Behold - new definitions apply - a NB he/him lesbian = valid šŸ’« by Rag3 in LGBDropTheT

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Heā€™s hot. You think heā€™ll want to hook up if I identify as a lesbian for the night? He better not be one of those lesbians with a genital fetish I hear about šŸ˜¤

So I found this little piece of hypocritical garbage being an official in-game object (The Sims 4) by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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A while ago they patched in all those ugly flags including the hideous progress flag. I might consider not getting TS5 if they continue the woke train and make you to choose pronouns or something. Gender customization right now is sometimes nice though when I want to to make a same-sex pregnancy. šŸ˜‚

It's transphobic to describe yourself as "same sex attracted", according to AskTransgender. by FediNetizen in LGBDropTheT

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TRAs like comparing themselves to race only when it serves them and is convenient. Then when you question why a male can identify out of his sex but canā€™t be Korean, all of a sudden theyā€™re totally different concepts with no relation and how dare you compare them. Even though race is MORE of a social construct than sexā€¦ In fact, he could literally become Korean through legal means.

Lesbian insists she doesn't like dick. Suicide rate skyrockets. by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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If we can unlearn so-called genital preferences just by going to therapy, canā€™t they also learn to accept their own bodies?

"He" sees your hypocrisy, you tiddiephobic cis gays by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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In fandoms there is an appreciation for men with big ā€œtiddiesā€ which refers to big pecs usually. I admit to liking the aesthetic myself. My boyfriend is a little chubby and I like his as well. I donā€™t like womenā€™s boobs, though.

Stolen from s/bisexuals- IKEA's ugly couch contest šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ by PatsyStone in LGBDropTheT

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Those ghostly hands look like theyā€™re going to strangle me like something from Fatal Frame.

Also, love how thereā€™s no couch for gay men. Weā€™ve been swallowed up by the ā€œProgressā€ flag.

The perils of navigating the gay male dating scene as a straight female. by DrMantisToboggan in LGBDropTheT

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For fuckā€™s sake, why do trans people treat us like aliens in a fucking zoo? I donā€™t know what ā€œgay club etiquetteā€ is either. Stop acting like weā€™re some exotic creature you have to tame. šŸ™„

/r/lgbt confirms that raping ones mother is a much lesser crime than being misgendered by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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I donā€™t remember all the sordid details of his past. I do remember his creepy sex drawings. Lesbian indeedā€¦

/r/lgbt confirms that raping ones mother is a much lesser crime than being misgendered by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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Which is funny because Chris Chan is the poster child for self-ID being a horrible idea. He has an extensive history of doing and saying creepy things to women. He was the definition of incel before the term was coined. The idea of him wanting to be a lesbian is so clearly messed up. I canā€™t fathom how society has fallen this hard for anyone to take his identity seriously.

My friends are f*ggots and do are you by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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If you ladies had any idea of what the fuck gay male culture is like then you wouldnā€™t even demand to not be called ā€œsheā€. The gay men Iā€™m friends with still call each other ā€œsheā€ and ā€œgirlā€. Weā€™re all in our late 20s/early 30s so itā€™s not like some ancient thing.

You just want to appropriate aspects of gay culture you like (like being called slurs since they VaLiDaTE you) but push away the aspects you donā€™t like. And at the same time, you want to be treated exactly the same while also having special rules that only apply to you. Thatā€™s not how this shit works!

Was anyone else here a supporter of trans rights, until they went too far and started demanding unquestioning compliance from every corner of society? by ukrdude10 in LGBDropTheT

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For me, my support ended when genital fetish/preference discourse was becoming popular (I literally saw it happen on Tumblr, they canā€™t deny it). I also discovered the lies about Stonewall shortly after by simply reading Wikipedia articles.

I love dick and man ass and no amount of brainwashing is going to change that.

We are a queer couple able to reproduce. by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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I promise that some of us anime fans are not (too) crazy!

Remember to pick up a copy of Hogwarts Legacy for you or a loved one. Make J.K. smile. by xandit in LGBDropTheT

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Funny enough, all the gay and trans people I know are stoked about this game. Iā€™ll probably buy 2 copies (one for my boyfriend) when I can afford it.

Lol at EA for adding the split attraction model into the game by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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It was explained that they are still coded as male or female. A ā€œthey/themā€ does not exist mechanically in the the game since it only changes text in the English version. Fortunately for us it means sexual orientation remains based on sex in the majority of cases.

Lol at EA for adding the split attraction model into the game by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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It could be fun to create a Sim whoā€™s meant to be prudish, a member of the clergy or a made up religion/cult, or a frat boy (aka an aromantic heterosexual šŸ™„). The pronouns update is also silly, but I might use it to create creatures referred to as ā€œitā€ or maybe royal titles. I have no desire to use it for its supposedly intended purpose even though it could be interesting to mess around with.

Another lesbian caught by the cult by Rage-Xion in LGBDropTheT

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Iā€™m a bit younger than her and I already grew out of my trans phase. I get it when younger people are like this, but itā€™s hard for me to conceptualize an adult doing stuff like this.

Woman shoves other women and LGB people aside to shout, ā€œWhat about me?!?!ā€ into the void by julesburm1891 in LGBDropTheT

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I remember an American professor got in trouble (and possibly fired) for talking about the Mandarin filler word ā€œnei geā€. It means ā€œummā€ or ā€œthatā€. But since it somewhat sounds like a racist term, he got cancelled. Disgustingly Anglo-centric like all this woke BS.

No organisation left uncaptured by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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Funny how theyā€™re concerned about the removal of sexual orientation from history. Arenā€™t they the ones that removed ā€œlesbians and gaysā€ from their acronym?

Is not wanting to have sex with trans people transphobic? Iā€™m trans, hereā€™s what I think. by Rage-Xion in LGBDropTheT

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I think the author said something like ā€œsex with me is largely no different than any other gay manā€. So this person might be a ā€œgay trans manā€ who tend to really be intense activists against gay menā€™s boundaries.

Lesbian sex just keeps getting weirder by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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Singular they is really destroying my comprehension. I had to read it several times to understand if the person was referring to one or both of them in the situation (Iā€™m still not certain and lost interest in finding out). Itā€™s really not intuitive and Iā€™m sure a nightmare for non-native speakers of English.

Sunday Social - open chat! by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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Just a rant I guess but I feel so alienated from my family. On Easter I just felt like I was from another planet. I can fake conversations and things like that but itā€™s difficult. Of course the gay thing is an elephant in the room. Some of the older people I overheard gossiping how they thought I was handsome and they need to set me up with a girl. The ones my momā€™s age know, but like for example my aunt said I could take some food to ā€œmy buddyā€. She knows I live with my boyfriend. Everything feels awkward and I canā€™t explain it.

Does it make sense? by Hannibalboy93 in LGBDropTheT

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Yeah, the Anglocentrism of it is really gross. Also, my whole thing is that yes, we do sometimes use ā€œtheyā€ as a singlar, but when we need to specify a singular person using ā€œheā€ or ā€œsheā€ is far more clear. If you talk about a non-binary person among literally any group of people it is super confusing and thereā€™s usually a breakdown in communication.

Introducing the new Martin Luther King by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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Same hereā€¦ I knew someone who used to be very chill and fun to just be around. Lately sheā€™s gotten very political and I had a feeling sheā€™d transition (she did). Now sheā€™s dragging her husband into the whole thing which everyone knows sheā€™s literally abusive to him. Someone reported that sheā€™s calling herself the f-slur now. Itā€™s sad to see the cool girls I grew up with become brain-rotted by Twitter (another friend became a queer she/they non-binary, sheā€™s a whole ass mom with a husband)

The Rise of Gender Critical Homophobia by DrMantisToboggan in LGBDropTheT

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Itā€™s pretty rampant among radfems and the like. The few times Iā€™ve lurked radfem places (I donā€™t comment on them) they tend to push weird conspiracy theories about gay men. I went to one where they were talking about a gay man speaking out on biological sex and someone ranked gay men HIGHER than straight men on who is least likely to get pushback for speaking out. There was another article pushing some conspiracy shit that claimed something like women have no importance in the lives of gay men which makes them more nefarious than straight men. Seriously.

Needless to say, lesbians in these spaces tend to call out others the most on their homophobia so I trust them the most. Still, itā€™s not a good look that they perpetuate this crap. Itā€™s unfortunate that as a gay male I feel we are on our own. It seems every ideology and philosophy blames us for everything. Anything from natural disasters to womenā€™s rights itā€™s always our fault. šŸ™„

Is there any popular site on the net that hasn't degraded into a far-left echo chamber that eliminates all dissent? It's downright dystopian to not even be allowed to civilly disagree. by JohnWhy in LGBDropTheT

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Literally. Iā€™ve been playing a lot of Genshin Impact lately and every gaming website I look at to find team builds and stuff just pushes this stuff. One just started blasting a video about ā€œLGBTQ+ representation in video gamesā€ as some kind of ad without me clicking on it. Another recommended an article if I should play the new Harry Potter game if I ā€œwant to support my trans friendsā€. Itā€™s all so tiring even when I am trying to enjoy escapism.

*Words words words words* by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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I used to work with an older white man who was a they/them and claimed he was a PoC. Itā€™s definitely a thing that happens. An Indian woman I knew complained about it to me in private and how these identities made it more difficult to address how shitty he was at his job. Itā€™s progressive armor.

Great article (about millennials turning homosexuality and bisexuality into a fad)! by Tikiri in LGBDropTheT

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Iā€™m a millennial too (late 20s) but this really is our fault. Our generation started this shit and is the one that is perpetuating it in institutions outside of academia.

r/ftm having a totally normal, entirely rational and not-at-all homophobic discussion about "cis gay man" by ThrowMeAway2879 in LGBDropTheT

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I love how our ā€œwhole identity revolves around the genitalsā€ (something literally a homophobic preacher would say) and yet their community is based around discussing penis envy. Freud would have a field day with these women.

Fellas, is it queer to support science? by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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It is definitely a secular religion as someone who used to believe in this BS. Thatā€™s why this ideology easily became a social contagion.

Everyone has their pronouns on their door by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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I graduated college in the mid-2010s. A pronoun was just a grammatical term when I was there. I was never asked my pronouns. The LGBT organization had like one trans person and actual gay/bi people. I didnā€™t even know the concept or know anyone who identified as such until the early 2010s. In fact, I remember seeing a guy wearing a skirt on campus and everyone thought that was progressive. We were this close to a movement abolishing gender rolesā€¦

Ain't that just the way by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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What does this even mean? Is love between men so alien that it becomes a fantasy somehow? This is so degrading.

The Burden of Autogynephilia | with Lisa Shupe. Our liberated culture itself refuses to acknowledge that aspects of sexuality can be harmful. Shupe is telling us how hard it is to live with a fetish because fetishes destroy relationships by Chipit in LGBDropTheT

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What a sad tale. This man is so distressed and the amount of malpractice directed toward detransitioners is insane. The part that really chilled me was when he recounted the doctorā€™s notes saying something like ā€œpatient claims to be male and denies being femaleā€. Like, we have descended into some real lunacy.

This is a medical scandal in the making. Either the activists will suppress information like this or this behavior will be looked back on horrifically like lobotomy.

Repackaging serious mental illness as a sexual orientation and/or gender identity by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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They see these terms like ā€œtwunkā€ as something they can just identify into. Any deviation is gatekeeping, which Iā€™ve legit seen a bigger woman accuse others of when they didnā€™t think she was a twink (itā€™s fatphobic too!). However, to most gay men these terms simply exist to talk about body types. They are not uwu precious fandoms. Clueless straight people are appropriating these terms.

I also find her conversion to Judaism interesting. It seems sheā€™s trying to identify into as many oppressed categories as she can.

Pegging with a hint of delusion. Bon AppƩtit! by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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Ah yes, some nostalgic propaganda I remember falling for when I believed in gender. I hated my sexuality so much I tried to identify to something more politically correct. Dark times that they will deny anyone experiences

These girls treat gay men like they're learning a foreign language. by Criticallacitirc in LGBDropTheT

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There must be something in the waterā€¦ I know two different women in heterosexual relationships that have come out as some sort of trans all of a sudden. It seems to come out of nowhere like this reddit user who was straight yesterday.

Who's the man in a gay relationship? Hm? Hm?!?! by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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I suppose that would be your interpretation of gay men if your only frame of reference is porn.

Also, to me this implies that ancient homophobic idea of a penetrated man being relegated to a non-man status. Iā€™m sure that gothā€™s mind would explode learning that my more feminine boyfriend tops sometimes.

Misogyny here.- Oh wait, that's you! by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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I said that in a sense of accepting itā€™s a possible outcome. I donā€™t want it to happen and will do what I can. However, this very well might be the new transhumanist religion of the future and we are mere heretics and apostates who are a footnote in the history books.

Misogyny here.- Oh wait, that's you! by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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I donā€™t care honestly if Iā€™m ā€œon the right side of historyā€ as they say. The gender ideology movement steps all over women, homosexuals, and even transsexuals. If this queer theory/gender ideology stuff thrives in the next 100 years with the rise of transhumanism then so be it. Something being approved by society doesnā€™t mean itā€™s morally correct. It takes a great deal of hubris to think weā€™re living in times where progress is only linear.

How many of your friends have transitioned? by justagaydude123 in LGBDropTheT

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I feel like I live in a parallel universe because my school experience was so different than what I hear now. In high school I didnā€™t know a single kid who identified as anything but a boy or a girl. I was online a lot too and chatted with a lot of gay/bi kids but no trans. Then in college not that long ago (early 2010s to mid 2010s) I knew only a handful of trans people. The large LGBT group I went to had maybe like one trans member. Pronouns werenā€™t really discussed. Itā€™s hard to think how quickly this all happened.

How much do you express your sexuality to your straight friends? by oofreesouloo in LGBDropTheT

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Hmmā€¦ I guess Iā€™m more C. My friend group is mid-20s to early 30s. We have a dynamic of teasing each other and not being too serious. My boyfriendā€™s friends are pretty similar. Like, I wonā€™t be afraid to say a game character is hot or whatever.

Interacting with most other people Iā€™m more A.

How was your experience as a gay or bi person in high school? by oofreesouloo in LGBDropTheT

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Hmmā€¦ I went to school in the Midwestern US so maybe it was more regional.

How was your experience as a gay or bi person in high school? by oofreesouloo in LGBDropTheT

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Wow, we have similar experiences. Similar graduation time, overbearing/abusive mother, and sexually assaulted by straight women (and one who later transitioned to a ā€œgay guyā€). I remember at that time there was a lot of straight people throwing around f-slurs and calling everything gay. That took a toll on my mental health since I heard it literally everyday. Did you have a similar experience? Also at my school there were only a handful of openly gay guys. There were more bisexual/lesbian girls who mostly settled down with men later in life.

Lesbian insists she doesn't like dick. Suicide rate skyrockets. by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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To that I would question why fellow primates express same-sex relations in the wild, but no primate can change sex by sheer will. If sexuality is a ā€œsocial constructā€ and changing your sex is not.

Fuck monosexual privilege by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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As a former Tumblr user, they were saying this before marriage equality in the US.

Fuck monosexual privilege by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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When I was on Tumblr years ago this was a common talking point. I thought monosexual privilege was an abandoned argument (much like the even sillier ā€œallosexual privilegeā€). Itā€™s all kind of BS when you realize who is privileged and who isnā€™t comes and goes in trends. Iā€™m worried how quickly organizations are trying to adopt an unstable worldview.

Do you think many non-binary people become trans? by louisa_emythox in LGBDropTheT

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Most humans have a desire to believe in something greater than ourselves. Even the most rational of humans. Anyone is prone to ideology. Clearly this is the case with modern day eventsā€¦

I donā€™t think Iā€™m particularly smart for what itā€™s worth but what I will say is that I was raised in a very Catholic family. The blueprint was there despite my rejecting religion in Catholic school. My conclusion is that secularism does not necessarily equate to rationality. Something will take its place.

Do you think many non-binary people become trans? by louisa_emythox in LGBDropTheT

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I was more in the genderfluid/genderqueer camp of non-binary. The biggest issue with it is that it has no concrete definition so anyone can identify under this ā€œumbrellaā€. So for me, I did not view myself as a sexless being but instead desired to be female. This feeling was not consistent and therefore I believed I was in-between. Of course exposing myself to trans propaganda made these feelings worse which is why my desire to be female morphed into a desire to be a trans woman later on. Iā€™ve hated my body until very recently so I think general body dysmorphia got into the mix.

I believe you are correct, though. Most enbies are buying into some sort of philosophical belief (a religious rebirth of the self). If the person is experiencing body issues and mental health issues (I was to severe degrees) then that is a recipe to join any sort of ideology. Unlike transsexuals I personally donā€™t believe non-binary is real outside of a spiritual context.

Do you think many non-binary people become trans? by louisa_emythox in LGBDropTheT

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Iā€™m a desister technically. Thought I was genderfluid/non-binary/whatever then a trans woman for a bit. Never medically transitioned.

These in-between genders are still dangerous in my opinion. I watched a few videos from detransitioners who once thought they were something in-between until transitioning to a trans woman or trans man. And as I mentioned, I went from being a nebulous gender to contemplating medical transition as a trans woman.

All the detransitioners Iā€™ve watched (and I agree with them) say that if you believe in gender identity then gender becomes a spirit quest of sorts. You are constantly searching for the true self. So yes, itā€™s likely that if she continues this spiritual journey that she may come to the conclusion of transitioning.

Now that the "Trans-racial" topic is discussed in the Wakosphere again thanks To Oil London. by FineIWillDoItMyself in LGBDropTheT

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Iā€™ve been seeing more transpecies things recently so I guess weā€™ll see how long it takes for society to reach critical cognitive dissonance.

Outsider looking in: I've seen videos of Morgan Freeman and Denzel going on about how they don't want a Black History month. How many of you feel the same way and how many of you want one? by ImSuperCerial in LGBDropTheT

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We will not become normal members of society if weā€™re paraded around as shockingly different for a whole month. Being treated as equals is all I wanted during the pain of growing up. If the TQ+ want to keep pushing the envelope then go ahead but at least give us the option to have a separate day or opt out.

How many of you have genuinely experienced actual, extreme gender dysphoria? And please dont exaggerate but i mean actual, almost borderline creepy, harmful levels of what we now call gender dysphoria? Not the "im a tomboy" but "there's something deeply wrong with me" until you got over it. by schomee in LGBDropTheT

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Iā€™m technically desisted despite my case not being possibly that severe. I fit the DSM-5ā€™s definition of childhood dysphoria. Then I grew up and it got worse with the exposure of Tumblr/queer theory. There was a few years I thought I was trans. I was dissatisfied with my male body. With my unaccepting family I thought Iā€™d be better off a straight woman. I hated my body too with several attempts to starve myself, shave off all my body hair, etc.

For a short time I tried to accept I was a trans woman. Then I got so disillusioned with the trans community for its genital preference debates and its lies about gay history. I stopped believing in gender and it helped. Eventually my feelings stabilized in my mid-20s (Iā€™m in my late 20s now).

I have pangs of dysphoria now and then. Itā€™s more than manageable these days, though. I accept Iā€™m a gay male with feminine interests. Iā€™m also really glad I never took hormones or anything.

And that entitles him to identify as TQ+ and lecture LGB people on sexual attraction by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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Most straight men donā€™t stand for this shit. I suspect youā€™re right since there was a self-identified gay man I met who only dates trans women and feminine guys. Nobody sane saw it as a contradiction.

Progress = Everyone is Pansexual? Thanks, BBC. by julesburm1891 in LGBDropTheT

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Additionally, Turning notes that language has evolved to recognise women as sexually non-binary. For example, Turning says her lesbian partner had a ā€œGay Straight Allianceā€ at her high school, around 2007. That phrasing encouraged a binary ā€“ members were either gay or straight, with no real options for those who might have identified somewhere in between ā€“ and no word that specifically embodied female sexuality, the ā€˜Lā€™ left conspicuously out of the GSA acronym.

Weā€™re never getting back gay/lesbian-focused groups, are we?

No amount of pandering can fill the great soul-sucking void of their narcissism by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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I think us actual homosexuals need to clarify what the hell sexual orientation is. Itā€™s not based on the degree of your sex drive. Itā€™s not based on ā€œgender presentationā€ or ā€œgender identityā€ (which is a phrase I replace with gender roles in my head). Pronouns do not get me horny. It is based on sex.

Now these idiots think Iā€™m attracted to chromosomes. Thatā€™s not what that means. Yes, I have found trans men attractive. Iā€™ve also found extremely masculine women attractive. Iā€™ve heard of lesbians thinking certain drag queens are hot. Does this mean our sexuality is fluid? Nope. As soon as I realize theyā€™re biologically female then all my attraction goes away.

I can appreciate aesthetic beauty. I admire beautiful women. Iā€™m not physically attracted to them. And I think this confusion with appreciating aesthetic beauty causes a lot of straight people to think theyā€™re ā€œqueerā€ or whatever

Gay Americans starting to wish straight people would chill out about Pride Month by PatsyStone in LGBDropTheT

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I think this is true. Personally, Iā€™ve had several straight people and one ā€œqueerā€ woman married to a man wish me a ā€œhappy prideā€ out of nowhere, but my actual gay friends have barely acknowledged it. Itā€™s definitely for straights to virtue signal

The Six Million Dollar Nebularomantic DemiMan by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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It absolutely is. Back when I was a Tumblr kid, I thought I was biromantic homosexual. That was also when they said bisexuals and asexuals were oppressed by gay people under ā€œmonosexual privilegeā€. šŸ™„

fans of Drag Race that are also LGBTdroptheT? by ekota in LGBDropTheT

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GottMik was so cringey. She wants to be one of the boys so bad but then vilifies them by doing all the ā€œdown with cisā€ crap. Then there was that song she literally wrote herself about being a girl and she knew would be heard by everyone, but then she promptly threw a fit that they would find out??? I avoid fandom these days but Iā€™m sure they all babied her. šŸ™„

Anime profile people are the full force behind the pride month celebrations. Happy Pride. (Bleurgh) by cutenoobies in LGBDropTheT

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Any other sane anime nerds here? Weird how so many people with this interest gravitate toward queer stuff considering itā€™s rarely present in anime/JRPGs/etc. Itā€™s like... if thereā€™s a cute anime girl Japan wants to be with her and the US wants to become her lol

A conversation with my mom from last night I figured you guys would enjoy by julesburm1891 in LGBDropTheT

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My mom is also a Midwesterner in her 50s and has yet to ask me this. I keep waiting for her to find out lol

Interestingly, I used to live in a more woke city and not many people that I had private conversations with seem to buy it either. Hell, I personally know trans people who donā€™t even buy it. One of them told me ā€œthere are only men and womenā€.

Demi Lovato Comes Out as Gender Non-Binary. The society is failing women because these days they are more about leaving womanhood behind than feeling pride in it. It really sucks. by cutenoobies in LGBDropTheT

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Why do so many women think theyā€™ve changed genders after a bad haircut? Fuckā€™s sake.

He/They and They/Them Gay Men: My Issue With Them by Capn in LGBDropTheT

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So I think a big reason is that gay men are at the bottom of the LGBTQ+ community. We are hated by pretty much every political side and Iā€™ve even seen a decent amount of vitriol from radfems and the like.

Being a gay man means being constantly criticized by everyone. If you have different pronouns then maybe you wonā€™t feel so ā€œoppressiveā€ (despite in the US we are the biggest targets for hate crimes in the LGBT).

Then I also think a lot of gay men have some level of dysphoria or self-hatred for failing to perform our gender role correctly. These were some of the reasons why I didnā€™t identify as a gay man until a little while ago. I used to have pronouns (lol).

'he/him & they/them lesbians - a quick guide' the fuck is this? by lovelyspearmint in LGBDropTheT

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Gendered language can be a form of self-expression. My gay male friends and I (in our late 20s for context) often use feminine and masculine expressions interchangeably. The difference being that we donā€™t force the world to view us a certain way.

I used to think I might be trans when I was younger, but expressing yourself however the fuck you want and not caring how people refer to you is far more freeing. I hope my generation learns to stop being so obsessed about labels once again.

A link between anime and gender dysphoria in males? Written by a male from a GC pov, but I thought I'd share here for a wider perspective. by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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I want to point out as an anime fan that this is very much a Western issue. This also probably wonā€™t help much but anecdotally I know a lot of nerds who are ā€œnormiesā€.

Cis gays, you just need to work on your attraction to transmen by Chunkeeguy in LGBDropTheT

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If weā€™re supposed to force ourselves to like your genitals then accept your own damn body first, for fuckā€™s sake.

Besides random shit people are saying on the internet, what has happened or been said to you IRL that makes you want to drop the T? by fuckupaddams in LGBDropTheT

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Unfortunately, I know two different women who identified as lesbians becoming ā€œgay menā€. Another one I knew who didnā€™t transition was dating a man last I checked. I know lesbians are a thing of course I just feel like this fixation on labels isnā€™t always a good thing for people.

Besides random shit people are saying on the internet, what has happened or been said to you IRL that makes you want to drop the T? by fuckupaddams in LGBDropTheT

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The first seeds of doubt were planted when a lesbian friend of mine came out as a ā€œgay manā€. It made no sense to me, especially because she would say how she was secretly misogynistic and she was only a lesbian to ā€œbe the manā€ in the relationship. It sounded really off to me, but I accepted it because that was the progressive thing to do at the time. This was about 6 years ago before things really took off.

A lot of stuff online peaked me. However, meeting non-binaries for the first time is what got to me. They were all consistently narcissistic, nasty people. One of them would act nice in front of the managers and then weaponize her identity against anyone she didnā€™t like. She almost got an older woman fired who had a learning disability (she tried so hard to remember her stupid pronouns, the poor lady). I realized she was just a straight woman with short hair. I started to question a lot after that.

Any other Feminine GNC Men here? (Questions to ask) by Kai_Decadence in LGBDropTheT

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People clock me as gay in the lower income area I live in because I dress in tight/flattering clothes. Iā€™m not sure if Iā€™m feminine enough for this discussion. Disregard if youā€™d like.

Iā€™m in my late 20s for context. My childhood was difficult. I had more feminine hobbies and my friends were almost all girls. Iā€™d wear my momā€™s nail polish and try on her shoes. My mom did not like the fact that I was effeminate.

In high school I was a girly emo kid. I was depressed with an abusive home life. Being gay wasnā€™t trendy like it is now, so I heard slurs thrown every single day. It destroyed my mental health. I felt pressured to not experiment with makeup and clothes.

Trans started taking off in my early 20s. I bought into everything the community was selling on Tumblr. They constantly trashed gay people due to our ~privilege~ over asexuals and bisexuals (Iā€™m not kidding). Felt like shit to the point where my mental health took a nosedive. I thought I had gender dysphoria. Everyone my whole life treated me like a failed man so I believed it. I was genderfluid for a little while. Then I thought I was a trans woman.

To make a long story short Iā€™ve decided to accept myself. Iā€™m not a perfect stereotype of a man. Iā€™ll never live up to my familyā€™s ideals of masculinity. Iā€™m learning to accept myself. Iā€™m learning that itā€™s more of a radical act to just be then to have a label for every emotion I experience. Thatā€™s my story.

What peak-transed you? by [deleted] in LGBDropTheT

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I was a heavy Tumblr user several years ago. Deep in the queer theory shit. I had several identities including ā€œgenderfluidā€ and the like.

What started to peak me was the ā€œgenital fetishā€ discourse. It had me so angry that I went down the rabbit hole. I soon discovered that Marsha P Johnson didnā€™t throw the first brick and identified as a gay drag queen (this was all on Wikipedia). I found the LGB Drop the T community a bit before it was banned. Now Iā€™m here.

Iā€™ve of course re-identified as a gay male. Accepting that has done way more for my mental health than the ā€œexplore your genderā€ crowd.