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[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Aren't the straight people claiming to be LGBT the ones who are being manipulative though? So they aren't the ones who are being misled, it's the actual gay people who are.

Some of each-- not mutually exclusive.

  • Some straight people claiming to be LGBT are doing it to be manipulative.

  • Some straight people claiming to be LGBT are being manipulated into thinking they are LGBT-- for example, a straight GNC girl whose bigoted mother decides her daughter must be a boy because she is "failing" at being a girl. Or the straight women in unhappy marriages who read the "Comphet master document" and become convinced they are lesbian because they hate having sex with their husband-- despite not feeling attraction to women.

  • Actual gay people are also being misled as well.

That is what I have seen, anyway.

[–]mangosplums 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh I see what what you're saying, yes I agree with what you say. Yes, many of those people are not deliberately identifying as the wrong label, they are trying to be well-meaning.