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[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Perhaps this is one of those delightful LGB generational differences?

I think it is. My gay friends who are into gender woo still wouldn’t ever pull that kind of nonsense. I do think their gender obsession, more than anything, is a reaction to a lot of the impotence we have felt and trauma society inflicted on gay people. I don’t think this is something that many of the most vehement Gen Z TQ activists have experienced. I think for a lot of Gen Z, their sexual orientation has not ever been made to feel like a source of shame, depending on their ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic background ofc. And so they had a very different experience coming out as gay and don’t see it as consequential. Consequently, pride/the LGB(T) community has an entirely different meaning to them and is more like a team sport than a support group.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

more like a team sport than a support group.

Hah, that's a great way to put it. Might steal that.