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[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 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 -  (2 children)

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.

[–]florasisHOMOSEXUAL FEMALE/Pussy is my God and I'm monotheist 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

No, gay marriage was just for callign something marriage, civil unions were good enough. They legalized gay marriage and the former gay community stopped giving a fuck about gays. It would have be better to stop at civil union.

[–]Feather 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In the United States, civil unions were never anywhere close to as good or comprehensive as federally recognized marriages. Federally recognized marriages come with significantly more protections and benefits.