While no, otherkin are not oppressed, currently, otherkin are most certainly discriminated against.

“But-”

No buts. We are being actively discriminated against by a community that believes us to be delusional, deceptive, attention seeking, and worthless. We are being attacked by a community that sometimes, quite literally believes we should be

-killed

-harmed

-neglected and abused as children

-forcibly sterilized

-forcibly admitted to mental institutions

-forced away from our spiritual beliefs and coping mechanisms

-forcibly selected as organ donors

-and much, much, more

Now, while I’m not going to compare our own battles to the struggles of those of other minorities (especially as someone has yet to be killed for being otherkin, though it will undoubtably happen someday), I am going to say that if we were a race, gender, or sexual orientation, this wouldn’t be something people would stand for.

This is, however, a huge problem. A completely huge problem. This is largely due to the amount of misinformation going around about us. You know, things like your common “otherkin are delusional,” “otherkin don’t know they’re human,” and “otherkin are just looking for attention.” We’ve all heard them. We’ve all dealt with them. It comes with this identity. I have no doubt that someone will latch onto this post and lob similar insults.

What I don’t understand is how after everything they’ve done to us, we’re still the bad guys. It isn’t like this is some small minority of antikin, either. This is quite a large chunk of them. We’ve done nothing to harm them. NOTHING. This unprovoked hatred is completely unacceptable, and we have no reason to just sit back and take it anymore.

This needs to change. This really needs to change.