Language is always changing and sometimes it gets harder to parse. But in this case it makes so many people more comfortable and happy. It also is a huge indicator that not only do you respect LGBT+ but that people being LGBT+phobic around you won't be welcome. It's like carrying a little bit of safety for the community with you everywhere you go. So thanks for doing something small to keep the LGBT+ community a little safer.
Great to see so many of ya'll!
A good basic rule of thumb is to either ask, or if that's not possible to use they/them like you would if a package was delivered at your door and you don't know the gender of the person that delivered it (as in, "and they put the package in my grill!"). Always also be willing to change a pronoun if someone corrects you.
You know, now that I think about it... religion is actually a banned subject on BYC and yet there are many threads centered on it including ones with mods participating. There is no rule about speaking about being gay or not as long as it doesn't get out of PG rating....@Kusanar @aart Bingo! I don't think my chickens care about religion either but plenty of threads for that. Or about who is an artist or not, but plenty of threads for that.
If people dividing into groups is only a problem when it's being gay and not when it's another arbitrary category maybe that's something worth examining.
But imagine I started a thread for The Satanic Temple! People would freak out. And that is religious discrimination!!
Oh yeah... Like the statue hilarity that happened a while back. Everyone was fine with the Christian statue but when the Satanists put one up everyone had a cow. It was quite a nice statue really.
Precisely what I am referring to. I'm not a satanist or any ist I guess. But I respect the level of dissent they represent. And the way they shine a blaring light on American hypocrisy.
Yeah, I'm not either. I just find it hilarious that Wicca and Satanists actually have a lot of human rights stuff in their way of life but they are seen as the bloodthirsty evil people that sacrifice virgins by firelight...
Hey there neighbor! Well, a few hundred miles away neighbor.... Well, in the same state at least.... What was I saying again? Oh yeah, hi from the Bay Area.Hey there! I'm a queer nb chicken lover/ keeper in Southern California. This thread warms my heart
You young’ns have a good day now.
