Was recently packing some childhood things to store in the garage and came across a newspaper that's headline was announcing marriage equality in the U.S. that my mom had saved (ally ✊) and it was such a bittersweet thing to find.
Soooo... Feds just removed the limitations against surveillance of peeps just because they're queer. Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans, All the alphabet soup under Queer can now be surveilled just because they're one of those letters.. "as a security risk"...
As with the original Nazis, the trans community will be the first to suffer. But seems to me the Slave Act is going to penalize trad wives even more than liberated women who either chose not to marry or decided to keep their maiden names.
My heart goes out to my American queer siblings, Australia tends to lag about 5 ish years behind America so I am very concerned about the future, I stand with you and will try and fight the go fight
Are you sure? like here in Australia women still have rights even if it’s not perfect and we don’t have multiple states talking about rolling back marriage equality (not perfect but better then the dumpster fire that is the USA)
I am but a small dumb ass and thought they meant we where ahead of America in the dumpster fire race, brain not brain when brain brain, I’ll learn to read better lol
When I see a couple in public, regardless of sexuality, do I:
A) personally let them know I object
B) call the police
C) loudly hum outdated/offensive hymns
D) mind my own business because I’m an adult
What they are is scared of something they don't understand, which manifests as anger, which they try to justify using religion, which only makes their hatred stronger, to the point of obsession. That or they're distancing themselves as much as possible cause they can't accept their own feelings.
The problem is more with people who use religion as justification rather than religion itself, imo. I personally don't think religion does much to change people's moral compass, if you're a bad person, you're not going to change just because you converted, you have to make a conscious effort,
I've had more than one "conservative" gay tell me that gay isn't something that they are, something that they're born as, but gay is just their sexual kink. Shake my head at gays who see their own gayness as a "lifestyle choice" 🙄
It reminds me of this BL manga I read where one of the characters ask the main if he's actually gay and he just says "not really" my guy wtf you mean?? I just read 40 chapters about your loving, tender and sexual relationship with this man! You two are practically married!
Gay Republicans = Roaches who buy stock in RAID and Chickens who eat at KFC. Really, they are voting for their social class interests and loyalties at the expense of their gay existence.
Not to mention costly. You either pay thousands of dollars up front to renounce your US citizenship or you continue paying taxes to a country you don’t live in 😵💫
Meanwhile one of the reasons the US broke away from Britain several hundred years ago is so they didn't have to pay taxes to a country they didn't live in.
I know someone who used to be a leftist came out as gay and then became a Maga choad within the same year (2020 because of course). I blame his boyfriend, who if anything seems far more vulnerable but is clearly brainwashed by the Internet.
Masks off time was a few years ago, people got their chance to take a stand. After this recent election, this was all inevitable. The "Gays for Trump" especially amazed me, but I've mostly given up on pondering what motivates people. 🤷♂️
this is insane to watch bc i remember when instagram added those rainbow hearts for livestreams during pride in like, 2018. i guess we never should've complained about rainbow capitalism
This is actually why we were right to complain about rainbow capitalism; it was always a shallow gesture to claim our money while never truly being willing to stand for anything, let alone us. The way they all caved the instant conservatives pushed back the tiniest bit proves it wasn't genuine.
Now it's definitely okay to be scared at what the loss of rainbow capitalism symbolizes, since it means businesses are now willing to lose queer folks as customers to appease the GOP, but rainbow capitalism was always an arm of the same homophobic apparatus
You were right to complain because this is what rainbow capitalism always was - catering to the most profitable demographic without any actual support behind it. As soon as it's feasible not to, that support disappears. :(
i miss the late 2010s, pride was everywhere and people weren't as radicalized against trans people and stuff. now people have become total bigoted scumbags due to million dollar disinformation campaigns all over the internet. everyone's sucking up to fascism. it's so bleak.
Feels like it was always there, it just wasn't profitable to be a piece of shit. Now? The floodgates are open. Each term the shitheads win, the easier it becomes to drop the veneer.
I am a credentialed left, leaning screaming liberal, and even I and am sick and tired of labels. People have no idea in their meaning. Leave the whole issue alone and support your neighbors, relatives and friends in their struggles. Lift everyone condemn no one
You should buy a gun while you can. The first gun laws were enacted to prevent native Americans from fighting back and later, blacks from protesting for equal rights.
So they think that they're making America great again by voting for the person who wants to restrict their rights, But also seem to think they will get brownie points by voting for him???
LGTBQ was enough to cover every sexual minority. All the rest is just flavours and counterproductive to us all. We do not need acronyms for every flavour.
As for the marriage thing, what makes me laugh is how those people say marriage is a religious (usually Christian) ceremony and always has been. But it isn't.
Marriage began long before Christianity existed. It was an agreement so two families are joined and help eachother. That's all.
There are absolutely a significant number of gay men/women who are transphobic, and a much more significant number for whom transphobia isn't a dealbreaker.
It's a marginally notable political movement in the UK, and you see people with similar opinions in the US on occasion, but I think that the social media outrage machine alongside the reactionary propaganda machine really overinflates how common they seem.
I started HRT last month and I joke that I chose the worst time to do it lol. That's not gonna stop me though, I'll fight for equality and my existence. I'm finally becoming happy with myself after 22 years of hating myself and hiding who I was, nobody will take that from me
Just an observation but if people are going around haphazardly calling other people Nazis and bigots then there's a bit of a chance they'll become Nazis and bigots...
Of course, but I don’t think Zuck hates queer people or cares about immigrants, he and most billionaires care about getting richer and will do anything on their power to for it
I don’t actually think Zuck directly dislike queer people or even care about most politics, he and a bunch of other billionaires only care about getting richer and will do anything for it
As MANY people pointed out: That little pervy dork stole tech to make a site so he and his loser friends could talk about how hot women on their campus were.
The misogyny is strong with that one, so let’s not assume he’s NOT acting out his actual beliefs unless he proves otherwise.
And all the undocumented workers who have been here in the US for decades, who own property, run a business, have kids and grandkids, who declared, "Oh, HE won't deport US -- we're good citizens! He just wants to deport all those no-goods over there!"
Not really, compared to straight transphobes at least. But they are very loud and benefit from their voices being amplified by those straight transphobes
I’m afraid for targeted groups and heartbroken because it’s so unnecessary. Strangely, many churches spew this hatred based on the Bible. And I don’t understand why Christians don’t focus on the life of Christ, who would never have sown such bigotry and hatred toward vulnerable people.
The problem with modern Christians is they're the sort of people willing to kill for the God, but unwilling to spend an afternoon in the soup kitchen for their neighbors.
That who's next message is seriously troubling. At the moment, conservatives are focused on immigrants (starting with Haitians and Panamanians), homeless and trans people, but the hate train has no brakes. A poll last year showed 79% of conservatives wanted militarized concentration camps:
Um, news flash America is currently running concentration camps! The CIA has trained Israeli guards who, if this plan goes through, would run biometric-monitored camps controlling Palestinians.
Yeah... I know. I really wish I could have found the actual articles I was referencing, they came out at a similar time to the second link I shared. It had appalled me when I read it. I appreciate the tip, since I care a lot about proper sourcing. I'll send a better article if I find it eventually!
Essentially a third of the people in this country have literal Nazi sentiments and are completely fine with oppressing everyone that isn't just like them.
Then they pull that BS about how they have to be that way to fight back against inclusivity and dei and wokeness. 🙄
Comments
Now I just… fucking Christ.
https://bsky.app/profile/secretlynora.bsky.social/post/3lfcnzd63hc24
2015 seems like a lifetime ago, not a decade ago.
Why is it is sooooo hard for them to be inclusive idfk
Which is why I am wary as fuck.
First they came for trans people and even though I'm straight and cis I call it out because I've read the rest of the fucking poem.
Let’s not be fooled folks. Hate is hate and Jesus taught hate until it killed him.
A) personally let them know I object
B) call the police
C) loudly hum outdated/offensive hymns
D) mind my own business because I’m an adult
(hint: it’s NOT A,B, or C)
That's even less ironic than anything Alanis sang about.
Animals can mate for life but they never do an entire ceremony that tells the entire population they’re together.
Homosexuality is natural.
Idiots.
Seriously tho: this sucks and I’m scared about what is happening.
It’s sad, but the reality is many of us are stuck here.
It’s sad, but the reality is many of us are stuck here.
Hailey.exe has stopped working
At least this time I see it coming so I chose not to vote for the felon Cheeto.
Maybe they're gays for Trump because they're literally gay for Trump
Even as a pansexual, Trump would be far from my boyfriend material
RIGHT?
Marriage began long before Christianity existed. It was an agreement so two families are joined and help eachother. That's all.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social/post/3lfgbymvcc22y
The misogyny is strong with that one, so let’s not assume he’s NOT acting out his actual beliefs unless he proves otherwise.
Also what in nature gets married? Penguins are dressed for it is as close I can think of.
Uh huh . . .
And even though I'm straight and cis I spoke out right away BECAUSE I'VE READ THE REST OF THE FUCKING POEM.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/middleeast/israel-sde-teiman-detention-whistleblowers-intl-cmd/index.html
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241022-mercenary-firm-to-force-palestinians-into-biometric-screenings-in-gaza-control-zones-in-potential-us-israel-plan/
I don't doubt you're right about what's going to happen there ... but you need better sourcing for your claims.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905
But, it’s really a need of going against “the other” that is the problem. They need a bad guy, and people who are different are low hanging fruit.
Then they pull that BS about how they have to be that way to fight back against inclusivity and dei and wokeness. 🙄