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I actually viscerally hate the phrase "you don't have to understand me, you just have to accept me" because ignorant acceptance isn't real acceptance, only the facade of it.
It works temporarily when trying to get your homophobic aunt to respect your pronouns, but in the long run that lack of understanding that you've ALLOWED is exactly what leads to misinformation and bigoted rhetoric spreading online about minorities, especially about people within the lgbtq, and ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY transgender individuals who use neopronouns and identify with xenogenders.
If you don't understand me, you don't truly accept me. Do some fucking research into the things that your friends and family identify with.


