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[–]Poppy29252Natal Cat Woman 43 insightful - 2 fun43 insightful - 1 fun44 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Valid, gatekeeping, inclusive, intersectional, queer. It's rare to see them used in any sort of meaningful way anymore.

Queer is on its own special platform I think. I'm SO FUCKING TIRED of it being used as a personality trait for straight people who feel like they're boring and passé and can't be bothered to pick up an unusual hobby instead. I'm so tired of seeing straight people say it to describe the gay community like it never meant anything else. Like it was never said while beating a gay man to death. But whatever.

[–]MilkTea 29 insightful - 1 fun29 insightful - 0 fun30 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I haaate the word gatekeeping now. It would make sense in the context of pretentious people saying certain people can’t enjoy a genre of music, for instance. It doesn’t make sense for sexual orientation. Words have meaning.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sexuality and dating essentially are gatekeeping and exclusionary by nature. You don't want people who aren't straight saying they're straight just like you wouldn't want someone who's not gay moving in on your turf and speaking for you.

[–]Ferngully 18 insightful - 10 fun18 insightful - 9 fun19 insightful - 10 fun -  (1 child)

I just found out a straight male friend of mine is dating a “queer non binary” person that is a straight female 🤦‍♀️

[–]censorshipment 7 insightful - 10 fun7 insightful - 9 fun8 insightful - 10 fun -  (0 children)

Perhaps she likes cis and "trans" men? I used to follow a black couple on YouTube, Kamari and Honey, and the "cis" woman calls herself straight because she isn't attracted to women but her "boyfriend" is a "trans" man (lesbian).

[–]julesburm1891 19 insightful - 3 fun19 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

and can’t be bothered to pick up an unusual hobby instead.

Right? I miss when people would just learn to ride a unicycle or learn to make candles instead of pretend to be LGB.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I miss hipsters, hard as it can be to say now. Most of them have moved on to queerer pastures unfortunately

[–]hetisachoice 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I miss rational adults.