History Inclusionism
History Inclusionist is a specific discourse-adjacent label, made to cater to a specific variety of inclusivity about personal identity.In regards to online LGBT discourse, there are many definitions for the word "inclusionist." It can be difficult to tell what someone online means when they label as an "inclusionist".Because of the current nature of online discourse, History inclusionist is meant to be a more clearly defined word, with a specific coining and a set in place list of what that means. The hope is to allow people to quickly state their "stances" and find each others who feel the same.
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"History Inclusionism" refers to being inclusive of personal identities based on the identity being:
A self affirmed personal identity (locatable only within a person's interaction with and relations to the world around you)
Historically shown to be included in an identity subculture (Such as in a notable number of personal accounts, poems, zines, books, or other media from a subculture)
Shown to be non harmful to other identities or persons (Such as in more than one professional study)
Examples:
- Different studies over human history have concluded that being raised by gay parents doesn't cause inherent harm to children. Therefore, gay relationships are provably shown to be non harmful. They are included here.
- Different self-reports, comics, zines, and other writings from the past 60 years mention male lesbians, bi lesbians, and lesbians in relationships with men. Therefore, it is historically shown to be included in lesbian culture, and is included here.
- Studies, reports, and other examinations by professionals over the course of human history have come to the conclusion that minors in relationships with adults cannot consent and are harmed by those "relationships." Therefore, personal identities that try to justify these "relationships" are not included here.
"Personal Identity"?
"Personal Identity" is a purposefully broad term meant to apply to most self-affirmed forms of identification (plurality status, orientation, gender, etc). (Please see the FAQ for more detailed explanations of this, of the sections below, and sources to justify why each bullet point is there!)
Being a History Inclusionist means that you are in complete support of the following:
Plurality which does not attribute its origins to trauma
Lesbians who are also male / Gay men who are also female
Lesbians who are also mspec (bi, pan, poly, etc) / Gay men who are also mspec
Transgender / nonbinary people who don't experience dysphoria or only feel euphoria
Nonbinary genders, including xenogenders / nonbinary genders that are "atypical" (based on fictional characters, highly specific, based on animals, etc)
"Atypical" relationship formats such as polyamorous relationships, relationship anarchy, kink-focused relationships, etc (Or generally any other form of relationship between two or more consenting people that would not fall under anything on the list below this)
Gender presentations which conflict with and/or defy the expected norm (Women who use he/him pronouns, men who present feminine, etc)
Being a History Inclusionist means that you absolutely do not tolerate or support the following:
Acting on or encouraging attraction to children as an adult (Pedophilia)
Acting on, encouraging attraction to, or associating positive feelings with the attraction to one's family members (Incest)
Acting on or encouraging attraction to, or associating positive feelings with the attraction to animals (Zoophilia)
Arguing with other members of the LGBT community over who is allowed to use derogatory words (Q-eer, f-ggot, d-ke, and so on)
TransID/TransX communities, the idea that someone can transition into or identify as an age, disorder, or condition they physically are not or do not have (transrace/diarace/trace, transabled/transdisorder/'transplural'/transautistic, and so on)
