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[–]reluctant_commenter 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

The amount of diplomacy that will be needed from LG people is tremendous and I hope all of you are ready for that. I hope you're training yourselves to speak and write in a proper manner (in your own mother-langage or/and in english) to express how you see the situation and how it appears as a difficult problem, because people will have no mercy whatsoever if the situation get really badly out of control.

Damn right (except, I would say LGB, not just LG). I think about this constantly. It may sound idealistic, but I would like to be able to present information about the struggle LGB people are facing in the most accurate and humanizing way I possibly can. Unfortunately, this seems to be one of the most universal burdens of being a tiny statistical minority: A lot of people in the larger groups are not going to understand you, and you have to use what little speaking time you have as carefully as you can if you want to effectively advocate for your group.

Bisexual allies can help, but as you can see the vast majority of them goes allong with the TQ+

Bisexual people are not just "allies," they are IN the LGB. It's LGB, not just LG-- LGB drop the T. You implied you're bisexual; I'm sorry if it feels like you are not included. Each group within the LGB has its own unique struggles and I think it can be easy for discussion to get heated over our differences in experience of the world, lol.

So I don't know how I feel about the spam of irrevelant weird stuffs on this sub (in my opinion).

Can you give some examples of what you're talking about? It looks like you've been here a little less than a month; I've been here a year and I've noticed that sometimes we have long runs of content that trends towards one particular topic or another, and I haven't been around as much the past few weeks so maybe I'm missing something obvious.

It's just a giant rant place, and some cries for help... I don't know if it's the point of this place

The point of this place is:

  • To find support from and take solace in the existence of other like-minded people. I get told "you should be ashamed for not liking dick," as a lesbian, practically ANYWHERE else on social media! This is one of the rare places where people acknowledge my sexual orientation is legitimate. Doesn't that seem valuable to you? Essentially, the message I get from people here is: "You are not alone." And it is relieving to know that I'm not alone.

  • To discuss the TQ+ as an ideological movement. Sometimes we do discussion threads on here, I like them a lot, and (when I'm around) I post news articles and other people do too.

A few people on here actively volunteer or are interested in activism, but mostly this is a discussion board-- and yes, actual discussion happens here if you look for it, and if you choose to participate it. :) I think my own logical thinking skills have been exercised almost constantly when I get into debates in this sub, to the point where I feel like it's improved other areas of my life offline, like my work.