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[–]PassionateIntensity 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

When I first read it I was disappointed, but the more I thought about it, the angrier I am. I feel like Ellen backstabbed and used the lesbian community. I need someone to ask her if she lied about being a lesbian. How can she come out that emotionally, with that much detail about her life and how it made her feel then take it all back? She just went back into the closet as far as I'm concerned, and I won't forgive her for it. She's not brave. These women are brave.

[–]Shesstealthy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's interesting because a friend shared a story on FB recently with a headline about EP receiving "transphobic hate" on Twitter. Now I know some women have definitely said things that could be construed as transphobic but the example they gave was literally someone saying "Well I guess I'm glad they're happy but I feel so sad that we've lost another lesbian". How tf is that transphobic?

I don't think EP owes it to lesbiankind to maintain a female identity if this really matters to her. But expressing sadness about her not being a lesbian any more isn't transphobic or hateful. Nobody ever said people are full of homophobic hate if they express disappointment that a star who comes out is now "off the market" for their fantasies.