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

In addition to what has already been said I feel like modern LGBT has become a very sad place to belong to. Back in the days we could not be out at work, get married, have kids, etc. But outside of the homophobic world we would get together and have fun gender bender parties, watch Velvet Goldmine, crack jokes and dance to disco/rave. I had to face a lot of difficulties back then but I lived with a weirdly nice feeling of belonging to a forbidden and hidden underground world that was full of creativity and extravagance.

Now it seems like TQ has turned everything into a tragic oppression olympics. No matter what you say or do you are going to offend somebody out of their TQXYZ soup and be canceled. Recently I was thinking how would TQ kids react to K.D. Lang? They would probably say poor country girl suffers from internalized transphobia and send her on a T journey lol.

However, with all the great memories that I have about the past, I prefer the present. I feel protected by the legal system and this is what counts. So young lesbians are lucky no matter what. I understand that it's hard for them to find the like minded people they can relate to. But if we managed to do it without the internet back in the days, then really nothing is impossible lol