The First Random Poem At Our New URL

TW: Christianity, homophobia, transphobia, homelessness, hate crime, murder, evangelism, genitals, suicide, pregnancy, rape, child sexual abuse, straight privilege, cis privilege, Christian privilege, lesbophobia, hypersexualization of queerness, dysphoria

Dear Christians

Dear Christians, when I'm dismissive or wary of Christianity,
Don't tell me to look at the Bible.
I already have.

Dear Christians, don't assume anyone appreciates You trying to 'share' your religion.
What is sacred to you might be triggering to me.
Respect that or I refuse to respect you.

Dear queer Christians, if you want to discuss
Religion,
You need to realize that I'm not always going to do
So in a way that benefits you.

 Dear cishet Christian women, I don't give a shit
About your ideas of purity and gender roles and Femininity.
Some girls wear crop tops and booty shorts.
Others wear bowties.
Some ladies like ladies,
And others enjoy casual sex with all kinds of men.
Some even have penises.
Get over it.
Queer women aren't required to subscribe to your
Ridiculous standards of heteronormativity.

Dear Christian men,
Unless you have a uterus,
I will only sneer at your opinions
On what I should do with mine.

Dear American Christians,
No, you aren't persecuted.
Shut up.

Dear mainstream pagan community,
Being angry about our oppression,
Marginalization, dehumanization
Doesn't equal hating Christians.
Your ability
To be 'tolerant' and defend them
Is so often a privilege
And it's one I don't have.

Dear Duggars,
Fuck you.
You knowingly stayed silent
While your son profited,
Got off scot-free
After raping your daughters.
Go to hell.

Dear Religious Right,
You say you love me
But hate my gender and sexuality
You say you care
That you just want equality.

You're willing to put up with me,
So kindly, so Christlike...
As long as I never:
Wear "men's" clothes
As if clothing had a gender.
Have an abortion
Even though my dysphoria
Would make me suicidal
If I were forced to endure pregnancy.
Make your precious cishet women
Even the slightest bit uncomfortable
Because God forbid
They breathe the same air as that
Depraved, disgusting dyke.
Practice my religion,
Even as you screech at
Anyone who dares to question yours.
Believe that people are more than genitals with legs,
Male penises and female vaginas
Walking to church
Ready to shout the Lord's name.
Ask for the rights that you take for granted,
Because apparently you can love someone
While treating them as subhuman.

And if I'm quiet and submissive
To your beliefs
You call it tolerance and equality -
Even as trans people are dying,
Even as queer teenagers live on the streets.
Because tolerance
Really means passively
Allowing your dominance.
Praise the Lord Jesus. Amen.