Do you think heterophobia is real?
yea its real., in fact im heterophobic. im fckin scared of straight ppl who r gonna kill more gay ppl in mass shootings . smh why u talking abt heterophobia after shit like this happens
Hey, America, how many people are going to have to die before you realise the urgency of stricter gun control?
I literally do not care about your right to bear arms. You piss and moan because people want to take your guns away, when there are families out there who are crying, grieving, and feeling an insurmountable loss that can never be replaced because their child is dead. Taking your guns away is a much better solution than taking a life away. Don’t be so fucking selfish!
Don't make Harry's support about Larry !!!
The largest mass shooting in American history was a hate crime against gay people. Don’t ever forget that.
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The hijab Q&A that nobody asked for but everybody needs
hi okay if you don’t know any hijabis/muslims personally, you might be wondering how it “works” and im here to answer ur questions!!
Q: Do you like.. wear it all the time?? (re: do u shower in it?? do u sleep in it?? when was the last time u sAW UR OWN HAIR??? )
A: Nope! To put it simply, we wear the hijab when we are around strange men. And by strange I mean men who are not directly related to us. That means I can show my hair to women. It also means I don’t have to cover from my brother/father/uncle/grandfather/child. I would have to cover from my male cousins because you can technically marry them (note: this is only one of the reasons we cover! it’s not only to cover from possible suitors lol. Just bc I wouldn’t marry a gay man, doesn’t mean I don’t have to cover from him. The quran says to cover from men and not from women. that’s pretty broad and open for interpretation. I keep it simple for myself- I cover from all men and do not cover from any women, regardless of sexual orientation. This could differ from one hijabi to another). I also would not have to cover from my husband if I were married. Lastly, we don’t have to cover from any young boys who haven’t been “through puberty” yet. I guess it’s up to the individual to decide when that is as well.
Q: It seems kind of sexist to me that men don’t have to wear hijab, but women do…
A: Actually, men have their own hijab. (It’s not the turban you may see some men wearing, they are Sikhs, an entirely different religion.) Men have their own modest dress code to follow and are expected to follow the same rules the women do action-wise. Remember that equal does not have to mean identical. It wouldn’t make sense to ask men to cover their boobs or women to grow beards (we’ll come back to that later).
Q: I always hear about women being forced to wear it… That’s oppression and wrong.
A: I completely agree. “There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion” (2/256). That’s taken directly from the Quran. Forcing someone to wear the hijab is a sin. Furthermore, many Muslims believe that hijab is not required/is only preferred/is optional. There’s a lot of interpretation involved in religion. It totally depends on the person and their own beliefs.
They way a Muslim chooses to wear their hijab also differs from person to person. Some women choose to cover their entire body. Some wear abayas (the black dress) and niqabs (the veil that covers the face). Some wear a simple scarf to cover their hair and dress “modestly” (this, again, depends on your interpretation of what modest means). Some just cover their hair. Some show a some of their hair. Some wear turbans. Some dress modestly, but don’t cover their hair. Some only wear it on certain occasions. (more here on the diff types of cover)
For men, some choose to grow beards (many believe this is just “sunnah” which means it is preferred, but not compulsory). Lots of men don’t follow the rules set for them. That can be due to personal beliefs, but I won’t deny the misogyny apparent in the Muslim culture (note: culture, not religion) probably has a lot to do with that.
Q: Do women only wear hijab for religious reasons?
A: No. I mean, that’s probably one of the most prominent reasons women choose to cover their hair, but there are many different factors. In many cultures, hijab is considered a thing of beauty. It’s a fashion statement (for Muslims, we’ll talk about cultural appropriation in a sec). It’s tradition. It’s a part of their identity. It keeps them in-tact with their religion and it identifies them as a Muslim to other Muslims. The reasons are endless, but I think you get the picture.
Q: I heard hijab is just keep men away.
A: As @angrymuslimah put so eloquently: Hijab is not to prevent men from looking at women or “protect them” from men. Hijab is not for men, or to help men control themselves - it’s for women themselves, to empower women. Men in Islam have a responsibility to lower their gaze and respect a woman no matter what she is wearing or what she looks like.
Q: Can women ever take the hijab off for safety reasons? (ie: heat exhaustion/possible attacks by islamophobes)
A: Totally! You’re obviously never supposed to compromise your health for anything, regardless of your religious beliefs. I once got asked if it would be okay for a women to remove her scarf when playing soccer in serious heat and my answer she could if she wanted to (again, she can do wtvr she wants), but playing soccer is optional. there’s a difference between wanting to play soccer and really having your life in danger. If hijabis choose to wear the hijab while playing soccer in 100 degrees, they’re badass and props to them for sticking to it even when it got hard, but that’s kind of the point of hijab. Again though, your health always comes first.
Q: I see hijabis sometimes and I want to compliment them/tell them it’s pretty, but I don’t want to be disrespectful.
A: It’s totally okay to compliment us! Please do! I live for the validation of strangers! For real, though. Just think about it this way, if you can say it to a non-hijabi and not offend her, you can probably say it to a hijabi. You can compliment anyone on their scarf regardless of where it is on their body.
Q: Can I wear the hijab if I’m not Muslim?
A: There is no specific way to wear a hijab. there is no specific fabric. We get our scarves from h&m and forever 21 like everyone else. There is nothing that identifies a hijab as a hijab except the wearer. So if you want to cover your hair for your own religious/personal reasons, you can do it! That doesn’t make it a hijab! The only thing that makes it a hijab is the wearer labeling it as a hijab. As long as you aren’t doing that, you’re not being disrespectful or appropriating our religion. (wearing it out of respect if you’re in a mosque or a predominately muslim country is also okay!)
I would however, advise against wearing it as a fashion statement. It’s not a style or accessory.
/So this got really long and I’m stopping here but I haven’t even really made a dent in the hijabi discourse. If yall have any more questions, you should ask your friendly neighborhood Muslimah! I promise, we won’t be offended, we just want yall to know the truth.
Thank you for this!
Events like this are why people in the LGBTQ+ community “"gatekeep”“ so much because we can’t have people who say “they can’t kick me out of pride if I have a gun” in our community when shit like this happens I’m really tired of fearing for my life and having cishets tell me I’m being bigoted.
I’ve been hanging out at Dress Rehearsal for The Tony’s all day, and the level to which I’m geeking out is EMBARRASSING… (User: Thomas_Sanders) #TonysWithThomas
This is specifically anti-gay - not anti-White, like the islamophobes will promote.
please to all my followers and all my mutuals who are lgbt+, please stay strong. i love each and every one of you and there is absolutely nothing wrong with you. it’s hard to remember what the point of anything is in times like these, but you are so important and strong. i love you all and you are worthy of love no matter what the world wants to tell you. please just be safe and take your time with dealing with all of this.
I want every name of the victims in my media coverage. I want to know what they did for fun. Who they were. I do not give a damn about this shooter. I do not want to remember HIS name. I want to remember THEIR names.
After Donald Trump resurfaces a long-debunked conspiracy theory, Roy Wood Jr. comes up with some conspiracies of his own.
this wasn’t a kid with issues or an islamic attack this was a full grown adult man who had easy access to guns and who specifically targeted members of the lgbt community,, please don’t let any news headline or tabloid take away from the fact that the worst mass shooting in american history was a direct hate crime against innocent lgbt kids
LGBTQ Muslims have and always will exist—we aren’t haram and we aren’t alone.
Can everyone just take a moment to think about the fact that they are married in real life