Ally Kotetsu

Everyone is scared about a Trump presidency: women, people of color, and, what I'll be writing about in this post, queer people.

Queer people are divided into two main sects, those that are accepted by mainstream media and (half of) society (think LGBT) and those that are queer but usually not even accepted by the first sect (think radqueer).

I've seen many people from both sides scared about what's gonna happen in these four years. We're in a fight for our rights, and we're stronger together. If there should come a time that tradqueers stop trying to save face and accept us as queer, it'll be now.

Queer people are gonna be oppressed, children are being oppressed, queer children are being oppressed, MAPs are being oppressed, poc are being oppressed, transrace are being oppressed. The list goes on. We will all suffer under the hand of fascism, and it's now more than ever that we will need everyone to stand together as one and to stop trying to find ways to divide us. Whether its girl love and boy love, anti-c and pro-c, zoos and maps, queers and radqueers, whatever, now is the time to band together.

This post isn't an official call to action, rather, it is a message of inspiration. A message to try and rally. A message to stand together. I know activism is scary, but if you can, try and reach out to others, inform people about radqueer, learn to be a good ally to identities you don't have. This might be the fight of our lives.