Comment on Yass Queen
fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 months agoConsidering that he’s been in bands with several prolific gay men, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt here. People say dumb stuff all the time and the online brain rot can be real, but I don’t think this one isn’t an ally.
A post that incidentally showed up just above this one in my feed showing that gay people are not necessarily allies to all queer people:
And just because someone is friends with a gay person is even less reason to suggest they are necessarily queer-inclusive.
I’m aware of that, but I’m pretty sure this kind of behaviour would leave a long trail than an off handed comment to a journalist looking for a hit piece. He also apologised and clarified which this article doesn’t cover. If it was more than a single event, then I’d totally see this differently, but it’s not. People are allowed to be imperfect and make mistakes.
loudwire.com/queen-brian-may-transgender-comments…
I understand why people are hypervigilant but it’s not always useful, especially when you attack people that are probably trying to help.
Thanks for the context :)
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Instigate@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Fair call mate, he might be your ally but sadly he’s not mine. I’m not sure if you’re LGBTQIA+, but if you’ve spent time in the community you’ll know that not even all of those who identify as queer or non-cis support one another. To the best of my knowledge May doesn’t openly identify as queer himself, and thinking that he’s an ally just because he’s been friends with gay and/or bi men isn’t necessarily the best indicator that he’s an ally to all peoples. Personally, I feel like that argument is pretty similar to “I can’t be racist because I have a ____ friend”.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Nah, he’s had a long history and won awards for allyship, so I’m going to go ahead and bet on that rather than offhand tablod comments that are attacking a 75 year old man that likely isn’t internet savvy.
Instigate@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Like I said mate, fair call. If he’s your ally, then so be it.