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[–]PasLagardere 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I still remember my mom's reaction to me coming out to her: 'You can't be a lesbian, you have long hair.' For a long time she also had the idea that lesbian relationships consisted of 1 woman having short hair (the man) and one with long hair (the woman).

Funny enough my whole childhood I was forced to have short hair by my parents. I had curls and they didn't and they really didn't understand how to handle curls so: cut it off. Ever since I'm 18 my hair has never been shorter than the middle of my back.

Homophobia from other women: I often hear the same remarks, gay men are 'fun and cute and always so kind', lesbians are seen as 'rough, dramatic, very 'manly' and 'ugly'.