LGBTQIA+ on Yik Yak | I remember getting JUUUUMPED for saying that racism is a more pressing issue since queer people can hide their queerness but bipoc can’t hide their skin color once on here. must've touched a nerve

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LGBTQIA+ 14h

I remember getting JUUUUMPED for saying that racism is a more pressing issue since queer people can hide their queerness but bipoc can’t hide their skin color once on here. must've touched a nerve

Anonymous 12h

‘but some people are more visibly queer—‘ yes, by choice!!!! No one is born looking like they’re queer. Any one of us could easily change our style to appear cishet if needed for safety. That’s an option that poc DONT HAVE! God people piss me off with their fake activism

Anonymous 11h

i think both come from the same more pressing underlying problem though

Anonymous 10h

I never understand the point of this argument. For one, multiple things can be pressing issues at once, it’s not like we have a limited supply of our ability to care about things. For another, ability to hide is only one element that affects the lives of the people involved and only really matters if hiding was somehow better for us. The majority of both POC and queer people do not want to hide and appear as white cishet people, whether they are physically able to or not.

Anonymous 7h

I’m absolutely not trying to argue but may I ask what about trans folk who don’t pass? I’m not talking about being visibly queer, but about when trans women don’t pass and the world becomes so much more hostile. Like I agree with the point you’re making but at the same time some of us can’t just “hide our queerness”

Anonymous

#1 12h

same!! it makes bipoc ppl not want to join queer spaces

Anonymous

#2 11h

also lowkey my friend’s parents who judt learned about gay people thought i was gay when they met me and i didnt know

Anonymous

#2 11h

Well, first of all, the ‘underlying problem’ doesn’t change the point being made, secondly, what exactly is the underlying problem? And thirdly, the people who are close to you figuring out you’re queer isn’t really the type of situation OP is talking about. They mean something that is obvious when you walk into a room of strangers, there’s literally no way to hide your skin color from them, but it’s easy enough to hide your queerness from them if you just try.

Anonymous

#1 11h

thats fair, im not disagreeing with that, im just saying that a history of discrimination on all fronts is what we need to address (and im saying this as a bi indian man)

Anonymous

#2 11h

that’s fair but I don’t think it’s particularly useful to focus on every type of discrimination at once. Like there’s way to accomplish anything that way. That’s why more pressing issues should be addressed first…like racism. And it’s worth noting that nothing exists in a vacuum, so addressing and advocating against one type of discrimination will inevitably benefit other groups of people as well.

Anonymous

#1 11h

thats fair, thank you for giving me your viewpoint. it gives me something to think about and reconsider where i stand