LGB ErasureOpening a discussion on TQ gaslighting

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[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 29 insightful - 1 fun29 insightful - 0 fun30 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's also fascinating how everyone actively ignores evidence from first hand sources, like how Malcolm said in a film clip that he was a gay man or when people from the Stonewall riots said that there were no transwomen of colour (or trans in general) leading the charge.

[–]ElectricSheepSuperBi 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you say something often enough eventually it becomes true. It works for the media.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

narrative matters more than truth to them.

[–]jjdub7TERF (Trans Exterminating Reactionary Fascist) 7 insightful - 9 fun7 insightful - 8 fun8 insightful - 9 fun -  (0 children)

this country was LITERALLY built by black trans women

bro you don't even make your bed in the morning

[–]Dromedary 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Interesting and true. Except: the writer feels like the "gaslighting" has power over them. Maybe they're a young person, and I'm sympathetic to that. I'm 52, i think I just see it as a torrent of lies and bullshit. I'm not gaslit. And neither are you (or this writer) if you fully see it's just lying. "Gaslighting" is overused and misused. It's just lying.

[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think it's safe to still call that gaslighting - just because you're aware of the gaslighting doesn't make it not be gaslighting. It's just that the people doing the gaslighting aren't really attempting to gaslight us older folks; we're already a lost cause. They're attempting to gaslight the younger folks, and I think that it is actually working on them to a degree. I have a few nieces and a nephew that are very young (elementary-school age), and I'm interested to see how they develop before I jump to any conclusions, but I wouldn't be surprised if my nephew comes out as trans as some point despite the fact that I think it's likely he's going to be gay.

[–]Mikulbleu 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. I’m so thankful I was born in the 90’s, I feel like I would’ve been brainwashed into transitioning had I been born in the 2000’s. I actually thought I was trans when I was a teenager and thought “when I’m older I’ll be a girl and it’ll be so much easier to date and live my life as a woman than as a gay man.” Thankfully I never “came out” as trans and those feelings were just a phase and I’m happy as a man, but puberty is awkward and confusing for everyone, and these predators prey on LGB and GNC children. Like, being a boy and playing with girls toys and wearing tutus doesn’t make you less of a boy, just like wearing camo and playing with toy trucks doesn’t make little girls less of a girl.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Where are they learning to do this? There is organizational support behind these people. The gay rights lobby is behind this.

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

Somebody is.

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

the weird thing is, we all thought that we were on the path of acceptance for most people. like yeah you're gay/bi/lesbian whatever, let's walk together and make this world a better place. but it wasn't about us. or making the world a better place. it was about them being able to be openly weirdos, fetishits and so on, and that's so messed up. i feel like i've always seen the world in the wrong way. i feel betrayed and stupid to have thought that things were going to be better for us. it's weird.