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[–]Femaleisnthateful 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I really like how 'white' and especially 'gay' are used as perjoratives throughout this article.

This man clearly has a lot of contempt for gays, despite having been one himself before undergoing gender conversion therapy.

Also how were transgender people persecuted, exactly? When was transition ever illegal? His only evidence seems to be that gays didn't center him enough.

[–]JulienMayfair 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Also how were transgender people persecuted, exactly? When was transition ever illegal? His only evidence seems to be that gays didn't center him enough.

And what "rights" is she still fighting for? The fact is that most of the political victories won by gays and lesbians directly or indirectly benefited trans people, too, like overturning sodomy laws (not mentioned here). And same-sex marriage meant that whatever your sex was, it no longer mattered. Oh, but we can't be given credit for that. We're just the mean, old oppressors who reduced her to robbing hotel safes to make a living.

But the whole thing is pretty much a vague fluff piece to create another trans Saint.

Who’s gonna let me own property?

Uh, maybe the county office of deeds and records?

And she acts like someone is going to come break down her door and arrest her at any moment, which is not going to happen.

Back in the 80s and 90s, I knew gay men who donated tens of thousands of dollars to keep the lights on in gay and lesbian and HIV/AIDS resource centers. None of them, as far as I know, are going around demanding credit for it. They didn't say a word about it then and never have.

[–]GrouchyHierophantLuGuBrious not Tenebrous 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Back in the 80s and 90s, I knew gay men who donated tens of thousands of dollars to keep the lights on in gay and lesbian and HIV/AIDS resource centers. None of them, as far as I know, are going around demanding credit for it. They didn't say a word about it then and never have.

The thought of giving selflessly would never cross the mind of a narcissist.

[–]reluctant_commenter 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, just say "white" in front of "gay" and then you can insult gay people all you want. It's amazing and frustrating to me how many self-declared "tolerant, progressive" liberals I know who do this :/ I heard that kind of negativity about gay people a fair bit in college.

And then the media claims that Gen Z and millennials are so tolerant... well, they're going to seem that way when your surveys for measuring "tolerance" aren't designed to pick up on certain forms of intolerance! (Disclaimer, I'm in Gen Z; some people make a choice to act like this, but they don't have to...)

His only evidence seems to be that gays didn't center him enough.

Yeah, exactly. Honestly, I've gotten to the point where I've become extremely doubtful about almost any media article unless it contains hard numbers and a good source to support them. So many useless spin stories out there like this one... it's so much easier for writers to wax poetic about a handful of attention-grabbing details and anecdotes without regard to how generally representative and substantive those details and anecdotes actually are.