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[–]Femaleisnthateful[S] 25 insightful - 2 fun25 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

So, backstory: this article's author, Peter Knegt, does a weekly series called 'Queeries', for which replies are curiously turned off. I read the CBC frequently and I've noticed a pattern - it's 80% trans and drag queens.

This is the second article he's done excoriating 'privileged' gays and gay culture. The other one is here. Apparently adding 'white' in front of 'gay culture' makes the criticisms sound not-homophobic.

Anyway, I've come seeking your thoughts. I'm planning to write to CBC and request that they replace this author with someone who more respectfully represents the LGB community.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 21 insightful - 4 fun21 insightful - 3 fun22 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

It's the same way when people want to criticise women, they put white in front, to make it okay to call them a bunch of slurs. Same goes for lesbians. Pop white in front and you can be sure that death threats are a-OK, so long as they aren't too intersectional (i.e. white disabled lesbian).

[–]artetolife 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Being disabled doesn't get you a pass from that crowd unless you're one of those borderline munchies with 20 different self-diagnosed conditions in your bio. Because actual disabled people put a lot of effort into making it look like our lives are easy.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh, I'm personally a white disabled lesbian, but all of my disabilities are invisible (mental and physical), so I'm able to mask them enough and don't flaunt them like the fucking TQ crowd do, most of which are probably lying or playing up symptoms for intersectionality/pity points.

Yes, you're completely right about that. Even if they have some kind of disability, they treat it like a personality trait and do nothing to treat, but continue to whine about ableism and correct people with person-first language. This is enforced even when some disabled individuals like myself prefer to use the supposed offensive term 'disabled person', since that better describes that it's not something we're experiencing but something that's a major part of our lives.

[–]artetolife 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm white and deaf (although post-lingual and got the implant at age 6, so pretty much assimilated) and I can't stand the person-first euphemistic language and neither does anyone else I know, other than old people who find their hearing loss embarrassing for some reason. Sign language also doesn't accommodate wokisms so the TQ crowd can't twist it the way they do to English, it's not possible lol.

[–]julesburm1891 22 insightful - 5 fun22 insightful - 4 fun23 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

TQ: gotta complain ad nauseam about white gays for merely existing!

Also TQ: why don’t white gays like us?!

[–]FrostyNugsI'm allergic to nuts 13 insightful - 5 fun13 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

It must be because they're disgusting bigots!

[–]8bitgay 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Lol right? Using a cliche, you can't have your cake and eat it. You can't spend your entire time criticizing and mocking a group and then demand that this group loves you.

[–]Willpoll 17 insightful - 4 fun17 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

what the fuck is "white gay culture" lmfao

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

As far as I understand it, copious amounts of illicit substance taking, unprotected anal sex with strangers, annoying falsetto voices, a terrible taste in fashion and a stuck up, pretentious attitude.

So, more of an obnoxious stereotype some people embrace than an actual culture.

signed, Russian homosexual male who's completely out of touch with the "gay community"

[–]Lesbianese 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, they tend to associate the worst homosexual stereotypes and subcultures with "white gays", not only is it incredibly homophobic but it does nothing to solve any problems. The woke equivalent of sweeping things under the rug. The most ridiculous part is these people who hate "white gays" so much are usually big deviants themselves and contribute to big problems that plague the "gay community", like publicly and shamelessly engaging in fetish or sexually over-sharing.

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh no, this isn't TRAs associating stereotypes. Sorry, should have been clearer - this is what I'VE personally seen from the "gay community." Not TRAs. Very vocal and obnoxious privileged gay guys. They do, unfortunately, exist.

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

Ah, got it. Yeah, I've run into those types of guys too. Guess my one thought is that gays like that come in all colors.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 5 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

its when we all get together for a secret party and not invite poc or transmen

[–]Rosefield 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Tom of Finland maybe?? 😂😂

Time for Aiden of UwU Transland.

[–]Shadow_Lurker 15 insightful - 4 fun15 insightful - 3 fun16 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I love how they are using 'white' as a buzzword, it's so revealing of the hypocrisy of their whole worldview. Most of these twats are middle class college kids, they are literally the last people that should be pointing out perceived privileges of others.

My message to them: buy a fucking mirror.

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Also obligatory comment about grouping all "white" people together when actually, xir and/or xa'am, there's quite a lot of difference between a white American guy living in California going to gay nightclubs on the regular, and my pasty white impoverished Russian ass.

If you mean white American, say white American. "White people" is a very large category.

[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

They hate white gays so fucking much and yet can't leave them alone??? Tired of these queerios.

[–]Shadow_Lurker 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

At this point I think most gay men would not notice or care if the G was entirely dropped of the letter soup movement.

Like, you think we are privileged? Ok, feel free to eject us to focus on the real opressed people out there: college gender specials. But there's the thing: after you have done so, don't even dare to come back to us crying when people get tired of your bullshit.

Leave us out of your madness.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

"It's become increasingly clear that white gay culture has grown toxic with unchecked privilege, with issues like racism, body shaming and transphobia infiltrating a community that has historically billed itself as inclusive."

never ever billed itself as inclusive

"It's set during a winter on "Gaymen Island," where two gay right-wing trolls (Breslin and Foley) are plotting to rid the world of everyone but gay white men with the help of an ambiguously-raced AI fembot they create (Cat Rodriquez)."

oh, so its a cultural criticism based in reality...uh-huh.

bonus article from same author:

"Gay culture has grown toxic with unchecked privilege. It's time for us to reset"

[–]8bitgay 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

oh, so its a cultural criticism based in reality...uh-huh.

I mean, don't you hear all the time about the white gay men who actively fight against everyone else? It's like, all the time in the news or something.

[–]fuck_reddit 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

The author, meanwhile, is the most stereotypical white gay guy I have ever seen outside of movies and TV shows... Additionally: "gay white culture has grown toxic with unchecked privilege" no, things that were normal for decades were suddenly labeled as "problematic" and now we're being harassed like we're in the 60's again. Edit: holy shit the plot is like something Che Guevarra's cat threw up. How can they think that that was good enough to perform???

[–]Tikiri 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The writer has another article (linked to this one) where he states that the modern gay rights movement was “initiated by black trans women.” OH to be that young and stupid!

Also: “initiated”!!? Is he trying to say that the gay rights movement is some kind of cult?

I’m seriously waiting for the day wokeness is rejected and these uneducated, talentless morons can’t find jobs, let alone writing jobs for national media outlets. Let’s see how much they start singing the praises of those “pioneering trans women” then.

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

"Does ___ hate gays?"

Oh the irony. The word you're looking for is "homosexuals", or, if you must, "gay men."

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

Lots of heterosexual liberals/leftists want to express their homophobia without looking like a religious fanatic or an Archie Bunker-like bigot.