I saw this on someones blog and decided to make it rebloggable.
Yes, because trans* people and asexuals are so fucking trendy and cool.
F: everyone wants to be trans* and asexual
(I don’t have the energy to write out the text in the image right now and I’m really sorry about that. (And if anyone else wants to do it I’ll reblog it or edit it in here if you leave it in my inbox.) Basically it’s a response to an ask on someone’s blog wherein the answerer goes on and on and on about how asexual/aromantic folks are special snowflakes going through a phase and appropriating LGBT shit or some nonsense.)
DEER GOD. I wish I understood why people like this assbutt seem to think any of these things are ~~new~~. Asexual and aromantic folks existed long before tumblr, alright? All that tumblr and similar places do is give people who are often physically isolated from each other somewhere to come together. Just because you‘ve never heard of something doesn’t make it new.
Also, what’s with all this “if you identify with something ‘new’ you are just in it for attention” nonsense? Eesh. If we really wanted attention, I can think of so many better ways to go about getting it than to lay claim to a particular gender or sexual orientation. I can’t speak for everyone on this, but I for one spend most of my time trying to convince people that my gender and sexual orientation are nothing to write home about (and more importantly, none of their goddamn business).
The whole “non-cishet people want to be special” rhetoric revolves around the assumption that any identity other than cisgender heterosexual is “special,” aka freaky, weird, and made-up. In short, it is incredibly insulting. Fuck you and good day.
(via checkthatprivilege)
