infirmal:

Our tolerance of straight trans people (meaning AFAB <-> AMAB attraction, because apparently that should be clarified) dominating gay spaces under the guise of being gay themselves needs to stop.

There is a huge apprehensiveness from gender critical gay and lesbian people to just call this out for what it is. Heterosexual entitlement and destruction of our community through colonization.

Here’s how they’re doing it

- The decontextualization of the words ‘gay’, ‘lesbian’ and ‘queer’ has been deliberate. They know what playing semantics will result in- confusion, intolerance and conflict for actual gay and lesbian people who wish to identify themselves, in relation to their oppressors.

- The active association that trans-exclusionary ideology and homosexuality are linked in politics, (e.g. TERF = Lesbian). Erasing the fact that the trans people involved in gay history, were in fact homosexuals. Also, denying the fact that lesbian feminism and gay liberationists both welcome same-sex attracted trans people in their communities.

- Using weak debate tactics to derail important conversations about gay liberation, because the focus of gay liberation is not trans liberation.

- Asserting straight privilege in our spaces to redefine the gay experience. This is a tactic they use to destroy our narratives. If now the narrative has become, “I was living as a straight person until I transitioned, and now I’m gay” then the narrative is also telling a story of conversion. If gender is innate, then sexuality is not.

- Asserting straight privilege in a historical context. Reshaping historical narratives of GNC gay and lesbian people to instead be those of supposed trans people. They use this tactic on successful GNC women in history and gay activists, primarily. This makes it impossible for gay people to take credit for their own strides in history.

- Attributing the deaths of trans POC, most of which are sex workers killed by their SOs or Johns, to gender critical activists. This is usually done by white trans women. This ignores the very real risk that trans sex workers encounter in a world that views them as GNC gay men.

If you can think of any other ways, list them here. Spread it. Become aware of how straight people are doing this. Understand that homosexuality can be innate and does not need to be influenced by social structures.

Gay and lesbian people exist outside of politics and sociological systems. Gay and lesbian people do not owe straight people of any creed any explanation.

End the cultural cleansing of gay people by shutting out straight people from ALL of our spaces.