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[–]ImNOTRobertPaulson[S] 27 insightful - 4 fun27 insightful - 3 fun28 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

So, apparently, raising a gay son is really hard in a pandemic. Why, you may ask. I guess because we all just want to dance and perform!

A couple things: Shouldn't a website called LGBTQ Nation be fighting AGAINST stereotypes instead of reinforcing them?

Also, the only mention I see in the article regarding the teen's sexuality is that everyone knew he was gay because he performed in a play.

How is this supposed to be good or uplifting? Shocker, a parent is is being a parent.

[–]KingDickThe2nd 17 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

A couple things: Shouldn't a website called LGBTQ Nation be fighting AGAINST stereotypes instead of reinforcing them?

Because they believe promoting stereotypes is accepting diversity.

This is the type of shit that made me nearly killing myself when I was 14, but only didn't because I believed others when they said such the stereotypes would slowly fade away.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

But accepting diversity should be focusing on what we have in common. Civil rights issues for racial minorities relied on the argument that whites aren't different from any other race, women's rights came after we found that women can do everything men can do (within obvious limits) and LGB rights should have been founded on the principle that being LGB does not make someone any different from a straight person, just who they sleep with.

Unfortunately, we've shifted as a culture away from acceptance of superficial differences because we're the same where it matters and towards celebrating diversity to the fault of trying to make the extremes of minorities into the norm and drowning out anything at all traditional.

One thing about TRUE diversity is that it never seeks to eliminate what is/was the norm, it only seeks to gain proper focus on everything else. But what some people today are doing is trying to replace the status quo, not change the system that benefits a select group

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This is the type of shit that has me feeling like killing myself even today, to be blunt. But dying is hard so, guess I'll just do my best to never let anyone know I like guys so they can't reduce me to some humiliating stereotype.

[–]ChodeSandwichtender and moist 6 insightful - 7 fun6 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 7 fun -  (0 children)

The bar for being a decent parent in America is so low that it crashed through the floor, into the basement and is now blocking off the Christmas ornaments. Just don't hit them or do heroin and you're already ahead of the curve.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I thought for a minute this was an incredibly dry parody website, but I cross-referenced one article, and it seems to actually be a news website...

[–]ImNOTRobertPaulson[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I hesitated to post it for that same reason. I figured it HAD to be parody. But I couldn't find anything to suggest it is.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

What in the actual fuck is happening? I feel like we need to pull our resources in here together and map out the various homophobic propaganda orgs and mouthpieces masquerading as being pro-gay including who their leadership is, leadership changes, change in tone, and focus, etc.

From the comments:

This is an article about a woman raising a flamboyant, effeminate son in lockdown masquerading as an article about a woman raising a gay son in lockdown. There isn't one thing in this article that actually has to do with the son's sexual orientation.

Yes, Tommy. Nailed it. Not to mention how cringe the title is.

[–]reluctant_commenter 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It takes a special kind of idiot to write an article like this without any self-awareness. And by "idiot" I mean thoughtless person who stereotypes gay people left and right.

For real though, the stereotypes on display in this article are amazing. "Being gay is all about glitter and costumes!" Fuck these people. And besides, it's not like a straight little boy shouldn't enjoy glitter and costumes, either!!

[–]DummDick_998634230 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Archived Link Don't give these people clicks nor ad revenue.

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

Agreed! Thanks for archiving.

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

Thank you! Agreed, this is a much better way to view it.