well yeah, i am grateful for straight people, or anyone for that matter sticking up for lgbt people like myseld (im pan just in case you wondered) and do you know why? because i appreciate their help, i appreciate any. if someone wants to help, why the hell shouldn't they? im not going to drive them away and be a total fucking asshole for no reason am i? im not going to pick and choose who helps or not because at the end of the day DOES IT FUCKING MATTER?

and fyi maybe its nothing new because most lgbt people like me and others i know are sick of people like you, who do nothing in the way of activism yet push people away? pretty sure no one want someone like that who never even does anything , just makes it harder for everyone actually doing something fucking useful for the lgbt community

I’m pushing away straight allies by calling out bullshit within the straight ally community? Good. No one needs allies who fail to be introspective and can analyze the faults in their own behavior towards those they support. No one needs allies who drop their support of an oppressed group the moment their words or actions are criticized by said oppressed group. No one needs allies who fail to understand that criticisms regarding allies in general do not equal personal attacks on each ally individually. Being an ally is not about worrying about ally feelings first and LGBTQIAP+ feelings second. It’s about being supportive even when we’re angry and screaming about injustice, when we’re hurt and crying, when we’re critical, and so on. I personally have no room in my life for an ally, or anyone, who only wants to help me when I’m nice and will easily drop me when I’m justifiably angry.