DiscussionExtreme Homophobia on Ovarit (the norm)

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I'm not sure I agree that there's massive homophobia in either of those threads.

In the first circle for GenderCritical, there is #8 calling out misogyny among gay men, but I feel like the crux of the conversation is about general male-vs-female battles and where/how RadFems need to focus (or refocus) on women's rights and needs. I see a lot of misandry, which is normal and comes with the territory.

In the second circle for Radfemmery, I just see a whole lot of support for us in DropTheT. That circle is meant to be more light-hearted than others while still keeping true to the purpose of the site (RadFems) - it's the remake of TrollGC. The comment discussing gay men as alt-right is describing another user and how they tried to correct that user.. Sounds to me like they were policing homophobia, not encouraging it.

[–]reluctant_commenter 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I see a lot of misandry, which is normal and comes with the territory.

It is? Normal for radfems, you mean?

I just see a whole lot of support for us in DropTheT

I think many radfems support DropTheT because they understand that DropTheT is aligned against their enemy ideology, transgender ideology. However, a lot of people even in the second more "lighthearted" thread are casually homophobic. I made a comment about this. I'll stipulate, like always... #NotAllRadfems... there are some incredibly LGB-supportive people in the GC movement (shoutout Helen Joyce, JD Ghassan Robertson, Graham Linehan). But homophobia is such a common pattern in radical feminist writing and beliefs that I'm not surprised to find it in their communities, either. Did they say anything like "Suck my dick or die"? No; but homophobia is homophobia, I think it's still worth calling out.

[–]ElectraHeart 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is a great video on the topic from a lesbian radfem perspective.

https://youtu.be/eGIC3PvTvEs