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[–][deleted] 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Oh gurl the delusion hahaha

They make these memes with anime girls to cope. Most families would rather have a homosexual child over a mentally ill child who requires expensive treatments, monthly hormonal therapy and surgery. I love it that they think any rational person would be like "oh you are trans? uwu we wuv you but pwease don't be gay". Unhinged TRAs have been the #1 reason why LGBTQIA2SP++++ acceptance is gradually decreasing and these morons have the fantasy that "trans is more acceptable than gay". If I was a conservative dad, I'd have been more worried if my child inculcated tendencies to "be the opposite gender" than them being attracted to their own sex, transitioning mostly makes the person sterile or have complicated lifelong health issues and at least with a healthy gay son or daughter people can still hope for a grandchild through other means.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I don’t know anybody who’s homophobic. Well, I do, but I rarely ever speak to them so I cannot verify it. But I can imagine that they’d rather have a gay son than a trans "daughter". They’d rather have neither, but at least if their gay son is a permanent bachelor they can ignore the fact that he’s gay. A trans daughter is going to look incredibly different, have a new name that the parents must remember, new pronouns that the parents must remember, and their child is going to be physically crippled for life. Furthermore, a lot of homophobes see trans people as "over the top gays".

I know people who support gays but know that this transgender stuff is bullshit, but I don’t know anyone who is trans friendly but homophobic.

[–]artetolife 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Plenty of homophobic suburban mom types prefer a HSTS "daughter" to a gay son, so much that they'll parade "her" around while glowing with pride at how they fixed their kid. Nobody wants an AGP though.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thankfully, I have never met those moms. But those moms are pieces of shit. But people like that care more about appearances than they do about reality. So those moms see long hair, a dress, makeup and the artificial effects of oestrogen and say "that’s a woman" whilst ignoring the male frame and the Adam’s apple.

I’d rather be kicked out of the house than this.

[–]TovasshiDefinitely a house plant 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I try to keep telling people that conservatives are more accepting of trans people than gay people and they keep keep blowing me off. They really don't see it.

I saw it happen with my wife. Her family completely rejected her for being gay and refused to accept me as her partner. They then tried to convince her she was confused about her gender...

The comments on that post even suggest it.

Transition is a form of fixing the gay.

[–]pacmanla 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is very new to me. In my personal everyday life, I've seen hardcore conservatives be somewhat more "accepting" of their gay child or family member, or just stay neutral. But, when it comes to trans, they're not accepting AT ALL. I'm a heterosexual guy, who has family roots in the deep south. They'll much rather deal with "normal" gay people, than deal with "wrong body" types. They think the "wrong body" types & the "you have to date me now, because I say I'm this" types are taking it "too far".

[–]Ladis_Wascheharuum 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The thing is it's not "hardcore conservatives", it's the everyday "soccer mom" type who'll participate in PTA meetings and talk about all her "diverse" friends but is secretly a huge bigot.

That kind will prefer a "trans daughter" over a gay son, partly for popularity and oppression points, and partly because her own sense of gender roles is as strict as a religious nut's.