hey folks-

I've seen a few posts lately where people have posted slurs to the public timeline - if you're going to do this please tag your content using the CW button as not everyone's gonna be okay reading this kind of stuff

we're not trying to police language too much here except when it comes to the public timeline where folks don't have a choice whether or not they see it

additionally- it's okay to self-identify with slurs as an act of reclamation- the use of slurs as identifiers in your name (like if you were "thefag" or "trendybitch") is generally gonna be okay in our book

and no this isn't me sitting here wagging my finger, friends- i have a lot of patience for this kind of behavior as i know it's hard to unlearn and often done without realizing it's harmful

all i ask is you keep an open mind about how you interact publicly and do your best <3