Reblog if you think everywhere should be a safe place for the #LGBTQ community πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

If you are an #ally I want to follow you.

I'm working on following everyone back but I hit my follow limit!
@AtheistIntelligence I didn’t even realize such a thing existed!
@cautionwip gives me this generic error when I try to follow.
@AtheistIntelligence Oh, I think that’s its way of giving a 500 error. I could be wrong though.
@AtheistIntelligence I mean it would make a certain amount of sense to limit number of follows to avoid someone building up a huge network to spam…yes?
@cautionwip the bird site did 400 a day. Not sure what it is here but I've followed back quite a few today.
@AtheistIntelligence I have a trans immediate family member so oh hell yeah!
@AtheistIntelligence I'm part of the community. Thank you for being an ally! Shared.

@AtheistIntelligence To (badly) paraphrase a bit I saw going around recently - no one should have to live in a closet, but if it is safer for one to be in there I will guard the door.

I live in a country where it isn't safe for people to be out, so I make sure to drop hints to let people know that I am an ally, and they are safe with me. I'll guard that fucking door with my life.

@AtheistIntelligence You got it! I'm not just an ally; I'm a quantum queer myself!
@AtheistIntelligence Ally here. A comment from my DIL that I hold as a badge of honor: "You may demographically be a Karen but your heart is nothing like it." You are safe with me. ❀️
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It should be more efficient to do the reverse, boost if you don't, so we know who to block.
@spatula
@johann @spatula oooo, that is a good idea. My only concern would be if people actually thought I had anything against consenting people loving who they love.
@AtheistIntelligence
I don't really do the whole "boost if" thing, so I'll leave this comment here in its place
@easthighNerd I understand that. It's a bad habit I accidently brought with me from the #birdsite. I apologized for the boost message earlier as they are tacky. I never expected more than a dozen reblogs.
@AtheistIntelligence you don’t have to follow me but I want people to know that they have an #ally right here for #lgbtqt and #bipoc
@MaaikeV I'm at my limit got follows today. I didn't expect this message to reach so many but I'm glad to meet another ally!

@AtheistIntelligence

I'm straight. And been married for 30 years.

Everywhere should be safe for everyone.

#safe

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> I am not a sheep
> humanist
literally checks out

@cafkafk

I'm not sure what you mean by copy/pasting my profile info.

@AtheistIntelligence a humanist would not want to be a sheep because a sheep isn't human
@cafkafk oh, lol. Not a literal sheep but I do think the hooves would prevent the typing! πŸ˜…

@AtheistIntelligence I still don't get why anyone cares about what preferences someone has in the year 2022. Do people hate each other because they like the wrong kind of beer? Or because they prefer KFC over McD?

No, they don't!

So why does it matter whether Shannon kissed Leslie or Charlie?

@attilakinali I don't either. From what I do with secular activism it usually comes down to fundamentalism religious ideology. But that's what I see, I'm sure there are a lot more reason why people are bigoted.
@AtheistIntelligence Im an atheist too, cool! I didn’t know you were here. Nice to see you again my old friend… πŸ˜—πŸ˜—πŸ˜—
@AtheistIntelligence I'm queer in basically every way a person can be queer, but I'm also a polytheist who takes a nuanced yet ultimately favorable view of religion as a force in social evolution, so I'll leave it up to you whether you actually want to follow me. I don't debate people.
@changelingcore I don't debate either and I follow anyone who doesn't proselytize and treats others with the respect they deserve. I'm out of follows (max reached) for today, but I'll get you!
@AtheistIntelligence it's crazy that in a so-called modern society that this question even needs to be asked. Maybe one day people will grow up & realize that people are just people. All should be treated with the same respect without making distinctions for w/e reason.
@AtheistIntelligence my son is gay, 2 of my nieces are either gay or bi (I don’t ask because it’s none of my business), and I’m an ally.
@AtheistIntelligence we're in this group, too. Might still put the flag in the bio.
@AtheistIntelligence thank goodness we have mastodon now
@AtheistIntelligence More than an ally, I am part of the community. (Egg hatched/Cat ears given to me in 2009)

@AtheistIntelligence Everywhere should be a safe place for every minority – and everyone else, too, of course.

Unfortunately some people are arseholes. So we can't have that.

@AtheistIntelligence Mastodon is already pretty damn safe for LGBTQIA+ people. As a queer person, I say let's make it safe for people of colour, because currently it isn't, and let's keep it accessible for people who use screen readers, because that's under pressure since a lot of the most recent influx of new Mastodonians don't add image descriptions.

@AtheistIntelligence As a former anti-theist, now a friendly atheist, I welcome the idea that people should always feel safe.

It's horrible that people do not feel safe. πŸ˜”

@AtheistIntelligence I'm a trans lesbian and an ally to all the other people who fall under the lgbtq+ umbrella. You are all my siblings.

@AtheistIntelligence - I'm both. I'm a part of the #LGBTQ community and I'm and #ally - been with my wife and partner for 26 years. Been working for #LBGTQ #humanrights since the 1980's -

Where's your follow button @AthiestIntelligence I don't see it...

@ArtistClancy not sure, but I followed.
@AtheistIntelligence Thank you!!! That enabled me to follow you back!!!!
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Absolutely hun πŸ’•πŸ’žβ€οΈ
@AtheistIntelligence All I can ever claim is that I always try to be an ally. Whether or not I actually AM an ally is for to LGBTQ people to evaluate, not me. But if they call me an ally, I take it as a great compliment and high honor.
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I don't think you should even have to think about such things. They should be taken for granted.
@AtheistIntelligence Everywhere should be a safe place for everyone.