redriotted:

breeeliss:

“ace people are invading our spaces and speaking over us and stealing our resources they don’t belong in our community” 

what does this look like to you? what’s the worst thing that’s going to happen if you have a person who identifies as asexual come to a GSA meeting. they’re going to talk about being discriminated against? they’re going to talk about their own experiences oppression? they’re going to talk about their own struggles with their sexuality? they’re going to try to find community with other people who share their experiences? because that’s……so much different from what literally every other person does when they come to a GSA meeting? 

you’re suddenly invested in not stifling the voices of “actual queer people” as if asexual people are widely known for grabbing microphones and filibustering protests. asexual people are still trying to find the courage to be out and to show up at pride events, they’re not speaking over anyone. if anything they’re desperately trying to make their voices heard over the people who are speaking over them. which is typical in our community. white cis men do it all the time. 

and then being afraid of asexual people stealing your resources like this is the cornucopia at the hunger games and ace people are just racing there first, pilfering everything, and leaving the rest of us with nothing. think hard about what you stand to lose if your grassroots queer organizations extend their services to helping ace people – to educating them, to supporting them, to housing them when they’re kicked out by their families, to protecting them when they’re victims of violence/harassment. literally nothing. because this isn’t a zero sum game. what keeps grassroots organizations running is not turning people away over identity politics. it’s by donating your time, your money, and your support to keeping their doors open so that they can help more people. 

ace people are not invading or stealing anything. it’s literally all in your imagination. it’s a narrative you’ve constructed in order to feel justified in your bigotry because exclusionism and identity politics is all you know how to regurgitate. practice some empathy and some critical thought before yet another pride month goes by where we pretend that we as a community have any right to be dictating who stays and who goes like we’re some fucking elite invitation-only cult.