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William "Billy" Kaplan (Wiccan) ([personal profile] selfhelp) wrote2013-04-20 10:13 am

[voice/written/action]

Hey, ah... Vision - I mean, Jonas - of the Young Avengers got sent home. Sorry, if you knew him.

[Why is he always full of bad news? Ugh... let’s try to be less depressing for a while.]

There’s something else I wanted to talk about today: since I got here almost a year ago I’ve noticed how there’s this huge range of cultural norms across the multiverse- which makes sense, different worlds have different standards, I get it. People who are accepted in one world aren’t tolerated in another. Luceti’s kind of an anomaly, where there’s really not much, if any prejudice. I mean, there’s the whole Malnosso versus Us mentality, but that’s because of what they do, not what they are. Basically what I’m saying is that I think that’s great, and I want to do my part to keep encouraging that universal acceptance here for the people who might not be able to get it back where they come from, open up discussions to people who might not be sure about who or what they are, um...

Okay, this is a really roundabout way of saying I want to start an LGBT club. If you don’t know what that means, here’s a breakdown:

[Below is a jotted list-

L = Lesbian = girls attracted to girls
G = Gay = guys attracted to guys
B = Bisexual = guys and girls attracted to BOTH guys and girls
T = Transgender = People who feel like they were born in the body of the wrong gender (or genderfluid)
*Q = Questioning = Anyone not sure about the above or if they apply

And then it returns to voice.]


Those are really oversimplified, and there's still a lot of other words people use to define themselves, but you get the gist of it. I’d really like to meet up with anyone who matches any those descriptions, or feels like they might, or are just curious about it. I’m gonna put up some posters with suggested meeting times and places, but if you have any questions or just want to talk about it, you can use the journal (it’s okay to be anonymous!) or come right to the school. I’ve got a table set up and I’ll be here pretty much all day. I don't know if this is going to go anywhere, but it's worth a shot, right?

One last thing- we’re looking to make this a safe place, so if you plan to come just to make fun of people: we have a Hulk.

[And true to his word, Billy will be at the school, curled up in a chair at a plain table littered with papers. He’s designing posters and doodling various symbols to use for logos. Come bother him if you like?]
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[personal profile] deathsdoctor 2013-04-22 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Law drums his fingers against his thigh. Nobody bothers him about it directly, he isn't bothered by the whispering, but he has to admit it would be nice back home among his nakama to have another person who wasn't insane about hooking up with a girl (or in Bepo's case a female bear) and thought it was best that the Captain get a woman of his own.]

Where I come from, it's difficult for a lot of people to grasp something like that exists. Or if you're completely uninterested at all. They're very... hung up on the physical aspects of attraction, I suppose... if that makes any sense.

... it does get tiresome, I admit. People will go and talk about just anything, and the talk itself has long stopped bothering me. But hearing it over and over again... well, I could do with less repetition.
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[personal profile] deathsdoctor 2013-04-25 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
It would be very nice, I agree. Luceti is as close as you get. Not that it's prejudice free, but here there's been such a lack of judgement from most.

... it's still a difficult conversation to have, even knowing that most won't. People get certain ideas about who you are and setting them straight on a few scores can cause a lot of friction.