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[–][deleted] 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Same-sex marriage was legalized in 2001 here in Netherlands. The US didn't even fully legalize gay sex until 2003. The US was far from the forefront of gay rights, but people on the internet treat the US gay rights movement like it was the end all, be all of gay rights.

And then young idiots here start treating the US gay rights movement like it was ours and that we should be grateful to some drag queens from the US for our rights.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's very frustrating. A (straight?) colleague wrote an internal blog post recently about how much we 'owe' to the Stonewall riots. There are discussions to have about that, sure, but no.

Black colleagues don't talk about how much they 'owe' Rosa Parks or Harriet Tubman.

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The only thing they can give credit to Stonewall for is the Pride parades. Which are arguably harmful to the LGB community at this point.