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4:59am October 22, 2013

madeofpatterns:

the A has meant allies for years and years and people only started wanting it to mean asexual recently

I can attest to this from when I was involved in that community years and years ago. Asexual wasn’t even on the map yet.

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  1. dequoing reblogged this from madeofpatterns
  2. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    Yes exactly that’s the difference.
  3. redhead-without-a-tardis reblogged this from madeofpatterns
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  7. drunkandbored reblogged this from daddyfeels
  8. daddyfeels reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    stop using inevitably exclusive and hierarchal acronyms and just say “queer” and you won’t have these stupid arguments
  9. thegreenanole reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    I like that line about cookies.
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  14. isabelknight reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    The reason I said “some parallels” rather than “exactly like” is because there are *some parallels* between the two. I...
  15. nelliendm reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    Might be a regional thing…we said supporters 20 + years ago, the A was asexual where I am from.Discussion about...
  16. buttons-beads-lace said: Um… yes? And that’s why some people want there to be two As?
  17. knocked-right-in-spice said: Yep. Straight allies still suffer discrimination if they voice any kind of support for LGBTQ people.
  18. witchyautisticweirdo said: I think ally means something different now. Ally used to be people who would stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, like mothers of queer kids and the like, but now it seems to stand for people who wave rainbow flags and shout “YAY GAY!”
  19. slashmarks said: I don’t think this is a good response. Almost every form of ignoring people’s existence has been practiced for a long time. It’s maybe a reason not to get mad at people for not having changed, but it’s not a reason why it should CONTINUE
  20. creativeconflagration said: Truth.
  21. madeofpatterns posted this