actual aggressions we may encounter.So it’s strange – no, enraging – that when it comes to acceptance and tolerance, sometimes the naysayers and detractors can include other LGBT+ people.
Far too often, the call is coming from inside the house.Whether it’s the evergreen ‘kink at Pride’ debate, the reluctance of some cis gay people to use a person’s they/them pronouns, racism masquerading as ‘preference’, or – as we’ve seen far too often recently – the constant vilification and othering of trans people; it never ceases to amaze me how often we as a community can be guilty of standing in the way of real progress for our own queer siblings.It’s as if we’re constantly being let down by pockets of people (generally speaking, often my fellow.