A thread:

Friends upset about people unfollowing you for being your true self- married, queer, switching platforms, etc:

Your tweets are indicative of your hurt and I feel you, but know for every one of those ethereal wisps, those button pushes pressed in a void where...

...real life doesn’t exist, made by a child or a bot or someone who just doesn’t know you... for every one of those, the rest of us -those of us who do care- would follow you more if that were an option. You’re always gonna have unfollowers for living your truth because you’ll...

...always have unfollowers for living at all. None of this is real. It exists but it isn’t tangible, it doesn’t love you, and it doesn’t really matter, so don’t hang your hopes on it. My hopes are on seeing the faces of you all IRL again.

Take care of yourselves