[ID: Two nearly identical flags. The flag has nine stripes, with all of them except for one being the same width. The middle stripe is twice as large as the other stripes. The stripe colors are: dark blue, dark green, yellowish green, off-white, pale sea green, off-white, yellowish green, dark green, and dark blue. The second flag has the symbol of a turtle over top, its silhouette in black. End ID]
What is paraqueer?
Paraqueer is inherently pro paraphilia and anti contact. It is a term meant be used by queer paraphiles. You can only use this term if you are queer and a para.
Paraqueers understand the importance of consent and are strictly anti contact for any paras that would be nonconsensual or harming to others if acted upon. They know that children and animals can never consent.
Paraqueers know that they can be proud of their paras without harming other people, and they support other paras. Paraqueers also support recovery for those who desire it and finding coping mechanisms. They understand that thought crimes do not exist.
Paraqueers know that paraphilias do not necessarily make them queer; however, their paraphilias can interact with their queer identities.
Turtle and mountain emojis can be used as symbols for paraqueers. (🐢⛰️) (🏞️🐢) (🏔️🐢), (🐢🗻), etc.
Paraqueers support:
Anti-contact
Kink
Sex workers
Plurality/Systems
“Contradictory” labels
Mspec lesbians/gays
Lesboys and turigirls
Neopronouns, xenogenders, and neurogenders
Those who are aspec, including aplatonic
Freaks and weirdos
Polyamory
Disabled people
Body inclusivity
Self-shipping
Informed self-diagnosis
People with personality disorders (including NPD, ASPD, BPD, etc)
People with mental disorders/who are mentally ill
Neurodivergency
Stigmatized disorders
Accessibility
Fictionkin/Otherkin/Therian/Alterhuman/etc
Cringe/being authentic
Solidarity
Identities they do not understand
Paraqueers are against:
Pro contact/contact neutral/contact complex/anyone who claims that children or animals can consent
