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[–]beholdyourheart 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In general I'm not a fan of the weird 'secret club' vibe that seems to be present in a lot of modern LGBT discussion. Like all the posts about 'TERFs get their lesbian card revoked!' as though being homosexual is about perceived morality as opposed to just our sexuality. Like it doesn't matter what someone's morals or beliefs are - to me sexuality is a completely neutral thing but a lot of queer activists tend to treat it like a fandom you can be cancelled from.

In terms of specifically arguments between lesbians, I agree to an extent. I don't think that every woman who is a big proponent of the 'trans women are lesbians' rhetoric is necessarily not a lesbian - I was entrenched in that sort of thing for quite a few years; lesbians can say that kind of stuff even if their sexuality would never allow them to be attracted to a male person. Especially young lesbians who get absolutely hounded if they ever so much as suggest that they're not into dick, or lesbians in a relationship already so there's no pressure on them to actually act on what they say. But towards supposed 'lesbians' who are literally in relationships with male people, then yeah I'm very skeptical lmao.

But yeah overall I agree with you, I don't like the no-true-Scotsman fallacy ever and it's especially annoying with something as fixed and neutral as sexuality.

[–]VioletRemi 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

as though being homosexual is about perceived morality

...like we can even chose to be homosexual or not, lol. For them being lesbian is "just a choice". Same homophobic rhetoric I am hearing whole life.