Vera Lycaon

@VeraLycaon

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she/her
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31 y/o white passing mixed w/ Black monster woman from the Netherlands. Artist (occasionally). Writer (again, every so often). Prone to camera sniffing behavior, one of them θΔ folk.

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Vera Lycaon @VeraLycaon6/29/2023, 3:32 PM

frankie boyle's beanbag chair of death @micolithe

Shel @shel6/29/2023, 12:54 PM

While I appreciate that they're trying to taken our side I do find it very amusing when hapless liberals declare being a drag queen to be "not a choice" or to point at a drag queen doing a story time and say she was "born that way" like honey that isn't (necessarily) a trans woman and she wasn't born with a rainbow glittered wig

frankie boyle's beanbag chair of death @micolithe6/29/2023, 1:03 PM

I always found the "born this way" refrain kind of strange... Born queer or if you become queer later somehow? That shouldn't make a difference in how others view or respect you.

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Gwyn @hellgnoll6/29/2023, 1:07 PM

the conflation of drag and trans identities is one of the most exhausting things to deal with frequently. even amongst our queer communities it's very common to conflate the two tbh.

Cliff 🦖 Pervocracy @pervocracy6/29/2023, 1:34 PM

"of course no one would choose that life" when you're watching someone in six inch heels absolutely killing a lipsync as the crowd goes wild

Chloe Adams @addamschloe7/2/2023, 10:36 AM

assigned glittery at birth

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izz/ott problem @IsHeOughtTo6/29/2023, 2:06 PM

'born this way' 'not a choice' was a liberal concession to Christians / Traditionalists to "win" gay marriage by activating some internal conflict in their rules like they're Asimov robots

since Kinsey we've known that people are not, in fact, universally 'born this way' and that sexuality is remarkably fluid, if not a 'choice' then it is certainly mutable

but because they're unhinged and obsessed with compromise and assimilation, they said "sure it's bad, but they can't help it so we have to just deal with it or else are you saying GOD WAS WRONG??!?!" and that's now the core of mainstream queer politics, allowing anyone who seemingly CHOOSES anything to do with their queerness to be endlessly villainized

izz/ott problem @IsHeOughtTo6/29/2023, 2:08 PM

like, maybe "being gay" isn't a choice, ok, but I can certainly move my body of my own volition. i am not 'incapable' of moving my body to go have sex with a dude. and in that case society can't tell if I "am gay" or if i am simply -choosing- to fuck men but "am not gay" so how can this metaphysical horseshit actually dictate how to treat people

izz/ott problem @IsHeOughtTo6/29/2023, 2:19 PM

(oh also it ideologically "not being a choice" drives the Extremely Normal quest to discover "the Gay Gene" which I assume science is doing so they can throw it a little party once they find it, nothing weird or sinister)

Cliff 🦖 Pervocracy @pervocracy6/29/2023, 2:58 PM

can't wait to get my blood test to see whether or not I qualify for a medical exemption from heterosexuality

Scribble Sheep @Scribble-Sheep6/30/2023, 8:08 AM

Not allowed to hold hands in private with yur mate unless you've got a current license stating that the gay gene is fully present in both of you. Regularly updated to add more security features to make sure it can't be falsified, too!

Scribble Sheep @Scribble-Sheep6/29/2023, 4:17 PM

I think the idea of born this way is also to state that no, we can't be "fixed," though I'm not entirely sure that makes things any different. It's still a case of having to say something slightly different just to not have to deal with someone who's got a warped view of things.

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