you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]florasisHOMOSEXUAL FEMALE/Pussy is my God and I'm monotheist 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Actually you are right. There is no really an LGB community. To be fair, I don't even like most of lesbian community, let alone gay community lol

The umbrella term came when homosexuality was a big taboo, so people who were homosexuals come together to fight for liberation.

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Eh I still think even then it did more harm than good. They never made anything "accepted" they just lumped homosexuals and trans together and said "look, it's freaks for you to gawk at and use as entertainment"

[–]RedditHatesLesbiansHomosexual Not Queer 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Honestly was gay marriage even a real victory? As far as I know you don't get any more benefits than you would in, say, a civil partnership, and getting it made us equal on paper so people felt free to discriminate against us as much as they'd like after that. It didn't change attitudes, homophobes stayed homophobic, only it gave the whole LGBT activists nothing to do so they went into TQ to keep funding. I once heard a quote that it should be any activists goal to go jobless but I think that's rarely ever actually the case.

[–]Feather 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In the U.S., federally recognized marriages come with significantly more rights and benefits, so yes, it was a huge victory with potentially life-altering results for many people.