radicallyhaley: mymenarche: De Paul University in Chicago thought it was appropriate to host a debat
radicallyhaley:mymenarche:De Paul University in Chicago thought it was appropriate to host a debate on whether “Lesbians are still relevant”.Then they deleted the comments of upset lesbians on their Facebook page citing that they were transphobic. They then apologised but followed that up by re-uploading the poster for the event onto Facebook. Lesbians are being systematically erased from LGBT societies. Our mere existence as women who love other women is seen as a threat and deemed unacceptable.Will we look back at the flash in the pan where lesbians were almost free for a few minutes between the misogyny of patriarchal, chauvinistic men and patriarchal, chauvinistic men in dresses as a brief golden hour?Wake up and smell the fucking truth ladies! We have got to fight. They aren’t our allies. There’s no LGBT community. They want to walk all over us. Devour our safe spaces and the infrastructure we created to protect ourselves from men.So are lesbians still relevant? Fuck yes we are. We are whether you like it or not. We exist whether steal every last space from us. We will continue to love other women and be the living breathing females you wish you were.Fuck you.i attended this discussion and was one of the firsts to post about it on tumblr. i’d love to offer some of my commentary here. Keep reading -- source link
#lesbophobia#lesbian erasure#queer theory#q slur