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Many Queers Can’t Bring Themselves to Face the Emotion They’re Really Feeling Right Now. We Must. (slate.com)

submitted 2 years ago by kosure@kbin.social to c/LGBT@kbin.social

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Not a feel good story, so beware. But I think there's a glimmer of hope here in contextualizing despair into survival, as upsetting as that may be.

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[–] ArumiOrnaught@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Look up “Markdown”.

I will if this fails, thank you.

that evil is when

Yeah, that is a disagreement I have with you. Once you believe something is evil then you allow yourself the ability to treat them less than human. Believing someone as evil should be a big deal and not something that floats between some dude that T-boned you because he was on his phone, and Jeffrey Dahmer.

including non-homosexual, non-bisexual, non-transgender people

Are asexual and non-binary people not part of LGBT?

cheapen the slur...as the excuse, and often not even recognizing it as a slur

I already talked about how I feel it's use as a slur. I feel it's easier than calling people LGBTQQIP2SAA. That is too much of an acronym and I don't believe it would take in mainstream culture.

You see no reason why a cishet person couldn’t creep into the community

I have no problem with a cishet person participating. While they are not LGBT, that doesn't mean they cannot be the term you dislike. I really like telling people about the things I enjoy. If I want to talk about my experience, I don't want to be met with people throwing up in their mouths.

Truscum

I appreciate the definition. I don't think it requires dysphoria. Gender is how you interact and get interacted with by the world. I can see why wanting a different frame could be something to pursue.

Tucute

I may be old and this might just be that but I do believe some effort is required. Although, I have an inlaw who hasn't made any attempts to transition because they are still owned by their parents and would probably get killed if they found out. I can understand as a person interacting with the world with this frame as to make issues simple.

ruin the integrity of the trans community

Different cultures should be different. I don't believe there is only one trans community. Your trans community should be different than someone who wants something fundamentally different. But with something as broad as LGBT I think that net is too big for what you are looking for.