Y'all know what this is about

And if you don't, I'm not gonna be explaining it. No more attention needs to be directed towards the parties in question than already has, so let's just keep it at that.

I just wanna say two things because I feel like they need to be said by like.... Someone.

First off, I'm incredibly uncomfortable with the level of interaction I've had with the person in question. I know many people probably are-- they weren't exactly low-profile, and ran a few onsite events that were followed by many, both as participators and as spectators. I don't like that this person has read and interacted with my work. I don't like that I cared what they thought about it.

I'm going to be wiping any trace of a connection with this person, their group, and their events from my profile. I encourage you all to do the same. Don't make it a big deal, just... Quietly remove links from descriptions and stories from groups. Delete comments if you have to. Anything you can to wipe away some of the fingerprints this person has left on the site.

Second, I want to say a brief little tidbit on the nature of pride. I see this sort of need to define who is and isn't queer pretty frequently-- written definitions get tossed around every now and again, and they're always misguided. The point of social and political advocacy groups isn't to try to define who belongs in a given community, the point is to provide support for those who need support. In any community, there are going to be people who need help and people who do not, and the kinds of help they require are going to be different. Definitions make it hard to provide this support, as they will always end up excluding people who need the community's help, and (as is the case here) including people who do not.

I don't wanna start diagnosing problems with queer community--I'm not an expert--but I'm going to make a small plea for common sense over rigid definitions. Certain people do not need the support of the queer community, and that could be for a variety of reasons-- some groups identify as LGBT while simultaneously beating down on other members of the community (such as TERFs, ace/aro exclusionists, or MOGAI exclusionists). Some queer people are not good people. Some queer people harm other queer people. It's okay to say so, and it's okay to cut them out.

Removing pedophiles from the queer community will always be the right thing to do. It is not the job of queer people to support pedophiles, and it never will be.