Negative Secrets

Sometimes there are secrets that are hateful. Nasty. Cruel. Homophobic. Transphobic. Bipohobic. Heterophobic. All the other phobics. Otherwise bigoted. That is the nature of the thing; when you ask for secrets, there is badness.

I don’t censor them unless they deal in incitement of violence. But sometimes, even secrets I think might be hateful-for-the-sake-of-it get posted. Why? Because every time something negative has been posted, I’ve seen the responses, and that have been powerful, and they tackle prejudice and misguided attitudes head on. Reblogged reaction to these secrets are just as powerful for people as the secrets being posted.

Queer Secrets isn’t about silencing the negativity within our own community, neither is it about promoting it, it is about tackling it by giving it a forum, and the wider community a forum in which to react and confront it. Do this by reblogging, not sending in “rebuttal secrets”, or sending messages that are either accusatory (you posted X, you must be X-phobic), or threatening. Neither help tackle the opinion you’re so angered by, they simply make this a harder task to do.

  1. ablabsolute reblogged this from queersecrets
  2. laynealexander reblogged this from queersecrets and added:
    You’re still fucking stupid. Jus’ sayinnnn’ =]
  3. pachypodiumhorombense reblogged this from iuwaehfoaiuwhefoiaulfjqn and added:
    Thi reminds me of when I see something despicable i.e. whaling on So Fucking Metal. I’m annoyed by it but then I...
  4. masculinetoast reblogged this from besttumblr
  5. besttumblr reblogged this from iuwaehfoaiuwhefoiaulfjqn and added:
    Two things are true: the public needs to be educated on queer issues, and queer people (or whoever the group in question...
  6. iuwaehfoaiuwhefoiaulfjqn reblogged this from queersecrets and added:
    Sorry, but it’s not...oppressed’s duty to enlighten...know...
  7. confidential reblogged this from queersecrets and added:
    There has been massive outcry from...Tumblr public about
  8. inpraiseofshame reblogged this from queersecrets and added:
    I agree with this, and...think boycotting queersecrets because
  9. gavinsaurusrex reblogged this from queersecrets and added:
    a place of rampant censorship. I agree, it’s important to have a forum for these sometimes
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