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as an aro lesbian, it always bugs me that people so often complain about the lesbian flag not being included in stuff. NOT because i think people shouldn& #39;t care, but because people ONLY complain with the lesbian flag, in my experience. (+)
I want to mention that this is super not meant to be a statement of absolute morality or anything like that, I& #39;ve just been thinking about it for a pretty long time and thought it was worth talking about. (+)
I feel like this was especially a big thing on tumblr, where while the lesbian flag was often included in pride art it wasn& #39;t included as much as EG the bi flag, but every time it wasn& #39;t included people would be really upset.
there& #39;s a similar trend here though not as much (+)
there& #39;s a similar trend here though not as much (+)
this has always made me feel a bit alienated because, well, my aro flag is almost NEVER included in these posts. (nor are flags of other slightly less well known IDs).
and I have never once seen someone raise hell this way when the aro flag isn& #39;t included. (+)
and I have never once seen someone raise hell this way when the aro flag isn& #39;t included. (+)
again, not meant to be a statement of truth, just food for thought.
its always felt really concerning to me that there& #39;s this idea of Injustice™ when the lesbian flag is sometimes left out, that really really isn& #39;t present with other identities. (+)
its always felt really concerning to me that there& #39;s this idea of Injustice™ when the lesbian flag is sometimes left out, that really really isn& #39;t present with other identities. (+)
as if there& #39;s something about lesbians (probably being more well known / mainstream) that makes us Deserve to see our flag while other flags don& #39;t.
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this is esp amplified by the common to complaints about tumblr posts, along the lines of "you included the ACE flag but not the LESBIAN one???", accompanied with a sense of outrage and of deserving more. (+)
of course lesbians were far from the only ones being left out of these posts. it was just that they had the platform + non lesbians cared enough to RAISE HELL.
idk what my point for this thread is but I& #39;d really like to discuss this w yall
idk what my point for this thread is but I& #39;d really like to discuss this w yall
sorry if this was super rambly + nonsensical, my adhd makes it rlly hard to word things concisely.
