being trusted. Rinse and repeat. It’s also not a lie, correcting people on my pronouns is stressful and personally I really am super cautious about it
I figure some angry people will jump into the notes on this one so let me clarify: trans people do not have to be nice or coddle cis feelings. Some of us like living low-conflict lives though, so get off our dicks about it
Cis people if you would like to avoid having this interaction in the first place, try “thank you for correcting me”
“[correction]”
“oh right, thanks, [carries on whatever they were saying but with the correct pronouns this time]”
^That is the best way to handle it. Cis folks take notes.
That said, I deeply appreciate having a hack for if I correct someone irl and they make a thing out of it, so thank you OP you are a treasure for sharing this Cis Hack.
[20k celebration gift] for @stars-bean: username inspired gifset
⭐ S T A R G A Z I N G ⭐
Men in Black (1997), dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
Shrek (2001), dir. Andrew Adamson
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), dir. Michel Gondry
A Walk to Remember (2002), dir. Adam Shankman
The Lion King (1994), dir. Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
A Beautiful Mind (2001), dir. Ron Howard
Doctor Who, Vincent and the Doctor (2010), dir. Jonny Campbell
The fun part is over.
War is upon Europe.
I realize now that without context this kinda message coming from an account named allthingsgerman can sound a bit ominous.
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