@AzulCrescent The other day I learned this is also "men's mental health awareness month".

But whatever, who cares :p

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I was gonna boost that, but there's no alt-text with it, and I don't have time to add it today. :/

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Alt text for those who want/need it (could be expanded with visual descriptions of the art). Happy pride!

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Whenever pride month rolls around, people who complain about it always seem to show up, either because they don't like The Gays™
"Why do the gays get to have a whole month to themselves??"
or because "other groups don't get to be celebrated as much" (while not celebrating those things themselves) and I can't help but find it kind of funny.

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Because their hate for queer people shows justification for pride to ask be celebrated. This is just my experience, but living as a trans person, especially in this day and age, it's kind of terrifying at times.

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Like governments painting trans people as some sort of danger that has to be legislated away and stopped,
"It's not us, it's them! They're causing all the problems you have! Get them!"
When in reality it has nothing to do with the fact that a lot of people's lives just suck, but it works anyway, because a lot of people are miserable, and having someone to blame, to hate, it makes them feel like they're doing something, instead of feeling powerless about the fact that their work sucks or that rent is to high.

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And the hatred that is directed towards trans people as a whole, before, I couldn't understand how people could hate other people to such an extent. But it's simple, they don't see us as people, they see us as the other, the "enemy", monsters, and this gives them the permission to be as vile and hateful as they want to be, because to them, it's justified.

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And this hatred has surely lead to some trans people repressing and denying their identity, and others, to lose their lives. And those harbouring hatred towards us will simply sneer and say "Good" because this is what they want, a world that is hostile to trans people. A world where we have to be terrified.

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And pride is a reminder. A reminder that the mere act of existence, in the face of a world that is hostile to us, that is worthy of pride.

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I wish the world was kinder. I find the people who complain about pride month funny, because in a kinder world, it wouldn't need to exist. It's difficult, but living in a way that is true to myself, I think is a life worth living. Especially in this world. And I think that is worth having pride in myself for.