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I’m interested to see the full-body flinch Hux does about as much as I am the proprietary, dominance-establishing handling Kylo does to him. Do you really think Kylo would straighten Peavey’s collar? Or Pryde’s? I think not. But he does Hux’s.

Also, Hux did not flinch from Snoke, even though he was onscreen assaulted by him. What the holy hells has happened over the intervening months that has Hux cringing from Ren’s mere outstretched hand? And looking terrified to be touched by him?

Is that lieutenant in the screen reaching up defensively toward his throat? That looks like a gloved hand at the base of his neck and not the usual collar folds. They weren’t even having that threatening a conversation. You’re telling me (or rather, the artist is showing me) that any random convo with Ren might turn into choking. That’s possibly worse than what we saw with Snoke.

Dark. Very dark stuff. Like if Darth Vader had been in charge of the empire, constantly taking out his hot rage on anyone near him. The emperor was … well, a bit more chill.

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straight passing privilege doesn’t exist

I’d actually argue that it does. I’m in a relationship with a man, so if I come across someone who’s hostile to queer people, I can use my relationship to deflect that hostility away from me. Ace people, gay people, gender nonconforming people, and anyone who isn’t attracted to the ‘opposite’ gender dont have that same opportunity because most likely they’re not in a straight looking relationship.

It’s conditional “privilege” that only exists while you remain closeted. In order to access that “privilege”, you can’t talk about who you are, and you have to hide part of your identity. As soon as you tell somebody you’re bi, it’s gone. It’s generally used to invalidate bi people based on the gender of their current partner, and deny access to support and communities, and it involves making assumption about the gender of the people in the relationship.

And you know what? Gay people /do/ have the option of not talking about their relationship or sexuality, assuming they’re not with their partner at the time. But literally nobody argues that that’s a reasonable or positive thing because /it’s not/ a reasonable expectation. But when bi people have to not talk about their sexuality in order to be safe? That’s a privilege apparently.

And ace people? Ace people are told /all the time/ that they don’t “really” face discrimination because their asexuality isn’t obviously visible, especially heteromantic aces. People argue /all the time/ that ace people “have that same opportunity” to access the “privilege” of being assumed straight.

Being assumed straight isn’t a privilege. It’s heteronormativity. And heteronormativity hurts /everybody/ who’s not straight, no matter what their relationship.

Someone being hostile to lgbtqa+ people is someone being hostile to ME, no matter what they know about me, no matter if im out to them. “Straight privilege” doesn’t protect me from them. I will internalize their message, their homophobia. I will need to quickly reassess my personal safety and wellbeing. If they’re violent, I will be concerned about being outed to them. If I have to work with them or see them frequently (in class or in the community, through mutual friends or whatever), I will deal with high levels of anxiety and discomfort and uncertainty whenever they’re around. If it’s a straight woman friend expressing lesbophobia, I will feel guilt, shame, discomfort, fear the way straight women have made me feel since I was a teenager…like I don’t have the privilege to not go through this shit just because people assume wrongly that everyone is straight until proven otherwise.

In some ways, it can be worse. You’d be amazed the shit ppl will say when they think no queer ppl can hear them, and there’s something uniquely hurtful about hearing ppl you thought were safe suddenly saying queerphobic shit because they don’t know they’re talking about you.

oh fuck man i just gotta restate this part because people don’t get it

Being assumed straight isn’t a privilege. It’s heteronormativity.

It’s a privilege to be assumed heterosexual in a world that privileges heterosexuals.

It’s hardly a privilege when literally any of us can access it if we just closet ourselves hard enough. When a privilege is available to everyone, it by definition stops being a privilege. Being assumed straight isn’t a privilege, it’s a painful survival strategy that doesn’t even protect us 100%.

Straight TM people have Straight people privilege because they are not personally affected by any of the hatred directed at non-Straight people, in any way. But pretending to be Straight doesn’t actually make us Straight. We still know what we are, and the hatred directed at that part of our identity does not stop causing damage to us just because Straight people aren’t aware that they’re talking about me. Actually read the responses above you next time. It’s literally right there.

People on Tumblr actually read what they’re replying to challenge 2019

Sadly, that’s a challenge that’s never going to take off.