There was a drastic difference between the reception Ranboo and Dream received when they announced themselves as unlabeled individuals, and everyone knows. Dream was not received nearly as well as Ranboo, and while we could look at things like who is more hated or who has a bigger fan base, there is a deeper, more pressing issue that needs to be discussed. Even if people are more accepting today than in past times, there are still many issues within the LGBTQA community. One particular issue has everything to do with people and their perception of queerness and who is deemed queer enough. This issue is perfectly put in the spotlight by the recent Ranboo/Dream Queerness drama as there is one crucial difference between Ranboo and Dream.

As people lose the idea that being heterosexual is the default, people begin to explore themselves and how they love with much more room, and people like Dream and Ranboo who don't want to be labeled as anything have emerged. In a perfect community, they both would have been received the same, but that wasn't the case. Ranboo is "okay with the gay label," this is crucial as between Ranboo and Dream, Ranboo is the only one to express consent towards being labeled a more accepted sexuality in the community. Dream on the other hand, "is comfortable with who he is" and doesn't "want to pressure [him]self into making a decision." Both men expressed their sexualities upon being called out for poking fun at queer situations, therefore the argument that one of them was being queerphobic can't really be made.

Many people from both Dream and Ranboo's fanbase have expressed that Dream is not valid because he continues to make jokes about LGBTQA related issues without wanting to take on the label of gay. That he is trying to avoid the discrimination and pain that comes with being gay by saying he is unlabeled, despite him never stating he wasn't queer, just that he wasn't gay and didn't want to be labeled as such, and so Dream is deemed not queer enough. This 'I have it harder than you' mentality is ultimately harmful to queer people because it pushes the idea that queer spectrum is sharp and cut, black and white, and anything that blends into those borders is not enough.

As someone who considers themselves bisexual, but isn't a 'raging' bisexual, this makes me extremely insecure about my own sexuality and validity. I am not someone who has ever had raging crushes on women, I like men much more than I like women. While I had thoughts about pretty women like justaMinx and two other female coworkers, I never had a crush on them, just thought they would be nice to date. I am led to believe that I am not valid because I don't consider myself gay or am okay with that label. Though I am not straight either. But is that even true when I have never experienced a crush or had sexual desires about a woman? Am I just faking liking women because I don't understand what attraction really is? Am I really just a deceptive straight person like they claim Dream to be?

I thought the goal of the LGBTQA community was to create an inclusive space where people could love however they wanted to. This behavior of telling someone that they aren't gay enough and that they should be discriminated to be worthy of a title is self contradicting. There is no inclusiveness if people who lay between the community sections aren't accepted. I believe it's because of such things as this that people like me don't feel comfortable claiming themselves part of the community, not because they aren't queer enough but because they aren't welcomed. This drama wasn't about putting Dream and Ranboo against each other, it was about the hypocrisy of their fanbases towards queer people who rest within blurred borders. Nobody is mad at Ranboo for being unlabeled, we are mad at his fanbase and the people who said Dream is not queer enough.

Queer people have struggles and face discrimination too. 

Stop twisting our words. 

Notes from Author:

• I feel like my brain is eating me alive. This a rant post, made by someone who has no friends to talk to about this issue, in an attempt to quiet down my brain..

• I will admit that I am biased towards Dream more than I am towards Ranboo. While I like both CCs, I see myself in Dream much more than Ranboo. I also have a mild Internet crush on Ranboo. Dream is someone i would like to be friends with, Ranboo is someone i would like to date.

• I've tried to keep myself out of social media for the last couple of hours, other personal circumstances haven't allowed me to get past this topic. I would like to say that I'm not looking for validation, but I am. I also know that any encouraging words from people will enter my skull and exit promptly. So there really is no point to this post. I just want it out of my head.