I’m Gay, Not Queer. It Matters.

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• MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is in part because a key message behind it — that being gay is not a choice — is being undermined by those who argue that same-sex orientation is better thought of as a part of a wider rebellion against social norms.

  I cannot recommend anyone waste their time reading this separatist log cabin republican drivel.

  Plenty of people are using the term queer, but that doesn’t mean their identity is a rebellion and not an inherent part of their being.

  He has done work with an org that attempts to normalize gay relationships within the church and has the gall to act like queer people are the ones ruining it for him. As if he is not privy to the fact he was never really wanted there in the first place. He sees them turning on him and blames everyone but the ones doing the turning. He openly talks like being gay is the only respectable non cishet identity, and that’s exactly the problem. It’s not. He says he has trans friends. I hope they find this article because he is not on their side.

  I have said elsewhere on Lemmy that I don’t publicly use the term queer to refer to the LGBT community because not all LGBT people identify with it, so having a preference of being called gay vs queer is not an issue for me. What is an issue is acting like the actual queer community is the problem and not the people you so desperately want acceptance from.

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• newtraditionalists@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is dumb as shit and the author is a moron. Moving on.

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