PterinochilusSarah
Allow me to introduce myself--
My IGN is Pterinochilus, but my name is Sarah. Both names are unique in that I chose both of them for myself. My IGN was chosen because it's the genus of an African tarantula and spiders are a passion of mine.
My other name was chosen because I'm transgender.
I was assigned male at birth (IE "it's a boy!") but all my life I've felt more female. That is, I have a female mind inside a male body.
I also identify as a lesbian, because I am attracted to women and also consider myself to be a woman.
For many trans people, myself included, this comes with pretty rough experiences-- just the other night, my mother told me repeatedly to "man up" and said that how I felt was an abomination to God. Many other trans men and women face similar struggles, and it often ends tragically for them.
Most gender psychology scholars can tell you that forty-one percent of all trans people attempt or commit suicide. Approximately thirty percent of gay and lesbian people have attempted or committed suicide. This is compared to approximately five percent of the rest of the general population-- as you can see, the number of gay and lesbian suicide attempts is six times as high as the general population; transgender suicide attempts are a staggering eight times as common.
All this, and I haven't even mentioned the rates of violent crime towards the LGBT community.
Studies show that as much as 10% of the population of the world identifies with the LGBTQ+ community. One in every ten people you meet could very well be gay, bisexual, lesbian, or transgender. You never know the struggle that these folks are going through.
This is why I'm asking Mazey FlyFF to take part in National Coming Out Day on Sunday, October 11th, 2015. It's a day that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and encourages those who are still "closeted" to come out and accept who they are. How, you ask?
I would like the server to make same-sex couples possible.
A small gesture, but a meaningful one for those who would be affected.
I would also like to add a special cloak vendor for one day who would sell, for an affordable price, cloaks based off of the LGBTQ+ flags. The name could be [Cloak Vendor] Obergefell, in honor of James Obergefell, the plaintiff in the Obergefell vs. Hodges Supreme Court case that ruled same-sex marriage a constitutional right in the United States.
These cloaks would be representative of the LGBTQ+ community and would show their colors.
Rainbow for the gay and lesbian flag; pink, blue, and purple for the bisexual flag; pink, white, and blue for the transgender flag; and pink, yellow, and blue for the pansexual flag (among others).
I think that some fashion-only, non-statted (or low-statted) cloaks for the LGBTQ+ community could be a positive change for the server that would go unnoticed by those unnaffected but would be overwhelmingly meaningful to those who would want them. If only for a day, it's something I'd very much like to see happen.
I will be glad to answer questions both here and ingame.
-Edit- It seems that same-sex couples are already available. As I would like to see the rest of this suggestion be implemented, I will be leaving it up.
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My IGN is Pterinochilus, but my name is Sarah. Both names are unique in that I chose both of them for myself. My IGN was chosen because it's the genus of an African tarantula and spiders are a passion of mine.
My other name was chosen because I'm transgender.
I was assigned male at birth (IE "it's a boy!") but all my life I've felt more female. That is, I have a female mind inside a male body.
I also identify as a lesbian, because I am attracted to women and also consider myself to be a woman.
For many trans people, myself included, this comes with pretty rough experiences-- just the other night, my mother told me repeatedly to "man up" and said that how I felt was an abomination to God. Many other trans men and women face similar struggles, and it often ends tragically for them.
Most gender psychology scholars can tell you that forty-one percent of all trans people attempt or commit suicide. Approximately thirty percent of gay and lesbian people have attempted or committed suicide. This is compared to approximately five percent of the rest of the general population-- as you can see, the number of gay and lesbian suicide attempts is six times as high as the general population; transgender suicide attempts are a staggering eight times as common.
All this, and I haven't even mentioned the rates of violent crime towards the LGBT community.
Studies show that as much as 10% of the population of the world identifies with the LGBTQ+ community. One in every ten people you meet could very well be gay, bisexual, lesbian, or transgender. You never know the struggle that these folks are going through.
This is why I'm asking Mazey FlyFF to take part in National Coming Out Day on Sunday, October 11th, 2015. It's a day that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and encourages those who are still "closeted" to come out and accept who they are. How, you ask?
I would like the server to make same-sex couples possible.
A small gesture, but a meaningful one for those who would be affected.
I would also like to add a special cloak vendor for one day who would sell, for an affordable price, cloaks based off of the LGBTQ+ flags. The name could be [Cloak Vendor] Obergefell, in honor of James Obergefell, the plaintiff in the Obergefell vs. Hodges Supreme Court case that ruled same-sex marriage a constitutional right in the United States.
These cloaks would be representative of the LGBTQ+ community and would show their colors.
Rainbow for the gay and lesbian flag; pink, blue, and purple for the bisexual flag; pink, white, and blue for the transgender flag; and pink, yellow, and blue for the pansexual flag (among others).
I think that some fashion-only, non-statted (or low-statted) cloaks for the LGBTQ+ community could be a positive change for the server that would go unnoticed by those unnaffected but would be overwhelmingly meaningful to those who would want them. If only for a day, it's something I'd very much like to see happen.
I will be glad to answer questions both here and ingame.
-Edit- It seems that same-sex couples are already available. As I would like to see the rest of this suggestion be implemented, I will be leaving it up.
Posted via Mobile Device.