In regards to uh, a Recent Boost, by Trev, about people not "looking the part"

it's so important to stand up against that. "Looking the part" is often an expensive process. "It costs a lot to look this poor" etc. Who "looks the part"? People in my local community have complained about being pushed out of white lgbt spaces for appearing to be "just another working-class puerto rican" which somehow precludes being a Real Queer. What fashions are tied to what cultures? Who gets to "appear gay"?

@shel i learned a few years back that looking like me, feeling like me and being me was far more important

my preferences are just a matter of me existing, if you're cool with that then great

@shel and i mean i don't always get to do that due to family, so if i look like a scraggly ass motherfucker with a 5 o clock shadow then it's probably because i can't go and socialise with people i trust