Beyond the Stars and Beneath the Waves

love cosmic horror because like. 'you have knowledge inside you that you cannot bear to face, because you know if you truly comprehend it, you will no longer be the person you once were. you will not be able to go back. the new world you will see will be beautiful, but few else will see it that way' is just like. yeah bro im trans too

as a transfem, neurodivergent artist ill probably get a lot of backlash for this but im opening a cosmic gate and unleashing a horde of terrible worm-like beasts and their hunger will soon consume the entire galaxy

Romeo and Cthuliette

The timeless tale of star-crossed lovers… but now, the stars are right and great things stir deep within the Pacific

Anyway men who thought they were lesbians but turned out to be transmasc straight guys are so incredibly real and valid. You aren’t predatory. You aren’t a “loss” or a “waste”. You are part of our community and you are strong and I love you <3

From what I've seen from their community, alloaros have similar experiences to straight trans people within the LGBTQ+ and aspec communities.

While alloaros aren't oppressed for being allo, they don't have access to privilege for it either, and are treated very differently for their allosexuality than alloros would be. Therefore, it's entirely reasonable for alloaros to take pride in their allosexuality!

As a straight trans person, I'm constantly surrounded by jokes targeting straight people in the LGBTQ+ community that make me feel like my straightness should be less important to me, but the fact is, cishets don't consider me straight. I have every right to be proud of it and talk about being straight. I imagine alloaros feel much the same way.

What I'm trying to say is: alloaro/transhet solidarity.

While alloaros aren't oppressed for being allo necessarily, they get shit on for getting alloaro*specifically.* They get treated like they're monsters who use people for sex, like straight invaders of the Queer community, like potential rapists even because people can't conceptualize that you can have consensual sex without romantic attraction, like potential abusers for the same reason, like they're broken, etc. They're alienated when within aspec communities because aromanticism is most often talked about in conjunction with asexuality.

i wish all straight trans a-spec people a fantastic day <3

straight trans people are wonderful!! you're not any less queer because you're straight!! you belong in this community!!

Transhets, acehets, and arohets are lovely and valuable members of the queer community

From what I've seen from their community, alloaros have similar experiences to straight trans people within the LGBTQ+ and aspec communities.

While alloaros aren't oppressed for being allo, they don't have access to privilege for it either, and are treated very differently for their allosexuality than alloros would be. Therefore, it's entirely reasonable for alloaros to take pride in their allosexuality!

As a straight trans person, I'm constantly surrounded by jokes targeting straight people in the LGBTQ+ community that make me feel like my straightness should be less important to me, but the fact is, cishets don't consider me straight. I have every right to be proud of it and talk about being straight. I imagine alloaros feel much the same way.

What I'm trying to say is: alloaro/transhet solidarity.

I'm going to have to disagree on this. As mentioned in my op, I am a straight trans person, and I really don't want to give a word I identify with to my oppressors just because they don't see my as my actual orientation. That's just not fair to me and other trans people who identify as straight.

Yes, we need a word to refer to people who are cisgender, heterosexual, allosexual, and alloromantic, but that word is cishet, not straight.

A legit take. I get why you don't want to give the word 'straight' to your oppressors.

But honestly, the largest segment of 'straight' society...mostly doesn't know what 'cishet' means. That's a term created within the LGBT community. When John Q. Republican hears 'cishet' he doesn't think 'a normal dude.' He thinks 'one of them queers.' He would identify the opposite of 'one of them queers' as 'straight,' not 'cishet.'

I'm not saying you shouldn't identify as straight, btw. Nor am I really trying to pick a fight about this. (Which is why I made my original comments in the tags. I meant it as an aside to people who already sorta-know me.) But in my experience, 'straight' is very much the word that the oppressor class uses to describe themselves. And it's also the word that we use to describe them, historically. Which, as I said, is what I think leads to all the wire-crossed takes about 'straight' queer people somehow having straight privilege while also being queer on another axis.

But it's your post, and your point to make, so I'll shove off it now.

I'm not trying to fight you or shut you down, either, I just saw your tags and there was a sort of knee-jerk reaction to being told a word I identify with shouldn't apply to me on my own post so I wanted to respond. I might have gotten a little bit defensive, and I'm sorry about that.

I totally get where you're coming from. The implication that het aspec and trans people have access to straight privilege and are oppressors is a very real problem, and I actually do appreciate you thinking about that, especially since my original post partially came from the alienation I feel because of that. I just think that informing people about how that isn't true is a better way to change that than restricting the language we use for ourselves.

Honestly, the reason I'm so attached to the word straight is specifically because there's something so radical and satisfying about taking a term that is assumed to exclude me (even when it technically doesn't), and wearing it with pride. I love how contradictory "straight queer" and "queerhet" sound at first, it's like a big fuck you to transphobic cishets and exclusionists, I adore it.

transhet + heterarospec | transhet + heteraspec | transhet + heteracespec transenbyhet + heterarospec | transenbyhet + heteraspec | transenbyhet + heteracespec enbyhet + heterarospec | enbyhet + heteraspec | enbyhet + heteracespec

combinations of the transhet/enbyhet/transenbyhet and heterarospec/heteraspec/heteracespec flags! they’re for people who are trans/nonbinary, straight, and aro-/ace-/aspec! you could combine these into one term (such as transheterarospec, enbytransheteraspec, etc).

There are a bunch of transmasc flags floating around out there, but I don’t really vibe with any of them, so I made my own!   Meanings: Dark Magenta: solidarity and shared community with transfems, and all trans people Pink: gnc femininity / reclamation Orange: masculinity / empowerment White: wholeness / self-love, self- acceptance / having inherent worth and sacredness / transness Green: nonbinary transmascs / expansiveness Turquoise: intersex transmascs, transmascs who were amab, transmasc lesbians, transmasc system members, multigender transmascs, transmascs who hold complex and contradictory identities / complexity, diversity, and authenticity Blue: trans men / healing Lavender: queerness / and solidarity with all marginalized people The Rose: centering transmascs of color The Lion: strength / visibility / deserving better / referring to the existence of transmasc lions Note: this is an inclusive flag and anyone who identifies with the transmasc label can use it!

Thanks to Roman for making the lion design like a million times cleaner and nicer than it was originally.

ayyy straight aces and straight aros are hella amazing and you deserve the kind of relationship you desire <33 don't let exclusionists ruin your day, you're wonderful and awesome and you'll always have my support 🖤