Concept: Casual Lgbt+ Representation

Mama who Gabor me

Those You’ve Known - Deaf West’s Spring Awakening

straight women, if you really want to pride yourselves on being Great Allies, i implore you to consider the following:

stop using the term ‘girlfriend’ to refer to your lady friends. it’s confusing for us and makes it that much harder for our relationships to be taken seriously

stop joking that you and your best friend are Totally Lesbians. our relationships are not yours to make some cutesy little joke with your friends

yes, this totally includes using the  👭 emoji on pictures of you and your straight friends on instagram. why do you do that

stop using the term ‘girl/woman crush’

stop making out with your straight friends to get guys off

stop fetishizing our relationships

stop assuming that the one lesbian or bi girl you know at school is going to hit on you. chances are, they want absolutely nothing to do with you

and stop assuming it’d be the end of the world if she did

I've been up for an hour just crying and I can't get back to sleep

Who hurt you

My expectations

no mom I don’t want a boyfriend I want a kingdom

What is a good way to support your LGBTQ friends when you're a straight ally? I'm finding that they think that I don't understand or that I'm trying to be cool or with the flow. How can I help them, you know in light with what's happened?

Honestly, as a straight ally, you truly will never completely understand their experience. And that’s ok! It’s important to acknowledge that. As an ally, the best thing to do is educate yourself on issues. Offer support when support is asked for. If someone speaks ill of a member of the LGBTQIA+ community or just speaks ill of the community in general, don’t stand by and say nothing. Sometimes the best thing to do is say, “Just know, if you need someone, I’m here for you.” And leave it at that, because it’s important to not make this about you. Many people in this community are in pain, especially right now, and it can not be their responsibility to also try to make you feel better. Being an ally means showing support even when there hasn’t been a tragedy. And it means finding ways to help even when no one is there to see you do so. If you believe, in your heart of hearts, that you are doing your best to change your own mentality and you’re doing what you can to offer support, then that will no doubt shine through to others as time goes by. Thank you for asking, because I can truly see you trying to better yourself, and that’s all that can be asked for.