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Gay as the day I was born!2
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ParadigmShifter wrote: »SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »when do heteros get a flag? I want a flag!
Heteros have never been ridiculed, assaulted, or killed because of their sexual orientation
Maybe if people would look to the future instead of their rearview mirror, they could be happier. I dont see homosexuals being killed unless you are in an area controlled by ISIS, then not only are they killing homosexuals but Christians too...5 -
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zachbonner_ wrote: »tmanfromtexas wrote: »ParadigmShifter wrote: »SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »when do heteros get a flag? I want a flag!
Heteros have never been ridiculed, assaulted, or killed because of their sexual orientation
Maybe if people would look to the future instead of their rearview mirror, they could be happier. I dont see homosexuals being killed unless you are in an area controlled by ISIS, then not only are they killing homosexuals but Christians too...
Those who forget the past, etc.
Yeah, tell that to the mayor of New Orleans and his decision to remove monuments that reflect my heritage. It works both ways.5 -
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We all have rights, they are equal and sustaining. We all should learn to live within those inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Just remember the pursuit of happiness doesn't necessarily mean a person will be happy, they just have the right to pursue it by the way they live and what they do.7
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tmanfromtexas wrote: »ParadigmShifter wrote: »SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »when do heteros get a flag? I want a flag!
Heteros have never been ridiculed, assaulted, or killed because of their sexual orientation
Maybe if people would look to the future instead of their rearview mirror, they could be happier. I dont see homosexuals being killed unless you are in an area controlled by ISIS, then not only are they killing homosexuals but Christians too...
How about Wyoming?
ETA: In case that was too cryptic, I'm referring to Matthew Sheppard.
Also, just so we're clear that this does impact people in the good ol' U.S. of A.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_States
Don't knock Wikipedia. Those are credible sources, to my knowledge.4 -
tmanfromtexas wrote: »ParadigmShifter wrote: »SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »when do heteros get a flag? I want a flag!
Heteros have never been ridiculed, assaulted, or killed because of their sexual orientation
Maybe if people would look to the future instead of their rearview mirror, they could be happier. I dont see homosexuals being killed unless you are in an area controlled by ISIS, then not only are they killing homosexuals but Christians too...
Already forgot Pulse, hmm?11 -
*waves* I'm here, a fellow advocate and community member! Best of luck to everyone looking to improve their quality of life!4
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hey there are lots of LGBT people here just like in the real world. The group is very supportive and you don't have to worry about things devolving most of the time.1
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In fairness, things devolved in defense of the LGBTQ community (except the wikipedia part... I am truly sorry). I think anyone who falls into that acronym can feel at least moderately supported on this web site.2
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JustinAnimal wrote: »I only get defensive because I count myself among the educational community.
If you were in the educational community you would know. Try a Google search for something like "Wikipedia paid promotional editing". Or watch a TedTalk. Or any number of work done on critical thinking in literacy.
https://youtu.be/-bYAQ-ZZtEU
Go to around 3:56 or watch the whole thing for today's internet business landscape.
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DeficitDuchess wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »with true equal rights, is support still required? really, I don't know; I'm asking.
I don't see it is anything to do with rights. It is finding like-minded people that workout, and you can also have discussions about issues that are close to you. Seems simple enough. It wasn't exclusionary in any way.
My question was... does that community still need active support?
They do because having, equal rights doesn't equate with; equal treatment or even application/enforcement of, those rights.
I don't know whether this matters...I mean there are, for example, "mom" boards on here...I doubt it's because we don't get equal treatment, LOL (even though it feels like it sometimes)...it's just because we have something basic in common.0 -
SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »when do heteros get a flag? I want a flag!
Lucky for you, there is a heterosexual flag!
This is so mean. LOL.
Trust me, even though I prefer an outie to an innie 100% of the time, it is NOT black and white...okay, occasionally it is. Just to mix things up. (winkie-winkie)
I get that we're not a minority but we straights get such a negative rap for being vanilla. Not in MY bedroom, dude, LOL.
...Carry on.2 -
zachbonner_ wrote: »to everyone, even haters. Hope they fix whatever makes them hate other human beings.
This would be good. I truly believe we're all getting there...now it's the "not in my back yard"s that are the dinosaurs.2 -
zachbonner_ wrote: »to everyone, even haters. Hope they fix whatever makes them hate other human beings.
This ❤️4 -
as the Beatles sang decades ago .. All You Need Is Love.. Love.. Love is all you need....2
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JustinAnimal wrote: »I only get defensive because I count myself among the educational community.
If you were in the educational community you would know. Try a Google search for something like "Wikipedia paid promotional editing". Or watch a TedTalk. Or any number of work done on critical thinking in literacy.
https://youtu.be/-bYAQ-ZZtEU
Go to around 3:56 or watch the whole thing for today's internet business landscape.
I will not concede the point that the U.S. is devoid of violence toward the LGBTQ community.1 -
Finding this thread was very refreshing for me. I a Safe Zone instructor on the campus where I work and glad that I get to be an ally and support in a different way.4
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*raises hand* right here!1
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Motorsheen wrote: »
Plus that terrifying song about how she'd better run as fast as she can and how he'd rather see her dead than with another guy.
But the Love Love Love song was cute, anyway.
As for this thread, I think it's more like: empathy is all you need. I have had this thought more than once: I'm straight. What if the way the world worked (biology aside) was that gay was the typical way to be and being straight was the minority? What if I were told if I didn't want to be such a nuisance I'd give up all this siliness and stop liking guys? What if people sadly told me they'd pray for me in my straightness so God wouldn't damn me? What if I "came out" as straight and my kids sobbed and told me I'd ruined their lives and they'd talk to me on Mother's Day if I liked girls by then? What if I had to hide the man I loved and fight for the right to marry him and still have hatred stalk us?
I don't believe our preferences sexually are choices. I've seen too many people helplessly endure torture they'd gladly leave behind if they could, to believe that. We like men, women or both and having won some invisible genetic lottery to be one of the straight ones doesn't make a person superior. It's nothing we "do." So for God's sake have a little empathy. We figure it would be unthinkable that a person should get no end of grief for having blue eyes or being tall or Polish or having a low pitched voice or any other inherent trait but this particular trait is a punishable offense, why? And what if you had been one of those selected by nature to he the societally "correct" one? (Not speaking to the person I quoted, I'm saying that this is how we in general should act, if I had my druthers.)
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It's kind of sad how this thread went from basically, 'Any like-minded people here?' to 'You're not special, I'm not affected by your situation so obviously everyone's equal in 'Murica.'
I haven't been active in the group in a while, but in the LGBT group you generally get fewer people triggered by the insinuation that some people have different experiences from their own than you do in the main boards here.9 -
I'm bisexual but i don't tell many people but like men better but I have interest in girls too5
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@EmmaCottrellluv wrote: »I'm bisexual but i don't tell many people but like men better but I have interest in girls too
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SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »@EmmaCottrellluv wrote: »I'm bisexual but i don't tell many people but like men better but I have interest in girls too
And opened a pm floodgate.1 -
ISomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »@EmmaCottrellluv wrote: »I'm bisexual but i don't tell many people but like men better but I have interest in girls too
I don't care I'm not imbarresed about it3 -
Motorsheen wrote: »SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »@EmmaCottrellluv wrote: »I'm bisexual but i don't tell many people but like men better but I have interest in girls too
And opened a pm floodgate.
I'm ok that I told I'm not ashamed3 -
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