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The past several years has been...a lot.
I'm queer. I'm trans. I'm of Ukranian descent. I'm Jewish. I'm an artist. I'm autistic. I've seen multiple core pieces of myself turned into symbols as a "joke", tied directly to hate speech, every day. Even down to how I color my hair, which I do just because it makes me smile a little when I look in the mirror. And I need that little smile.
It sucks to see poll after poll that lays out /exactly/ how many people would shrug over your permanent "silence". Like "statistically, this is how many people hate even the idea of you". And it leads me to some very dark places.
I don't need everyone to love or even like me. But I could do without the world constantly feeding the self-loathing parts of my brain more material to hurt myself with.

Description
The past several years has been...a lot.
I'm queer. I'm trans. I'm of Ukranian descent. I'm Jewish. I'm an artist. I'm autistic. I've seen multiple core pieces of myself turned into symbols as a "joke", tied directly to hate speech, every day. Even down to how I color my hair, which I do just because it makes me smile a little when I look in the mirror. And I need that little smile.
It sucks to see poll after poll that lays out /exactly/ how many people would shrug over your permanent "silence". Like "statistically, this is how many people hate even the idea of you". And it leads me to some very dark places.
I don't need everyone to love or even like me. But I could do without the world constantly feeding the self-loathing parts of my brain more material to hurt myself with.