Gay-hater televangelist Pat Robertson comes out in support of transgenders (bc better a "girl" than a gay boy, amirite?!?!?)

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[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 40 insightful - 4 fun40 insightful - 3 fun41 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

Of course religious bigots would love a way to say that homosexuals are abominations while still being politically correct. The middle east has already been doing this, it's almost time for Christians in America to say that sex changes should be government funded and mandatory for all homosexuals.

I'm not sure what they'd do with the bisexuals, however. It certainly wouldn't be acknowledging that their existence completely obliterates their entire argument about gay men being women trapped in men's bodies, though.

[–]8bitgay 26 insightful - 7 fun26 insightful - 6 fun27 insightful - 7 fun -  (1 child)

Going by that logic then bisexuals must be non-binary trapped in binary bodies or something.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Going by that logic then bisexuals must be non-binary trapped in binary bodies or something.

Nah, it's not a problem because, of course (say it with me!): we don't exist!

WE can simply be pressured to deny our same-sex attraction, and hey presto! we're straight (supposedly). No mad-scientist body horror procedures necessary! (Unless, yanno... we insist on being all uncooperative.) Just massive amounts of shame and repression! The way god intended!

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm not sure what they'd do with the bisexuals, however. It certainly wouldn't be acknowledging that their existence completely obliterates their entire argument about gay men being women trapped in men's bodies, though.

Sadly, that's an even safer bet given how rarely it's acknowledged that we DO exist. Which prevents religious bigots from having to confront this contradiction at all.

I wonder: could bisexuality coming to be generally recognized as a sexual orientation (rather than mere weirdness among straight or gay people) shut this poisonous "male-attracted = female, female-attracted = male, otherwise it's a medical condition!" bullshit down? I mean, it'd be great for us (and, yanno... reality), but could it also save gay men and lesbians from being "transed" into "straightness"? Maybe it's a two-birds-with-one-stone kinda deal? I want to believe...

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Unfortunately, the fact that acknowledgement of bisexuals means homophobia is completely delegitimized means that bisexuals will never be acknowledged by these people. They're biphobic because bisexuals prevent them from being homophobic

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I think part of it rests on the social movements that adopted the "not-a-choice" moral argument from the ethnic model. Bisexuals, certainly, don't have a choice as to attraction. But they do have a choice as to behavior. Consequently, they are capable of making the "right" choices, volitionally, and subsequently therefore don't count for transing, because they can be straightened-out with other means.