I just thought I should share.
I found this account on instagram through a friend. The person who made he account is trying to get 20k followers and if they do, their mom will use their preferred pronouns (they/them). You all can decide for yourself how real it is, but I thought this was worth sharing for those of you who have Instagram. The account is 20transteen
If you don’t agree with this, please don’t post anything negative on this chat. I’m just trying to signal boost this.
I'm not for it, but I'm not against it. I'll follow. I know it'll make them feel a whole lot better. Every person counts!
Thank you for signal boosting this, Moxie! I'll definitely start following them
whoa I follow them already
That's… Not quite as dark as I was expecting to hear (my brain sees the word "important" and immediately thinks either junk mail or funerals). I'm not sure why their mom chose to wait till that amount (almost seems like something someone would lie about for attention)…? But it's for a good cause so I'll believe it. I would follow them but I don't have an Instagram yet. I'm hoping to get one soon.
I don't have instagram, but I'll make an account to follow them.
They showed a text conversation from their mom confirming it and they said they don’t care if people stop following after New Years (the date they have to get the followers). Again, you can decide for yourself whether this is real or not, I just thought I’d spread the word.
How many do they have now?
I just checked, and they’re at 18.8k
Now it's 19.1!
19.3k!
19.5K!
I follwed them on all three of mine.
I follwed them on all three of mine.
19.8k!
19.9k!
20k!!!!!
THEY GOT IT?
HOLLY SHIT!
YES!!! I said that exactly like three seconds after they got to 20,000 I was just sitting there refreshing the page and watching them slowly get there!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
Yeah I was doing the same!!!
Ha I'm just looking at the mom's response 'Fine if you get 20k followers on a new account by New Years. Which is impossible BTW. I will consider it.' NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH THE POWER OF QUEER!
Not trying to be dramatic but wtf that's such a dick move on their mom's part….
It sounds staged. It really does. I'm starting to question if I truly believe it or not
I've seen many instances of queer people who lied about homophobia to get attention, for example, one time a go-fund-me page was started after a gay person decorated her(? don't know their gender) yard with a few subtle but still lgbt+ decorations and got a note from her neighbor telling her to take the stuff down because he(?) found it offensive. It was later proven after she raised a few thousand dollars that she had written the note herself. So I'm kinda starting to wonder now that I'm actually seeing the texts.
I mean even if it’s fake, what’s the harm? The admin said they’re fine with people unfollowing them after New Years, which is in two days.
Well, the person who faked the letter ended up refunding everyone's money, so it's not as bad as it seems. Just saying that real quick. Also, I guess there's no harm, it just really feels fake, no mom is actually that much of a jerk. Even if I was queer I'm pretty sure my (Very Catholic, Right-winged) mother would treat me just the same, she might not be 100% supportive but she would never say anything mean to me or make impossible promises, and she'd make an effort to learn pronouns. (Which would fail most of the time but she has trouble getting my name right, so I'd go easy on her) So yeah, I dunno…
My older brother, on the other hand, would think I've lost my mind and am turning into a pile of cringe. But then again he already thinks that of me, apparently liking Vocaloid and preferring Japanese art supplies makes you a weeb. I have watched maybe two animes.
Well personally, if I ever come out to my parents I know they will never look at me the same again. I also know that countless lgbtq+ youth have been kicked out of their homes in America. I don’t know the exact number, but I know that it’s high. So some parents can actually be like that. Quite a few actually.
Yes there are many piece of shit parents who would assault their children or kick them out. There are many parents who abuse their children for no reason at all and even more who do to their lgbtq+ children. Plenty of parents are that much of jerks.