neckspike

contemplating a crab's immortality


chirasul
@chirasul

watching the leftism leave their body when you tell them that making the world a better, friendlier place for children is the responsibility of everyone. everyone. even if children are annoying to you, even if you dont ever want kids or you got whatever associated trauma, you have to figure out a way to make your encounters with children a good experience for them. its not optional. its a duty, like eating food or taking the trash out. as soon as you exist in their periphery, you are defining their world for them. you are helping to sculpt their idea of reality. which is, among other things, one of the best reasons to be really weird or really gay or really lesbian or really trans or really whatever-unrepresented-minority you can be while in public. because you are showing them what a person can be and thats both really important and really cool


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in reply to @chirasul's post:

Genuinely being visible queer can be so important to making the world a better place for kids and teens and I can give a real life example.
I was in a situation where I was helping calm down a teen and their friend who I had just seen got into a big fight with their mother (Their mom called the cops and I sat with the kids until the cops came and told me to leave :/). The two teens were obviously tense and scared. One of them noticed the pin on my purse and asked "is that a pride flag?". After that the situation was so much less tense. They became super talkative and started calling each other by their correct pronouns. The whole situation sucked, but I was so glad I was able to put them at ease for a little bit. While not a situation where I got to be "cool" exactly, it is something that sticks with me, that something as small as wearing a flag somewhere on my person can make others feel safe.