r/actuallesbians - Transbians: "I love playing with my titties", actual women: "I want to cut my breasts off" by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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

God this pisses me off. You think real women haven't had to "earn" our bodies (whatever the twisted fuck that means)? Like seriously, you think it's not fucking work to have men leering at you from the age of eight or whenever they show up? Jesus, sometimes I just think we should give up on humanity (not really, but still).

r/egg_irl - "No matter what, if a thought occurs to you that you are trans, and you doubt it, the thought MUST be true." Trans the gay away... by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Every word of this is wrong. It's entirely possible to convince yourself something is true that's not. This is basic human psychology. It's also just possible to be wrong. Not everything is "valid," otherwise nothing is.

People who fake things convince themselves of their own lies all the time. It's what makes them such good liars.

Also, these people need to stop lumping ASD and ADD in with their made up shit.

The queer woman experience by lovelyspearmint in LGBDropTheT

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

Please tell me this is satire.

Rand Paul questions Dr. Rachel Levine on puberty blockers for minors with gender dysphoria by cutenoobies in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 23 insightful - 2 fun23 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I feel like I have whiplash. I don't know who I'm going to consistently vote for in the future; perhaps I'll just take each race on a case-by-case basis on my ballot.

AL: Question: What is the correct label for a female only attracted to other females regardless of gender? Answer: Bisexuality. by winterwillow in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you for this reminder. I think I needed that today. I wish outsiders looking in also saw the truth of this.

AL: Question: What is the correct label for a female only attracted to other females regardless of gender? Answer: Bisexuality. by winterwillow in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This makes me sad. I know a few people who call themselves bi, pan, "queer", or asexual who are clearly just lesbians who have been convinced that's the TERF sexuality, or if they like transmen they're bi, or if they don't want to sleep with transwomen they must be asexual. They're just being thrown right back in the closet by the woke bros.

Conversely, it's taken a lot for me to accept myself as bi because I don't want to be associated with the people who go on and on about "ethical non-monogamy" and "sexuality is fluid" and "hearts not parts." I've at different points tried to convince myself I'm not really attracted to either men or women just to get out of being bi. Ugh, I sometimes wish I was born way earlier.

Cis gay men: don't forget the condoms so you don't get your partner pregnant on the off chance "he" likes vaginal by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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

9/10 these are people who claim that their mental illness makes them disabled. They love calling themselves disabled. I agree mental illness can be debilitating, but I think there should be other words for that. Similar with the "neurodivergent" nonsense, that used to just mean documented, diagnosed ASD and now it means everything under the sun.

"more and more I feel like I'm just being a fetishist" by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 36 insightful - 1 fun36 insightful - 0 fun37 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The pseudo-self-awareness and equivocating in this post is painfully female lmao. You can't identify out of socialization.

I thought the Giggle app was transwoman-inclusive? by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 36 insightful - 1 fun36 insightful - 0 fun37 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The founder did an about-face after realizing just how terrifying these men are. Proof positive that most people just need to be educated about what's really going on and that these people aren't just "trying to live their lives" like LGB.

I still won't download the app because the algorithm seems to do a poor job of stopping men from being on there, and said men have made it their mission to get through and doxx any actual women who dare look for other actual women to spend time with. Seems like a serious safety issue. They never let us have nice things.

r/actualtransbians applauds woman for being misogynistic; bonus: "anyone anti-trans must be a rich, white, conservative woman" by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 32 insightful - 8 fun32 insightful - 7 fun33 insightful - 8 fun -  (0 children)

My favorite one is when this person assumes that not being into BDSM means that all sex can consist of is handholding.... I’m concerned for society.

Uni application asked me for my gender identity AND my gender presentation. So...they want to know my fashion choices? by [deleted] in GenderCritical

[–]Constantine 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I have gotten similar questions on applications before. I just clicked "prefer not to answer" because it was so stupid, and I think I wrote something in an optional text box explaining how ridiculous it was.

trying to rediscover myself after breaking away from trans ideology, seeking advice by lostandconfused in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hi there,

You're right that you need to be careful about these things given the current climate. I also get the sense that a lot of posters here or on other GC subs/forums are either in other countries or a bit older than us. This kind of stuff can get us fired or worse, and I would be very careful if I were you seeking out a therapist who won't try and push you back down this path. I was very fortunate to find one who is also GC, but that was kind of an accident.

I think the best advice I could give you is to just ask people a lot of questions without straight out (no pun intended, lol) revealing your true feelings on the matter. You'll better be able to get a sense of the person's reaction if you throw up some trial balloons. Such as, asking how someone feels about cancel culture more generally and moving up from there.

I also want to say that I also totally understand where you're coming from and really struggled with this stuff myself, though I never went fully down the rabbit hole. You're not alone - there are all kinds of us out there, we just don't have a lot of ways of finding each other for the aforementioned reasons.

I hope things work out okay for you. It takes a lot of strength and intelligence to question dogma like this when it sucks you in so deep.

So the new Blue's Clues (you know, that show for 3 and 4 year olds) has nu-wave Pride be what the 'P' stands for in their alphabet song by fuckupaddams in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's misconception about that fallacy. There's a difference between the "slippery slope fallacy" and "slippery slope arguments." All slippery slope fallacies are slippery slope arguments, but not all slippery slope arguments are fallacious. The fallacious ones are defined by the proposed consequences of a said action or movement being wild and unlikely. Clearly, this argument was not as wild and unlikely as we would've liked to think, and thus was not fallacious (in this way - I'd say it still was in other ways since the consequences are with a different group than the same-sex attracted).

They should really rename the fallacy.

They are almost getting it by blackrainbow in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sigh, I saw that post yesterday. I like that that sub exists, and that the comments are mostly sane, but man, I'm wondering where all these people are living that all this "online" rhetoric isn't bleeding into their everyday lives. Like it or not, modern society doesn't have many boundaries between the online world and the "real" world, especially for those of us on the younger side. I agree with the commenters that most of the rhetoric originated online--that's a big part of the problem--but the cat is certainly out of the bag now.

Am I wrong for not wanting to watch movies/shows with trans actors? by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If that's the case, yeah, that would make it very hard for me to watch the show. Well, that season anyway, I'm not a fan of the current seasons.

Using the word 'muggle' is now transphobic by JulienMayfair in LGBDropTheT

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

It's kind of become a meme where people use it to indicate they're boring in a self-deprecating way, or someone else is boring or unenlightened. It's dumb. Kind of like these people.

Am I wrong for not wanting to watch movies/shows with trans actors? by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, I mean Blythe. I don't know if the character was ever explicitly acknowledged as trans, I just kind of assumed because it was this "woke" group of friends and I think I may have read an interview about it? I'm pretty sure Netflix counted that character toward their LGBT+ quota or whatever, and the character had a male love interest, so under the TRA orthodoxy that's a "straight" relationship. Also, the actor is just clearly trans. I never got the sense (unlike with the character on that period chess show drama-I stopped watching as soon as the trans actor showed up with that one) that the character was supposed to be anything other than trans. I could be wrong, though.

For me that character being trans just added to the overall aesthetic of the person being annoyingly woke/self-centered. Either way I wish we didn't have trans actors because I have a problem with the trans ideology in general, but that's another topic.

Am I wrong for not wanting to watch movies/shows with trans actors? by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm no defender of "You" (it's a pretty bad show at this point) but I didn't have a problem with that particular casting since I don't think the character was supposed to be anything other than a TW, and because the character was played up as a ridiculous, hypocritical woke person with all kinds of incoherent views.

As for Season 2 of the show, I have no defense of that.

What words/phrases are you sick of hearing, and/or can't take seriously anymore? by OPPRESSED_REPTILIAN in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's the thing with these people, every little discomfort is a form of "violence." It's not about physical safety, it's about emotional safety. What they fail to understand is that at the most basic level, the only person who is 1) responsible for, and 2) even capable of deeply impacting your emotional health is yourself. But that's too much work, so it has to be everyone else's problem instead.

What words/phrases are you sick of hearing, and/or can't take seriously anymore? by OPPRESSED_REPTILIAN in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 17 insightful - 4 fun17 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Well, basically we were talking about the nightmare at Evergreen college (which someone posted here about a couple of weeks ago, I believe), and this person got very upset when I disagreed with the students in that scenario and then this person started going off about how I was infringing on her “right” to feel safe, at which point I just started laughing my ass off at the very notion that there was such a thing.

Where's the gay men's awareness campaign???? by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It’s an increasingly common fetish for straight women. If you want to wish you were dead, just look male pregnancy up on the Kindle store. Lots of straight women fetishizing gay men and male pregnancy all over the Internet.

What words/phrases are you sick of hearing, and/or can't take seriously anymore? by OPPRESSED_REPTILIAN in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 16 insightful - 6 fun16 insightful - 5 fun17 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

“Valid,” “problematic,” and “safe” are all perfectly good words that make me want to gag whenever I hear them now. Or laugh. I laughed out loud when someone was talking about “not feeling safe” in class anymore. That went over well.

LGBT in a nutshell. by Destruction in LGBDropTheT

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

Oh God, I can't not hear it now.

r/reclassified - r/FEBfems banned for promoting hate, 45 mins ago by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

There was a bait post late last night, too. I wish I'd archived it, but a TW went on there crying about how he's a "woman who struggles to know if she's lesbian or bisexual" and how dare the sub not include him. The highest voted comment when I last saw it was just "lmao" and the second-highest "fuck off" so I'm guessing the ban was directly related to this.

edit: based on the time, there's no way this is unrelated. This was the last thing ever posted on the sub and it was banned under an hour later, I believe.

edit 2: this just makes me so mad, I felt like that was the only place I could go on the internet to find other bisexual women who take same-sex relationships seriously.

Transboy insists on playing in female league - can they not keep their own rules straight? by Femaleisnthateful in GenderCritical

[–]Constantine 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It’s almost like they know there are biological differences between the sexes and this person would be at a major disadvantage in a men’s league.

When reality and parody become utterly indistinguishable by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Haha, no, the kids have made that movie (and specifically this character) into so many memes it's ridiculous.

What does Gender Critical mean? by PeakingPeachEater in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It wasn't academia that conflated these terms (until recently with the TRAs, especially in Sociology departments). The term was originally a pretty straightforward one used as an umbrella for the cluster of concepts you are referring to here: socially constructed expectations based on sex, femininity/masculinity, socialization based on sex. The confusion came when lay people started picking up the term and conflating sex and gender when they were actually supposed to mean very different things.

Then the TRAs came along and completely warped what it's supposed to mean. They saw "gender" as "socially constructed" in the academic discourse and moved to sex as socially constructed, too. No, that's not what that means. They're related terms but have completely different meanings. We shouldn't cede the term gender to them; it's a useful term and letting them have it just validates some of their completely ridiculous points about sex and gender being the same. Despite their catchphrases about sex and gender being different, what they're saying is actually the very gender essentialism they accuse us of: we're sex essentialists, not gender essentialists. Gender essentialism, under the actual definition, is exactly what the TRAs are doing by saying feminine=female and masculine=male, regardless of sex. Equating the two terms cedes that ground to the crazies.

addendum based on original post topic: I don't consider myself a radfem or libfem. I agree with different pieces of both and sometimes neither. Radfems generally have it right on this issue, though, from my perspective.

When reality and parody become utterly indistinguishable by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Polar Express

What's the most ridiculous TRA's argument you've ever heard? by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They can't win on philosophy and history, though, which is why they're trying to change the public perception of the facts and shut down any debate in those other disciplines as fundamentally harmful to trans people.

What happens when the liberal arts disciplines get drawn into this nonsense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_transracialism_controversy

Bret Weinstein (formerly a professor at Evergreen College, an early proponent of Queer Theory) expresses dissent against Joe Biden's homophobic executive order by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

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

Whenever people tell me that the left isn't out of hand, I point them to the Evergreen fiasco. This man had bomb threats sent to his family because he had the gall to say he thought there were better ways to talk about racism than forcing all white people to leave campus for the day? It just doesn't make any sense. And the man's a liberal democrat, or at least was before all this.

Of course, they still equivocate even about this, which shows just how far gone they are. Extremists on both sides are just denying facts left and right (no pun intended, lmao). Nuance, people, that's where truth lives. Not in ideological purity.

P.S. How does it not surprise me that a transbian was one of the orchestrators of this madness?

Ammonite (movie) by julesburm1891 in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, God, I just made the connection of where this movie came from. When I first read about it, I thought it must be based on some other novel about a real historical woman who hunted fossils, because none of that was in the novel I read. But no, the guy just made it up, and I did read Remarkable Creatures.

The book was excellent as it was. Oh, this makes my blood boil. Why can't women just be single/have fulfilling platonic relationships without it being sexualized. It's like they thought, "There's no man in this story, that's a problem. Okay, let's just make the other woman her love interest because this story can't possibly be interesting enough without some steamy stuff thrown in." This is a problem I have with the TQ+ people, they just have to rewrite everything to pigeonhole people into labels. Like u/reluctant_commenter said, I think they're really uncomfortable with uncertainty, and perhaps to an even greater extent, nuance.

LGB refutation of TQ+, Part 1: Self-defense by PenseePansy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, this is what actually peaked me, really. I just wasn’t raised to be so small-minded that I wouldn’t even give an idea I hated a fair hearing. Even when I thought I 100% agreed with everything the woke people were parroting, it bothered me when they challenged the basic principle of the free exchange of ideas. Which led me to question more than just that.

I’m kind of an unusual person, though, at least for my generation. I don’t think younger people have the kind of appreciation for free thought that other generations have, because they’ve grown up in a time of relatively great social progress, with corresponding ridiculous anti-bullying campaigns in school teaching them that words are like weapons. Previous generations knew that in order to fight for their own rights, they had to protect the rights of those they disagreed with, too. The law isn’t selective, or at least it shouldn’t be.

I don’t know how to reach these people, but the OP’s suggestion seems like the best place to start to me.

Edit: word

LGB refutation of TQ+, Part 1: Self-defense by PenseePansy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think this is the right approach. I think that asserting the ways in which the basic claims and aims of the LGB vs. the TQ+ is more likely to draw more people into what we have to say than going out at the forefront talking about how gender ideology is homophobic, sexist, regressive, etc. It is all those things and more. But people in our current culture have, whether we like it or not, been trained to think that even talking about these issues as if there's a debate to be had is bigoted. That's not a good starting ground for a necessary and open dialogue. The point is to open that dialogue, and then ease into it from there. Culture is a powerful thing, and even well-meaning people who could be swayed to our side with the facts and the logic could instinctively back away if approached in the wrong way on the subject.

uwu I'm a harmwess widdle girl in pigtails by Chunkeeguy in GenderCritical

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

If you think they don't already do this you're living in fantasy land.

LGballT encouraging teens to identify as trans: "If you want to date someone and they're not into your gender, then just come out as another gender so you can date them!" by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have never been more convinced that the Internet is run by twelve-year-olds.

Humanities vs sciences by HelloMomo in LGBDropTheT

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

I think it's important to note that, by and large in my experience, it's the students in the humanities classes who are peddling this nonsense, not the professors. There are a few younger profs (especially in Sociology) who are, but by and large the professors are there to teach critical thinking skills and are either oblivious, concerned, or just wholly confused by all the woke stuff spreading across the student body like wildfire.

The woke students often target these professors and try to have them fired for not bowing to their every ridiculous whim. Let's place the blame where it belongs: Tumblr and other social media sites which are full of pedophiles and AGP creeps indoctrinating kids. Then those kids, by virtue of their age, inevitably end up on a college campuses and chaos ensues. Screeching right-wing, anti-intellectual creeds about evil professors indoctrinating students (I'm not saying that's what people are doing here, just a warning) isn't going to help matters.

I do fear the fact that the older members of the Tumblr generation are now becoming graduate students or young professors who will have no qualms with literal indoctrination, however. It may have started on Tumblr, but it's not limited to that domain anymore.

"I Am Gay And I Am Done With The LGBT Community" So is she straight? Bisexual? Gay? Pro- or Anti-Trans? What on earth is going on in the LGBT community? by BonesReds in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, that was a whirlwind. She seems like someone who’s been brainwashed by the woke cult to the point where she’s still parroting ridiculous things, but independently-minded enough to smell the bullshit without knowing where it’s coming from.

I mean, props to her for coming out against pronouns and the neoliberalization of sexuality, but um, some of that was painful. This is what we get when the “community” spouts things that are intuitively ridiculous: very confused people who learn to hate themselves.

MtF on another "lesbians" subreddit: "I feel like I'm not attracted to women the same way other woman are" yeah no shit, you have male socialization by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Oh God I saw this when he first posted. It struck me as off and then I got to a downvoted comment calling him out for being trans. The whole charade has really come full circle here, lmao. “I feel like a straight man.” Oh yeah, no fucking shit, Sherlock.

"Women have dicks" "Lesbians like sucking dick" Just repeat it over and over until you brainwash everybody or they leave. by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, because of course everything must be about them, and if their dicks aren’t centered even in lesbian spaces, their fragile egos will come crashing down around them if they haven’t already. Hint: real women are, by and large, not this self-centered about their genitalia.

"Women have dicks" "Lesbians like sucking dick" Just repeat it over and over until you brainwash everybody or they leave. by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 12 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Someone posts this exact thing on that sub every week. It's become a circle jerk of itself.

Apparently it's outdated to be a homosexual by EzukiRaen in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 13 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

In my experience, they don’t function at all. 100% of the people I know like this literally live in their moms’ basements.

The QTs are coming for the animal kingdom next by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Isn't there a "non-binary" penguin at a zoo somewhere? I know I read about that. These people are so wild, it's not even funny anymore.

What's is this spectrum? by pacmanla in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just another example of these people being obsessed with words while at the same time not actually knowing what they mean. For something to be a spectrum, there by definition must be people at either end of it. Otherwise it's not a spectrum.

For example, political leanings. There are people at either end who are very left or right-wing. Then there's everybody in between. But if everyone were in between, there wouldn't be the need for the "spectrum" since everyone would just have varied opinions and there would be no hard lines. Just like with the autism spectrum: if there aren't any non-autistic people, why would we talk about an autism spectrum? That makes no sense.

I'm willing to wager that there are far more bisexual people in the world than those who identify as such. But I'm also willing to bet that the vast majority of them identify instead as straight, at least until recent woke shenanigans. Think about it, if you were bi, why would you come out as gay or lesbian historically when you had the potential to be attracted to the opposite sex and not face persecution? The fact that gay men and lesbians have existed even in the darkest periods of history is proof enough for me that there are people who are exclusively same-sex attracted.

This week in the war on women and mentally healthy LGB people by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is where I'm at. It's like, I either vote for people like this, or those who pander to them at the very least, or I vote for people who seem to hate the working poor and affordable healthcare for some ungodly reason. I just... don't understand how those who appear to be on the right side of so many issues are so blatantly wrong on other ones.

This is why we shouldn't have political parties. Systems like this inherently shame nuanced thinking. I've even caught myself questioning whether I must be crazy because the only ones who seem to agree with me on the woke stuff are religious zealots, and I think I'm a fairly independent thinker compared to most.

One fell swoop: The rise and fall of TERF-loving transbian Eddie Izzard by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 26 insightful - 3 fun26 insightful - 2 fun27 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This was my takeaway. Like, okay, you think JK Rowling's essay made it more likely for trans kids to commit suicide (it did not, but for the sake of argument, whatever). Now that's mass murder? Like, literal mass murder by words? For real? You think that's how that works? I just... I have no words.

The cis fag and the neuroqueer gigadyke by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 41 insightful - 8 fun41 insightful - 7 fun42 insightful - 8 fun -  (0 children)

I thought we weren’t supposed to assume gender based on outward appearance? I can’t keep track of any of these new rules. Probably because they don’t make sense and all contradict each other.

The word "partner" by HelloMomo in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ugh, the Tamsyn Muir thing drives me nuts. And she refers to her husband by some Internet username to further hide that he's a man, and she calls herself a lesbian.

Anyway, I've always heard partner used to mean a long-term, committed relationship where the two people live together, but aren't married for whatever reason. That's just always how I've heard it used, regardless of the sexes of the people involved. I know it used to be more of an LGB thing because of marriage laws, but I haven't noticed it being a "woke" thing for straight couples in my area. If anything, the people I know using that term are older, and not that woke, but just don't want to get married for whatever reason. I would want to use "partner" too if I were in a long-term relationship in which I lived with the person but we weren't married. Saying "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" would just seem too casual a term for that.

Who are the transgender-identified "colonizers" of LGB subreddits? - A breakdown by subreddit overlap by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I’m a little late replying, but yeah, I feel this. I would never mention in a job interview, oh my God the thought makes me cringe. That just makes me think they’re part of the group that really wants to be special and get special treatment at work/school. I have an inkling that some of this group might actually be autistic, but it’s still annoying and damaging to the wider community. And there’s no doubt many of them don’t have ASD at all.

Who are the transgender-identified "colonizers" of LGB subreddits? - A breakdown by subreddit overlap by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

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

Unfortunately mods delete all of this stuff and I’m not as good as you are about saving these things, but I’ll keep an eye out for the next epic Reddit meltdown on the subject lol

"Her" favourite part of being a trans lesbian by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 36 insightful - 1 fun36 insightful - 0 fun37 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The failure to apprehend that lesbian and bi women actually avoid doing this because it’s so creepy is proof itself that this person is 100% male.

God, the complete and utter shame I still feel when inadvertently in these situations.... We’re women, we know what it’s like to be creeped on in intimate spaces. We wouldn’t do it to someone else, regardless of attraction.

Remember kids, bisexual means literally anything other than "attraction to men and women" by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

So not only do words no longer have meaning, subscribing to the actual meaning of said words is morally corrupt, got it.

Ps: This list has a way of making everyone other than actual bisexuals bisexual. Fun times.

Trans man complains on r/bigdickproblems by Scruffy_Nerf_Herder in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 22 insightful - 7 fun22 insightful - 6 fun23 insightful - 7 fun -  (0 children)

“I feel like this sub doesn’t love me.”

Lmao the trans mentality in one succinct sentence.

"It's not about the dick, it's about what's attached to the dick" by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 17 insightful - 3 fun17 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I swear, all those anti-bullying campaigns when we were kids really backfired. "It's what's on the inside that counts." That's not what we were supposed to get out of that. Everyone's so fragile now, I swear to God...

r/relationship_advice - From Incel to woman, how to forgive myself? (F22) by [deleted] in GenderCritical

[–]Constantine 11 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Could they make the incel to TiM pipeline any clearer? Come on woke people, wake up already (ironic pun intended).

The things my acquaintances send to each other on twitter made me realize how little I mean in their eyes... by lazy-summer-god in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I won’t go into details for anonymity’s sake, but mostly birds. And yes, it was very common for birds to pair up in same sex couples when there was a gender imbalance. They even got to “adopt” other birds’ eggs sometimes and raise the babies.

Who are the transgender-identified "colonizers" of LGB subreddits? - A breakdown by subreddit overlap by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes to all of this! We should be telling these kids that it's okay to be themselves, and they don't have to go through medical procedures to present how they see fit.

Bisexual and lesbian women: do literally *any* of you use the word "boobies"? by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Absolutely not. I assume anyone saying that is actually male.

The things my acquaintances send to each other on twitter made me realize how little I mean in their eyes... by lazy-summer-god in LGBDropTheT

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

Not that it matters since this would be egregious anyway, but there are evolutionary reasons for homosexuality. My family raised animals growing up and every time there was a gender imbalance in the population, the next babies would turn out gay.

There is no such thing as a trans farm animal.

Am I in the wrong for feeling offended/appropriated by FTM acquaintances? by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just because men aren’t a group that has been historically oppressed on a wide scale like women have doesn’t mean that manhood isn’t a unique experience, and that members of that group shouldn’t get to have their own language and spaces to discuss that unique experience and challenges they face because of it.

I think that because of the historical oppression of women, what’s happening to their spaces because of these people is meaningful in a slightly different way, but that in no way means that what’s happening to you isn’t also insidious. You have every right to feel violated and as if your experience is being trivialized, because that’s exactly what’s happening.

Edit to add that in this comment I’m talking about male spaces in general. I would argue that the trans invasion of specifically gay male spaces is insidious in much the same way as the invasion of women’s spaces because of the oppression component. Regardless, the point still stands that this is a violation whether the group in question experiences oppression or not.

"There are more than 2 genders" #DroptheB by PeakingPeachEater in Bisexuals

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think that we should stick with the Ls and Gs insofar as we all share same-sex attraction, which historically has led to problems with the rest of society. But I do think it’s important to have our own spaces since we have a different life experience/set of issues from the Ls and Gs. The TQs can knock right off. The bis who call themselves “pansexual” can do the same since they’re like all the worst stereotypes of us.

Edit: word

Who are the transgender-identified "colonizers" of LGB subreddits? - A breakdown by subreddit overlap by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is interesting and mostly just confirms my suspicions. Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know what the tulpa thing was and kind of wish I still didn’t.

As someone officially diagnosed with ASD, I did want to touch on some of the comments that are popping up here/add some more perspective:

1) I think that u/lovelyspearmint is correct that there’s likely a fair amount of erroneous self-diagnosis going on in the Reddit ASD community. This is something that really frustrates me, but at the same time I kind of have to understand because so many women in particular find it difficult to get an official diagnosis/be taken seriously by the medical community. At the same time, there are a lot of Zoomers who just want to be “special” for whatever reason, and saying they’re trans and/or have ASD both serve that purpose.

2) That said, I think that the evidence indicates that there’s definitely something going on. I forget which study, but it was done in the UK and showed that trans-identifying individuals are more likely to have diagnosed ASD at a frankly alarming rate. Add in the fact that scores of young women on the spectrum likely aren’t actually diagnosed, and the real number is no doubt higher.

3) Now on to potential reasons for this: I think that u/RedEyedWarrior has it partially correct that people on the spectrum tend to be more “gullible,” but the question remains as to why, especially when a fair portion of people with ASD are actually very critical of this ideology like myself. I’m involved with the Reddit ASD community, and whenever this topic comes up, it gets super heated with half the people saying derogatory things about trans people and the other half calling those people Nazis. It’s a real clusterf*ck.

I think this divide is a clash between a few different symptoms of ASD: our propensity for being skeptical of the common view/not caving to social pressure, and our serious mind/body disconnect that tends to make us clumsy/cause sensory issues/issues with sex and sexuality. This plays into the DID/multiple personalities stuff. Those diagnoses amount to psychological bunk, but they do, like transgender ideology, serve to explain away these difficulties in a more straightforward and accessible way than an ASD diagnosis. With ASD, we’re just kind of stuck with these problems. Sure, we can work on them, but that’s really hard work, and we’re never going to be “normal.” These other “conditions” offer a framework for understanding ourselves that puts the onus on others, and on medical interventions, not on ourselves, and may offer some (false) hope for normalcy.

So, our propensity for skepticism ends up clashing with our overwhelming desire to fit in somewhere. Which one wins out depends on the person and their mental state, I suppose. I myself experienced severe gender dysphoria for some time growing up, but realized that was related to ASD, no inherent gender identity (because there is no such thing). If someone had offered me hormones to fix it at thirteen, I would’ve taken them in a second. I’m glad I made it to adulthood/a better place mentally before the world went nuts.

I’m not sure what I hoped to accomplish with this wall of text, but I hope someone finds it interesting. I’m happy to answer any questions if anyone has any.

University of Michigan task force claims words 'picnic,' 'brown bag' and 'blacklist' are offensive (girl/guy/gal) by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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

Yeah, in my experience it’s mostly the younger professors, though. I fear for when the older ones die off/retire and there’s no semblance of sanity on campus anymore.

Edit: word

Happy Holidays! by PeakingPeachEater in Bisexuals

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you! Yes, I’ve just been relaxing, which has been nice after this year. It’s good not needing to be productive for a little while.

I hope you’ve had a good Christmas, as well!

Hey, some sanity and it didn't get removed! (from r/actuallesbians) by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 24 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 0 fun25 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I’m very glad that this person saw sanity before getting in too deep. I wish this was true for more of them. It’s harder when every contrary opinion is removed from their orbit.

University of Michigan task force claims words 'picnic,' 'brown bag' and 'blacklist' are offensive (girl/guy/gal) by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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

You’d think that a respected research university would actually look into the etymology of words before banning them for inaccurate reasons. But then again, I have little faith in such institutions anymore, especially when such committees are likely made up of administrative bloat and whiny students as opposed to professors.

Happy Holidays! by PeakingPeachEater in Bisexuals

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is the first Christmas I've spent alone (because of COVID) so that's kind of depressing, but also kind of nice and lower stress than usual. I'm off of work this year for a couple of weeks, so that's nice since I don't usually get a ton of downtime this time of year. Last Christmas was incredibly stressful and awful for various reasons, so I'm trying to focus on the positives.

I'm looking forward to putting 2020 behind me. Wishing you all a happy holidays, whatever you celebrate!

Help! We're going extinct: A crying plea to save the tomboys | Shout Out UK by Beryl in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Not completely extinct. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon.

I'm glad this article mentioned the transing of fictional characters like Jo March. If I'd seen Jo, or Mulan, or Scout Finch, or any of these characters being called trans when I was growing up, that would've been the nail in the coffin for me toward pumping myself full of dangerous hormones...

'Research shows many trans folks' sexual attractions change after transition' So were they lying to themselves or everyone else? by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 34 insightful - 5 fun34 insightful - 4 fun35 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Well, we know that the medical interventions these people put themselves through do all kinds of damage to their bodies, hormones, and sex drives, so I find it at least possible that there's something wacky going on, such as a trans woman losing his sex drive and then saying he's "attracted" to men now to seem more socially acceptable for whatever reason, or something similar. Yet another reason we should not be allowing this kind of self-mutilation. What are the implications for LGB people if sexuality can just be changed, not to mention the deleterious effects on the individuals concerned?

However, the article's "expert's" opinion on the matter is nothing short of ridiculous:

“Imagine you’re in a female body and you identify on the masculine spectrum. You don’t want to be sexual with men, because those men would treat you as a female-bodied person, and that kind of sexual interaction is not of interest to you. So even if you did have attractions for men, you might not engage with men or even indulge in fantasies about men until you can be witnessed as and interacted with in your affirmed gender.”

Please. I don't even know how to respond to something this nonsensical. So basically, this supposed scientist's answer is, "I didn't let myself be attracted to men because I understand that men hurt women, so I have to be a man in order to safely be attracted to men." These poor young women. Instead of teaching young men to treat them right, we're teaching the women and girls that they can just become men and not have to deal with misogyny anymore. Because not wanting to be treated like a sex object means they're actually men.

My wonderful GNC best friend of a decade came out as Non-Binary and my heart broke. by [deleted] in GenderCritical

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

This exact scenario happened to me a few months ago, but the friendship was already in the process of deteriorating because I felt he was basically in a cult now, even before the non-binary nonsense. I never expressed my concerns beyond testing the waters out of fear of professional retaliation (he did not respond kindly to my testing the waters, to say the least). It sucks because this person means a lot to me, and has been there forever basically. But it’s like losing someone to a cult, as another poster said.

I went through something similar with a friend who thinks he’s a woman now. I’m 99% sure all of these friends think I’m a closeted trans man in denial anyway, so I’ve decided that I need new ones.

These are crazy times. No advice, I guess, just commiseration. Good luck, OP.

Just some casual homophobia on a subreddit with "lesbians" in its name. by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 24 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 0 fun25 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I want to tear my eyes out... If only I could say that this was just teenagers being stupid on the Internet, but I know people like this in real life.

Bisexual tall girl by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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

Dear White People is the main one. It's a Netflix original and has some "woke" tendencies, but I felt that it critiqued superficial wokeness more than it perpetuated it. sigh Oh well. Also some other shows I haven't heard of, like "Love Life," "Queen America," and "The Ballad of Hugo Sanchez."

Here's the IMDB profile (note the very male photograph with beard in contrast to pronouns and ridiculous name): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3920289/

Bisexual tall girl by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This guy is a show runner/staff writer on popular, legitimate shows. I’m gonna go crawl into a hole and die now....

The difference between two sites reporting the same story. by MilkTea in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 26 insightful - 1 fun26 insightful - 0 fun27 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Okay, this perfectly encapsulates all of my concerns about the trans movement in one image. There's the obvious (or at least what should be obvious) confirmation that this is just a fetish and a way to gain access to more vulnerable women and girls for dangerous men.

But then there's also the wider social concern I have about the LGB movement: wasn't one of the big arguments against LGB rights "what's next, pedophilia?" and we all shook our heads and said that was a slippery slope fallacy, those are totally different things, and no one could ever reasonably use the arguments for LGB rights to advocate for something like that.

And we were right: those arguments still don't work for this stuff. But people are using them anyway, fallaciously, and the second a right-wing outlet gets ahold of this, what will happen? They won't get the nuance about how the T has nothing to do with the rest of us in anything but name, and they'll start going on and on about how LGBT organizations are trying to ruin society. And this time, they won't be wrong. The T is dragging us down with them on their sinking ship.

r/BiologicalLesbians Banned On Reddit. by votkriscan in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 26 insightful - 4 fun26 insightful - 3 fun27 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I clicked on this thread expecting to get depressed about all this shit again, but this comment actually made me feel way better. Very well put, thank you.

Well that's Elon Musk cancelled. He'll be sorry. by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Glad he agrees with us, but he should not have named his child that lmao

Why do people think Mulan is trans? by EzukiRaen in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, that was because the publisher wouldn’t publish the book as it was originally written, with Jo single. So Louisa May Alcott gave her an old, unattractive love interest to spite them. Malicious compliance.

Why do people think Mulan is trans? by EzukiRaen in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ugh this drives me so nuts. They're doing the same thing to Jo March from Little Women. Just because she liked playing male characters in her skits (because all the available actors were female and someone had to do it), and because she didn't want a man, and because she had to use male pen names to make money, she must've been trans. Misogyny couldn't have anything to do with any of that, no. During the American Civil War. In the 1860s. Because trans was a thing then. Not misogyny /s

edit: 1860s, not 1960s, lol

Repeat after me: sexuality has nothing to do with sex by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I love how they assume that we don’t know trans people all the time, and that’s why we’re critical of their ideology. No, it’s exactly because I’ve had the misfortune of knowing so many trans people that I came around to questioning the TRA orthodoxy in the first place. People who don’t know trans IRL are more likely to support them because they think they’re just trying to live their lives like LGB people. They’re not.

Among LGBT Americans, bisexuals stand out when it comes to identity, acceptance by PeakingPeachEater in Bisexuals

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sure, I don’t mind answering. I think my perpetual singleness is related to a combination of things, chief among them that I have Asperger’s and am just generally bad at social interaction. Romantic relationships seem to be my kryptonite in this regard.

Additionally, men do seem to find me too masculine, even now that I present more “tomboyish” than “butch.” At first, men seem to like that I’m “not like the other girls,” but then I either drop them for buying into such a ridiculous trope or they get threatened because I’m not feminine enough for them after all. As for women, to go back to my first point I find them even more difficult to interact with than men in most cases for some reason.

And yeah, I was actually reading about that study yesterday in regards to bi men. The guy who ran the study also used his conclusions to justify arguing that all women are bi as opposed to straight/lesbian. This strikes me as methodologically questionable. The results of the study have been replicated, I believe, but that still doesn’t speak to the cause. The way men and women are socialized could account for the differences in physiological responses to pornography, for instance, not sexual orientation. This study also strikes me as interesting when compared to the ones that demonstrate male sexuality is more malleable in that porn can instill fetishes in them easier than in women. But now we’re way off topic, haha.

Among LGBT Americans, bisexuals stand out when it comes to identity, acceptance by PeakingPeachEater in Bisexuals

[–]Constantine 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

  1. No, because I'm perpetually single and already feel like I surprised my family by being interested in men in the first place as a GNC woman, so I don't want to like have that awkward conversation again unecessarily. I know they won't really care, so I'm just kind of meh about telling them as long as I'm single and don't really have a reason to. As for non-family, everyone already assumes I'm a lesbian anyway without asking, apparently, and it doesn't come up much. I suppose next time it does come up I could correct them, but usually it's very awkward and not that important.

  2. I don't know, I feel like it would be cool if more people came out, but I'm also honestly annoyed by so many bi women in het relationships coming out and shopping for "unicorns" and perpetuating negative stereotypes, so I guess it depends on who we're talking about here. Not that I think there's anything wrong with het-leaning bi women, or open relationships, or whatever, but I worry about being judged/trying to date as someone who's not into that kind of set-up. I wish more bi men would come out, but I get why they don't.

  3. See above two points. Numbers wise, and for social pressure reasons, I think we're more likely to end up in het relationships, so why come out when it doesn't really matter? And bisexuals are judged by straights and LGs alike, so less likely to want to come out to either for that reason.

  4. See above. More opposite sex partners to choose from, and social pressure to be in a het relationship. I think they're both factors.

  5. Depends. I like it here in GC communities. I also like that liberal feminists have made bisexuality more "visible" or whatever word they're using right now, but then there are all the negative stereotypes listed above that go along with that, and all the QT bullshit. I don't think bi men have made much progress at all, unfortunately. We almost never hear about them even in bi communities.

Sad watching so many lesbians and bi women rejecting womanhood by oofreesouloo in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 48 insightful - 1 fun48 insightful - 0 fun49 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, this shit is so depressing. I took a break from this forum and all the outrage for a while because it was making me too depressed, and then the whole “Elliot” Page thing happened and now I feel worse about the world than ever.

I worry so much for young girls right now. There’s no way I wouldn’t have started to question my “gender” if Page has done this when I idolized her in high school during her X-Men years.

Internalised misogyny + homophobic stereotypes = "gay trans man". Sad, really. by artetolife in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This person is so painfully confused it’s not even funny.

Oh most of us know alright by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 20 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 0 fun21 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The comments are unreal.

#LGBTQIAPride trending on Twitter as "Coming out day" by OPPRESSED_REPTILIAN in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ugh, someone came out to me and our mutual friends as “queer” on that day. It was a really terrible diatribe that really hit on every single thing that is wrong with the TQWTF tribe. Oh and this person has never been in a non-straight relationship. Because of course.

Boston University survey on sexual/gender identities (bonus "oh noes the terfs have found it!) by blahblahgcer in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, of course, but it can’t hurt to try and show them that their narrative is wrong. Most of these people just assume the “community” is homogenous and have never had this view challenged.

Boston University survey on sexual/gender identities (bonus "oh noes the terfs have found it!) by blahblahgcer in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, but the survey divides these things up so you don’t have to answer that way. It asks you whether you are attracted to “gender” or “sex,” and the gender shit is separate from GNC presentation. So hopefully they see this data and realize not everyone’s on the stupid bandwagon, though I’m not holding my breath.

Boston University survey on sexual/gender identities (bonus "oh noes the terfs have found it!) by blahblahgcer in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hopefully my response (as well as many others from GC people) will show them that GNC and non-binary are NOT the same thing.

Boston University survey on sexual/gender identities (bonus "oh noes the terfs have found it!) by blahblahgcer in LGBDropTheT

[–]Constantine 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hope it was put together by undergrads, given the vague and undefined nature of many of the questions. But knowing how sociology is as a field these days, I would not be surprised if the study was conducted by tenured professors.

Sexuality is a personality trait, according to commenters on r/lgbt (but not upvotes?) by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

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Yeah there were so many memes going on at that time saying she was the “traitorous lesbian” that some former Stonewall activist warned us all about. It was infuriating, especially since she’s a pretty effective progressive mayor from what I understand. She just doesn’t put up with bullshit.

Sexuality is a personality trait, according to commenters on r/lgbt (but not upvotes?) by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

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My generation is basically a bunch of literal internet vessels walking around the real world. And they’re in the workforce now. It’s terrifying.

Seattle Seahawks announcer Dori Monson suspended over tweet by pacmanla in LGBDropTheT

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I’m worried this will not happen soon enough and that by the time it does, kids now will be all grown up and fully indoctrinated by the school system and internet with all this. Then it will be too late.

Sexuality is a personality trait, according to commenters on r/lgbt (but not upvotes?) by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

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This is a real gem (from a “transbian” with multiple flairs to that effect, of course):

“I usually feel bad about myself seeing things like this because being queer is a big part of my personality.”

Why yes, “Tiffany,” you should feel bad about appropriating a gay slur as a straight man and trying to coerce lesbians to sleep with you. That would be called “self-awareness,” but given that you posted this, I doubt you have any. You’re just fishing for “validation” again.

Edit: word

Sexuality is a personality trait, according to commenters on r/lgbt (but not upvotes?) by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

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It’s because they see him as a traitor to the gay community. They did the same with Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot when she was elected (first lesbian in such a role). Because they don’t cater to the TQWTF’s every whim, and because they’re not self-avowed communists (not kidding), they’re seen as fake gays or something. I saw this every day when I was working in politics.

It just goes to show that they actually see being LGB as a personality trait that they can try on and off whenever they like. Much like womanhood. Same reason they say all TERF’s are “political lesbians” or something ridiculous like that.

When your toddler is already smarter than you. by jet199 in MeanwhileOnReddit

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Yeah, I think people underestimate how damaging this can actually be. Aside from (what should be) the obvious negative psychological effects of trying to get your child to believe in something that directly contradicts reality, I worry that these "theybies" are particular vulnerable to sexual abuse. Kind of like kids who are taught to call their genitals "cookie" or something like that, if these children don't have the correct biological vocabulary to communicate with trusted adults, how will they be able to communicate when they need help?

This is the omnisexual flag, omnisexuality is apart of the pansexual spectrum and is a much lesser known sexuality. Omnisexual is where you attracted to all genders, like pansexual except you have a preference towards a specific gender, unlike pansexual people - r/LGBT. (Look at the comments) by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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This is absurd. Neoliberalism run amok. Everyone must have their own little identity, and then fight over the little differences. At least they're eating each other alive.

They’re not even trying anymore, are they? by Constantine in LGBDropTheT

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r/TumblrinAction has kind of filled a GC void on Reddit recently. I hope it doesn't get banned, but the TRAs are trying.

Do we have a backup to saidit? by reluctant_commenter in LGBDropTheT

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u/PeakingPeachEater was talking about making a Discord a couple of days ago.