to all the cishet ace/aro people who made jokes about killing LGBT people, or all the aces who made jokes about the dirty allos dying, whether it was by shooting, a mass STD outbreak (how original!), or otherwise, here you go. it’s your lucky fucking day! today, 50 people at an LGBT nightclub were shot dead, and another 53 were injured. this is a cause for your celebration! after all, this is what you wanted, right?

i don’t think that any of the people who made these threats or said these things fully understood their impact. so let me explain it to you. 

there are still people who kill us. there are still people who want to kill us. and those people started by making threats like yours.  maybe this wasn’t your intent. maybe you didn’t know the kind of fear words like yours can cause. maybe you’re a part of the LGBT community yourself, and only made jokes about the dirty allos getting STDs and dying, so you think that i’m not talking to you right now. but i am. as long as LGBT people are still dying, your words have weight and will continue to make us distrust and hate you. take this time to think and reflect on what we have been telling you for months and see if you still want us all to die.