dogsanddiscourse: dogsanddiscourse:lmao it really isn’t LGBT shelters are already overcrowde
dogsanddiscourse: dogsanddiscourse: lmao it really isn’t LGBT shelters are already overcrowded and many LGBT organizations are terribly underfunded. Many trans people are unable to afford their transition therapies and many HIV+ people are unable to access and afford the resources to the treatment they need. If you’re a gay, lesbian, trans, bi, pan, or nb ace/aro then go ahead! Those resources are meant for you. But if I found out that an LGBT person died on the streets because some ‘cishet ace’ was taking up a place in the LGBT safe homeless shelter not meant for them, I’d scream. Me: LGBT shelters are incredibly underfunded and often targeted. It has been proven that many LGBT people, especially trans people of colour are living below the poverty line and are often even homeless. It is hard for these people to survive, ESPECIALLY with the burden of the systematic oppression they face. We can’t afford for spots in LGBT-centric homeless shelters to be taken up by people that do not experience systematic homophobia or transphobia since many other shelters (see: anything run by the Salvation Army, who has a long line of receipts of kicking LGBT people out onto the streets. None of these said people are ‘cishet aces’.) would severely mistreat any LGBT people they got. There’s a reason why LGBT-centric shelters exist. They’re not just to validate how ‘uwu valid’ you are, they’re to financially and EMOTIONALLY protect vulnerable LGBT people. This fucko: HOW TOXIC!!!!!!!!!! -- source link