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[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 24 insightful - 3 fun24 insightful - 2 fun25 insightful - 3 fun -  (11 children)

Uh, is a "sword lesbian" a thing? We don't have "gun gays" or anything like that, just boys that whine about being unattractive

[–]reluctant_commenter 23 insightful - 3 fun23 insightful - 2 fun24 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

According to the "queer community" on Tumblr... and I've actually heard young "queer people" talk about it IRL in college, believe it or not. "Sword lesbian" is a thing in the same way that "bisexuals and lemon bars, uwu" is a thing. That is, a bunch of kids making up a trope and calling it a "gay thing" in order to have something to bond over. Like Buzzfeed quizzes: "Are you a sword lesbian, or a shield lesbian?"

If you're looking for a kernal of logic, it is possible that meme came from the fact that villains in stories are sometimes gender-nonconforming and seem like they might be LGB.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 17 insightful - 6 fun17 insightful - 5 fun18 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

And this is where I check the age cut off for gen Z so that I set the floor of my dating pool accordingly. You have it rough dude. The genderists I know are at least actually gay and not hooking up with trans people. It’s more like they’ve been alive long enough so that they’ve been slurred, closeted, outted, and shamed and so their hearts are very open. We grew up at a time where we had to discover ourselves in darkness alone during our formative years. Gen Z brings the darkness. Wait sounds like I’m talking about White Walkers now. . . .

[–]reluctant_commenter 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You have it rough dude. The genderists I know are at least actually gay and not hooking up with trans people.

I appreciate the recognition, lol. Yeahhh, every time I meet a "queer" identified person, I just don't know. Sometines it does actually mean they are gay/bisexual? But often not?

We grew up at a time where we had to discover ourselves in darkness alone during our formative years.

Very funny you say that, because I feel like that is what I am going through right now. Well, with the support of one or two IRL friends and this community, I guess. :) But it is almost like I am doubly in the closet, once for traditional homophobia and once for woke homophobia. Or at least that's how it feels like. I don't want to sound melodramatic, but I do feel alone and isolated in this (double) regard.

Wait sounds like I’m talking about White Walkers now. . . .

Hahaha, well, maybe you're not wrong, I mean there does seem to be a lot of white people trying to claim oppression through a trans identification...

[–]SkinnyVanilla 17 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

It's only a thing on AL.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 25 insightful - 14 fun25 insightful - 13 fun26 insightful - 14 fun -  (2 children)

Oh boy. I can only imagine an army of incels with replica swords charging against a supposed terf's house over a tweet

[–]reluctant_commenter 11 insightful - 6 fun11 insightful - 5 fun12 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Omg. Thanks for the laugh. I never thought we would get to the point where the mall ninja community overwhelmed the LGB one, but here we are.

[–]BigMommyMilkersYes, they're real 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

LOL

[–]purrvana 12 insightful - 6 fun12 insightful - 5 fun13 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

Honestly, I thought "sword lesbian" was a euphemism for "lesbian with a penis". I wouldn't put it past them tbh.

[–]3MistersAndAMissy 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I was scrolling doen looking for this.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oooooooohhhh that would make sense, I don't know why I didn't see that connection