RantDoes anyone else feel isolated/depressed because of how taboo it is to talk about the transgender movement's homophobia?

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[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 22 insightful - 6 fun22 insightful - 5 fun23 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

I don't socialize with other gay people (aside from my husband) so I don't experience the isolation you speak of. Fawning over trans exists for me only on social media. If the topic of trans comes up in real life, it is usually with some level of disdain ranging from "whatever, I don't understand it but you do you", through "I'm very sad for people with such mental illness", to "transwomen are shadow monsters from the pits of hell".

Tbf, in my personal life that last opinion is only openly expressed by myself and my husband.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Fawning over trans exists for me only on social media.

That's good to hear, I'm glad you're in a position where trans-led homophobia is not something you hear IRL so much. Maybe I can try to create a similar environment for myself among people I know IRL; I'm just struggling to envision it, because the people I'm currently surrounded by are so blindly trans-affirmative, regardless of the topic.

to "transwomen are shadow monsters from the pits of hell".

I wouldn't go that far personally, I think many are just in pain and end up lashing out at others. I just wish we could talk about the ways in which some trans people are acting extremely homophobic.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think many are just in pain and end up lashing out at others.

That's a fair assessment, but it is also characteristic of people who have let themselves be wholly consumed by their shadows. Surely there is a human in pain underneath all of the dysfunction, but it is the demon who has possessed them that gets revealed to the world and is attempting to make the world in its image.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You and your husband are based.