1.) How can you be genderqueer and a WOC? - Because I was DFAB, I present as female, and as a result I do not have male privilege. I am treated as a female in my day to day life so it is important to own my cis-passing privilege as well as my oppression as a woman of color. Gender is very complicated, as is sexuality and to an extent, racial identity. Identity-policing is NEVER okay, unless someone is using a fake identity to derail social justice (like the white girls who pretend to be black and say stuff like “White privilege isn’t real”)

2.) You’re mentally ill, why would I take you seriously? You don’t even say which mental illnesses you have- I have depression, ADD, and to an extent, antisocial personality disorder and schizophrenia. i haven’t had the privilege of seeing a therapist, so I had to diagnose and treat myself. As a result, I just use the blanket term “mentally ill” because for all I know, I have other issues that a therapist would find if I saw one (NOT that a therapist’s word is any better than mine- obviously I know myself more than anyone but I’m not aware of all the mental problems that are possible to have). Anyway, being mentally ill does NOT make you unworthy of opinions.

3.) It’s wrong to be so mean to white people!- The worst thing that happens from my being mean to white people is that white people get upset. This obviously is not the same case when white people are “mean” to POCs. Please stop equating groups that inherently have different levels of privilege.