Beyond the Plus adheres to beliefs and values that we hold dear to our hearts, it's what drives us to put in the time and effort into our cause to raise awareness for all orientations and identities. Beyond the Plus believes in:
Autonomy
Autonomy is respecting that everyone is in charge of their own person. It means that consent is important, and everyone gets to decide what consent means for them. It means that if someone identifies a certain way, then they should have the resources to transition however they see fit. This core belief is what drives us to fight for orientation and identity.
Equality
Lots of groups in the world are oppressed. Stigma against love of an oppressed group is emplaced because people want to maintain control over that group. The only path to liberation is equality, and that means that the ones we love need the rights they deserve, and that everyone should be treated equally no matter what.
Sex Positivity
Sex positivity is the belief that sex is a natural part of our lives as reproductive animals, and that there shouldn't be a stigma around it. Sex is a normal part of our species, and as such, it shouldn't be treated as the taboo topic that it is. We believe that resources for sex and relationships should be available to everyone who wants it, and that sex education is important.
Queerness
Queer means weird, and that's something you can't define. Gatekeeping is used to try and prevent who can and can't use a label, but labels and communities are growing all the time. We believe that anyone can be queer in their own way, and that telling someone their orientation or identity isn't valid isn't right. First it was gay men, then lesbians, then trans people, and to this day various groups are trying to justify why their initial should be added to "LGBT", but if we continue letting in one group at a time, we'll never see a day where everyone accepted. It's time to end the gatekeeping and just be "queer".
Love
Our organization is founded on the belief of inclusionism over exclusionism. Many hate groups over time have tried to justify their hate, saying that anyone who doesn't accept them is being hypocritical, but we know that including people who hate others is not the way to go. Our foundation is love, and including someone on the basis that they want to exclude others just doesn't make sense. Hate has no home here.
Unity
One group on their own can make change, but when two groups of similar people are fighting for the same rights, it spreads out what could be a larger movement. We believe that by sticking to a general cause, we can unite more people than an organization fighting for one group. By banding together over the beliefs of Autonomy, Equality, Sex Positivity, Queerness, Love, and Unity, we can do more together than we can apart.