To put it simply, gatekeeping is an act when someone takes it upon themselves to decide who does or does not have access or rights to a community or identity (“You can’t be a real Phoebe Bridgers fan, you just discovered her. Real fans follow her since at least Stranger in the Alps.”) If this sounds ridiculous to you, don’t worry. You’re not alone.

There’s a subreddit called r/GatesOpenComeOnIn and it describes itself as the polar opposite of gatekeeping. Created in 2018, this online community collects and shares pictures of wholesome acts of kindness when people had each other’s backs. Whether it’s encouraging everyone to share their Spotify Wrapped or simply allowing someone to feel tired, it doesn’t take much to acknowledge another person’s emotions, thoughts, experiences, values, and beliefs. Continue scrolling and check out how it’s done.

#1 Read Whatever You Want

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#2 Bikinis For Boys

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#3 Friendly Encouragement

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#4 We Are All Nerds Together

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#5 Do What Makes You Happy For You

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#6 Felt Like This Might Belong Here

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#7 Minding Your Own Business Is Free

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#8 Making Your Child Happy

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#9 Just Flush

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#10 Gay Pride Can Be Whatever You Want/Need It To Be

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#11 Anyone Can Be Tired!

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#12 Gonna Remember Who Spoke To Me And Who Didn’t

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#13 Good Guy Owner

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#14 Witches vs. Patriarchy

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#15 Never Too Late To Join A Movement

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#16 Learning Is Awesome

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#17 Shout Out To The Solo Eaters

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#18 Stress Relief

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#19 Unexpected Pet

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#20 Do Whatever Makes You Happy

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#21 Someone I Went To School With Posted This About Giving Their Son A Unicorn-Themed Birthday Bash. Positive Parenting For The Win

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#22 Taking Care Of Your Mental Health Is Important

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#23 It’s The Thought That Counts

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#24 Read What You Love

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#25 Money Is Power, But Also Not

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#26 Everyone Deserves The Right To Complain

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#27 Ok Zoomer

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#28 Nice To See This

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#29 Oh Thank You

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#30 How Lovely

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#31 Come On In And Long As You’re Nice

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#32 Hi Milly

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#33 Accept Everyone And Respect Their Decisions Y’all

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#34 The World Is Ready

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#35 Good Reminder

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#36 Wholesome Patriotism

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#37 Family Is A Family Is A Family

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#38 Halloween For Everyone!

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#39 If It Makes You Happy

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#40 They Had Us In The First Half

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#41 Gates Open Slide On In!

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#42 Final Fantasy

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#43 We’re All In This Together

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#44 Speak Everything

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#45 Come On In! Keep Trying

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#46 Very Positive Message I Saw Scrolling Through IG

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#47 Gotta Clean Up

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#48 Everybody Say Thank You To Andy

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#49 You’re Doing Just Fine

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#50 It’s Spooky Season

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#51 Spotify Wrapped

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#52 On Self-Diagnosis

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#53 Melon Flavored Jellyfish’s Mom Says The Gates Are Open

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#54 Never Too Late For New Beginnings

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#55 Wholesome

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#56 Dad Knows Best

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#57 You Get To Decide How You Define Being “Grownup”

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#58 Let People Live!

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#59 Showing Respect For One Another’s Professions

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#60 Gym Doors Open, Come Inside

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#61 Sorry. I Just Had To. It’s Too Nice

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#62 Everybody Is Something

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#63 I Love Sharing My Book Collection

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#64 I’m Sure Many Of Us Needed To Hear This

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#65 Do What You Like

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#66 What Counts As Traveling?

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#67 Jesus Never Stutters

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#68 Blake Knows What’s Up

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#69 Perfect

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#70 Always Puts A Smile On My Face

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#71 We Are All Just Humans Trying To Make It To Tomorrow

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#72 I Swear To God

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#73 For Those That Might Not Have Known, And Those That Know But Needed To Hear It All The Same

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#74 We All Handsome

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#75 Fixed It

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#76 A Little Advice For The Ladies

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#77 Make Those Comics!

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#78 Does This Truck Count?

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#79 We’ve All Been There

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#80 Sizes

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#81 Southern Hospitality

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#82 One Of My Favorite Tweeters With His Gates Wide Open!

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#83 All Consoles Are Good!

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#84 Ian Opining The Gates

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#85 I Decided To Make Some Original Content, Am I Doing It Right?

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#86 Nobody Cares If You Can’t Dance Well. Just Get Up And Dance

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#87 Better Late Than Never

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#88 Girl In Red’s Music Is For Everyone

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#89 No Hamsters!

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#90 All Allies Welcome!

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#91 Just Let Them

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#92 We’re All In This Bumpy Sweaty Party Together

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