LGB ErasureOpening a discussion on TQ gaslighting

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[–]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.