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[–]oyasuminasai50 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Excellent! One more letter to add to the never-ending acronym! LGBTQIAC+!

The sad thing is, a lot of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people have faced rejection in their lives that they think they need to take it so far in the opposite direction that they don't want to reject anybody. A tiny bit of gatekeeping is OKAY. We can still love and respect cross-dressers while at the same time not feeling like they belong in the LGBT community. Being gay is immutable. Your choice of clothes is not.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 13 insightful - 12 fun13 insightful - 11 fun14 insightful - 12 fun -  (4 children)

A tiny bit of gatekeeping is OKAY.

*inhale*

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[–]oyasuminasai50 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Ah, who am I kidding? In 2020, LGBT people banding together under the same banner isn't about political and social survival anymore. It's one step above a book club. Anyone can join, existing to give people a sense of belonging. The "gates open, come on in" attitude of today's "LGBT" community proves that.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's one step above a book club.

But one of those awful book clubs that only read books by queer people of colour. I want to read Thomas Pynchon!

[–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I wanna read some Dorothy Parker.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Here's a nice quote of hers as an appetizer!:

"Heterosexuality isn't normal, it's just common."