The 'Trend' to be LGBT+ | Homophobic Memes

[@carr0760]

100%. I am a teacher - kids ask questions. They asked if I had a husband. I said no. They asked if I had a boyfriend. I said no. Then someone said "well, maybe she has a girlfriend or a wife." I said that I was single. The next school year, the same questions happened. Someone asked if I had a husband and I said no. Did I have a boyfriend? Yes, I did. They asked his name and I told them. Later in the year, a student asked me If I was traveling on March break and I said no. So someone else asked what I was doing and I said I would be busy packing. Someone else asked if I was moving and I said no. The children then put it together themselves and realized that my boyfriend must be moving in with me, and I said yes. Then someone asked me if the cats like him because I can't move in with someone that my cats don't like. These were 7 and 8-year-old children. Everyone agrees that there is absolutely nothing inappropriate about any of those conversations, but if That was a girlfriend. Instead of a boyfriend it would suddenly be inappropriate? Why? The children clearly don't care given that one of them realized that maybe I wasn't straight. LoL

[@weasel7491]

My school district for a long time had a "please do not talk about non married partners" rule growing up, that I think was only done away with after gay marriage was legalized. Teachers could only mention a partner if they were married.

[@suchnothing]

I absolutely love that they were worried about whether or not your cats like him 😭

[@carr0760]

@@weasel7491 well, that's ridiculous. You're supposed to lie when kids ask you? You're single and then poof the next day you're married? Sure, makes sense to teach children that adults are dishonest. I guess only married people are allowed to have lives. Ridiculous.

[@carr0760]

@@suchnothing I know! I nearly died in that moment I think. "But...do your cats like him? Is he nice to your cats?" "Yes, they love each other." "Oh, that's good because you can't live with someone who doesn't love your cats." They ask to see pictures and hear stories about my cats all the time on recess, so I think some of these kids have come to love my cats almost as much as I do. Haha

[@emeraldlily673]

Conversation that happened in my English class (15-16) a couple years ago: Student: “Miss are you Miss or Mrs?” Miss: “Miss, I’m divorced.” S: “Oh. Did you divorce him or did he divorce you?” M: “I divorced him.” S: “Good for you.” It really just happens. People are naturally curious.

[@lmlimpoism]

one time in elementary, i called another student gay (they weren't) and i got told by school admin that "some of us are gay", and i felt bad, and didn't know why. i now know why, it's because making a part of someone "wrong" or "bad" is genuinely dehumanizing, and nobody wants to feel that way.

[@cloudyskyz2237]

Based school. Love it. And love how you learned. Wish the school would’ve told you why you were being not nice, but better than nothing I guess

[@lmlimpoism]

@@cloudyskyz2237 dude i fucking loved that school too. most progressive school in my area i bet. they understood how poor the area was, and gave kids free breakfasts, and often times served free food in events (like spaghetti, pancakes, sometimes pizza). teachers were nice, especially the french one (i'm canadian) she taught healthy eating on top of french, getting us to make kale smoothies. probably one of the biggest reasons why i'm the person i am today.

[@Iluvhotmoms64920]

@@lmlimpoism I'm so happy your french teacher is good cuz mine is the devil (only when teaching), she's also the principal so that's great :')

[@Funtwistedthings]

Good to know you felt bad even not knowing why

[@futhark3]

Amazing. Good school, good student. Everyone has the right to be wrong when they don't know any better. The important part is how that is handled and how people react 👏

[@creacher00]

It’s wild how ppl are like “it’s a phase!” “It’s a trend!” …And? How much of someone’s identity is ever really permanent? Why is it bad to experiment and try new labels? Some people realize they’re queer, some people realize they aren’t. I desperately wish I wasn’t trans sometimes because I hate having to pay for more medication/services than a cis person would, being discriminated against, feeling dysphoria, etc etc etc. People still act like queerness is a disease you can catch. It’s not.

[@riseofdarkleela]

Not to mention gay, pan, nonbinary and trans people have always been around.

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

That's because all forms of discrimination are CTs at heart. Phobes think the people they're discriminating against are the actual oppressors and the ones in charge of the world.

[@pablopereyra7126]

It IS a phase, mom. Show me a permanent state of the self, mom. Life is defined by change, MOM.

[@creacher00]

@@pablopereyra7126 I love that one lmao

[@creacher00]

@@riseofdarkleela For sure. It’s insane how deeply rooted the last ~200 years of history has been, as if there hasn’t been thousands of years of other cultures & existences

[@catluvr2]

I offended my transphobic neighbor by telling him "I may not agree with your opinions, but I support your right to have them." He was so confused.

[@DoubleDragon539]

If you truly believe that and follow that. Then you are a rare flower.

[@DoubleDragon539]

@@S-yj2eh Against them..... individuals you know nothing about except for the fact that they ask for recognition as the gender of their choice. Transphobes, deny trans people, the right to an identity, let alone an opinion or political voice. Consider that bro.

[@ThrarmAnimation]

​@@S-yj2eh you can disagree with someone and still respect their wishes, if my mortal enemy got sent to the hospital i would send them my wishes because we're all people and we all deserve to be treated well, that includes calling people the pronouns they ask to be called, it's really not that difficult. but if you disagree then i ask you to support my right to an opinion.

[@NoName-sr4co]

@@S-yj2eh Is... this sarcastic or...?

[@waffles3629]

​@@S-yj2eh ok, so by that logic you'd be ok with someone referring to you with ze/zem pronouns? It's my opinion so you have to support my right to have it then.

[@thelittlestpika]

"Having children to stick it to the gays!" Me, an asexual: Haha, watch this! * I split into two exact clones of myself *

[@thibautsoria1956]

Interesting… do any other sexuallities have superpowers ? I heard that trans people have exoskeletons

[@sashadoom]

Wait, we have cloning powers?? TF am I doing going to social events when I could send a clone and stay home with the dog?

[@thibautsoria1956]

@@sashadoom Your clone will be as anxious as you. Don’t do this unless you want another you to pet the dog.

[@sashadoom]

@@thibautsoria1956 Aw dang, I didn't think about that. Perhaps Clone and I can alternate.

[@aestronk-hungryball]

shadow clone jutsu

[@leaderlamby]

Lmao that first one "Hating a minority whose identities I don't understand? You mean normal ✨️"

[@sophiepooks2174]

* conformist to the most common type, but not necessarily intelligent, sane, or normal.

[@EmanuelRosstorp]

The tweet sounds more like a joke in a sitcom

[@Kolukie]

Free speech 😏

[@escthedark3709]

To be fair, hating things you don't understand is pretty normal for humanity.

[@leaderlamby]

@escthedark3709 Yeah i know. Doesn't make it okay. Especially when humans are capable of learning and just refuse to.

[@roastcraft9670]

It has been documented that not only are there gay couples in the animal kingdom but that they often adopt young members of their species left abandoned by circumstance and that doing so helps bolster the species overall survival rates. Not just humans.

[@ChosenOfHestia]

If you haven't already, check out the couple of gay penguins (I forgot their genders) who got to have an adopted egg!

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

There are also entire eusocial species of animals where the majority of individuals will sacrifice their reproductive success for the sake of others. Look at honeybees for example.

[@haylene7521]

​@@ChosenOfHestiaSphen has passed away recently. And Magic apparantly did this really loud call as a result. Hed never done that before.

[@rogueranger08]

Yeah go emulate animal

[@joycelinlgbtq]

Homosexuality documented in over 1500 species, homophobia in only one. Tell me again who is "unnatural".

[@moon_soap]

I had a trans music teacher once, the only time in the whole year it was ever brought up was when a student decided to misgender her many times in a lesson on purpose. Teachers just don’t talk about anything that isn’t related to their job, they just don’t. No idea where they get any idea otherwise

[@waffles3629]

Yep. Plus I swear transphobes refuse to believe that we can tell accidental verse deliberate misgendering apart. If you can me she every tenth time you gender me- probably an accident. If you call me she, "apologize" and then say SHE, it's fucking intentional.

[@LadyEmpathy666]

WTF that's so bad. How dare they. How did she react?

[@dooblom]

how did she respond though

[@Fairiegurl101]

Whenever I hear this comment about "teachers pushing their ideologies onto students", I'm reminded of my high school science teacher. I don't remember the exact conversation that lead up to it, but I remember asking him about his religious beliefs and what he said has stuck with me. He said, "It's not my place as a teacher to tell you about my personal beliefs, but I'm always here if you want to talk to me about yours." And I don't think he's alone in that way of thinking. Though most teachers won't have to put it in such blunt terms -- I was, and still am, pretty dense -- but I never once had a teacher "preach" to me about anything. Ever. If a teacher had a rainbow flag in their room at the end of the school year, we could ask about it, but they never stood at the front of the class on June 1st and said "it is now Pride Month. We will now stand for the pledge of allegiance to Gay." Or some bs like that. I had teachers who wore rosaries on certain days, teachers who wore religious clothing, and teachers who taught subjects that challenged my world view. None of them ever tried to convert me to their way of thinking because that's not what teachers are there to do. They exist to broaden the horizons of their students so the future can be brighter than our past. And it's only bigots, racists, and regressives who want it any other way.

[@dooblom]

@@Fairiegurl101 my history teacher said the same thing about politics

[@awesomedude5558]

I love how homophobes/transphobes think they're normal and then ask "so I must ask, what's in your pants? I'm not a sexual predator" TwT

[@HaloTropical]

@@jessicalush251 ratio

[@Newton-Reuther]

​@@jessicalush251Sciencephobes? Like the ones who denied covid was real and refused to take the vaccine? Lmao

[@lovemelucifer]

@@jessicalush251 ratio

[@athrowawayperson9990]

​​@@jessicalush251A woman is any person who refers to themself as a woman. Hope this helps. People like you are the only ones confused about what a woman is.

[@athrowawayperson9990]

It's hilarious that someone coming from the side that knows nothing about the science of biology or sociology calling US sciencephobes, lmao.

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

1:59 Remember, fellow trans people: Christmas without HRT is just Cismas.

[@pipi-caca]

Sobbing 😭

[@Gat_masterAllegorical]

Genius

[@littlebodybigheart.]

What means HRT? ❤

[@roselover411]

I love that??? XD I have never heard that before, I'm keeping that

[@Tarinator]

Best comment award 🥇

[@someoneawesome8717]

Fun fact: gay penguins have one of the most important jobs in their colonies!

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

I love gay penguins. I mean I love birds in general, but that's a really sweet fact I learned.

[@haylene7521]

Sphen has passed away recently

[@watermelonwarrior239]

Wasn’t that half of the gay couple in the zoo? Rip

[@brighton_dude]

12:10 "It's called a trend". When I came out as a gay man at the beginning of the 80s some people told me that I was just being trendy. Well it has been a very persistent trend…

[@viviennart]

Yeah people like to suffer mentally for a trend....

[@redarrw1633]

Wow, 40+ years and still going strong. This must be a long trend. Tho technically it's been like 2000 years or so since LGBT people have existed as long as people have. I think people need to go learn what the word trend means.

[@crunchycakegaming1507]

idk who the hell is calling being gay in the 1980s trendy

[@TwiliPaladin]

That's because you live in a time when it's more widely accepted.

[@carschmn]

But if people want to shower me with gifts and praise for being gay, I won’t stop them. 😂

[@firestar3936]

Same with me bro I am lesbian

[@Player-p4k]

Why would people give someone gifts and praise for a sexual orientation? I know you're just being hypothetical but still

[@dorkushmorkus]

​@@Player-p4kNo one's giving out gifts, but a lot of homophobic people act like gay people aren't oppressed and are actively given gifts and money or shortcuts in society

[@DoubleDragon539]

@@Player-p4k Praise and gifts for honesty and bravery maybe...

[@Alex-gh8iu]

@@jessicalush251 cry harder about it, coward.

[@sarahwingert225]

Oh, we need 50% gender distribution in families? Alright, let's make a patch-work family with two gay couples! Then the kids gonna have 2 moms and 2 dads! 😂😂

[@ItRemindMeOfHome]

Polycules being the superior family plan XD

[@SalVulcano69247]

Gotta make up for black father abandonment somehow😂

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

​​@@SalVulcano69247 The more you make these jokes the more black men stay in their children's lives to prove "people" like you wrong. 🤷🏻

[@AstronomicalJelly]

@@SalVulcano69247you're not funny

[@dandelionenthusiast]

@@SalVulcano69247 touch grass genuinely

[@StephenBoothUK]

As someone who has spent 8 years trying to get therapy for depression and anxiety, I can confirm that therapists have more than enough work to keep them busy for a long time.

[@HumbleWooper]

There's a massive shortage of good therapists in many places right now, with waitlists of months if not years for new clients. I suspect if LGBTQ+ folks didn't need their help it'd just reduce their workload to *possible* rather than destroying their customer base.

[@missnaomi613]

Please accept some mama hugs. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎💙💗🤍

[@AzafTazarden]

The funny part about this is that finally realizing and accepting that I'm trans actually cured my depression lmao

[@bowmaj8666]

"HOW DARE THEY MAKE A GAY NUTCRACKER!!!!" Dude, there's literally a regular nutcracker standing right next to it! Just buy that!

[@JoF999]

I know! And what about the original nutcracker screams 'christ' lol

[@GrieferBT]

@@JoF999 Well actually, historical records from the times of the Bible suggest that nutcrackers played a significant role in both the daily lives and spiritual practices of Canaan. Nuts, such as almonds, walnuts, and pistachios, were important staples in their diet, and nutcrackers were essential tools for preparing these foods. Crafted from wood or metal, early nutcrackers were often designed with symbolic significance, reflecting themes of strength and protection. Also, in some households, nutcrackers were considered prized possessions, passed down through generations as symbols of prosperity and abundance. Their use extended beyond the practical; they were often featured in religious ceremonies and feasts, where the act of cracking open nuts was seen as a metaphor for revelation and divine wisdom.

[@Sisi-SSD]

The phobes are crazy. I saw another comment suggesting calling groups of phobes "a rowling of phobes." i LOVE that idea, lol.

[@DoubleDragon539]

A De Santis of Phobes? Rolls of the tongue also I think...

[@jessicalush251]

@@DoubleDragon539 a Marjorie Taylor Greene of phobes? Rolls off the tongue more I think

[@DoubleDragon539]

@@jessicalush251 An MTG of Karens surely? :P

[@Rime_in_Retrograde]

@@DoubleDragon539 lol, that's briliant.

[@Sisi-SSD]

@DoubleDragon539 no no mtg is Magic the Gathering, they don't deserve that title :(

[@NicholasNappi]

As a trans guy I have to say I hate the fact that there are transphobic advertisements on KZbin lately pushing people to be transphobic and homophobic. I get so upset when seeing a KZbin advertisement that is pushing transphobia and homophobia.

[@picklearts2678]

i solve it with adblock :D

[@JoeGatto-h5s]

Adblock

[@Jack-O-Cat]

Adblock is great for protecting yourself from seeing those ads, but it does nothing to keep other people from being fed hateful propaganda via KZbin ad while their guard is down

[@elaexplorer]

Get premium. Never be forced to watch a hateful ad again.

[@chelsey-6887]

My first thought was pragerU. Any prager. Is too much prager. Even as an ad.

[@ShanRenxin]

"With all the straws they're clutching at, they must have great grip." Just not on reality, sadly.

[@GamingEnding]

The straws they clutch on they use to build their strawmen for more arguments

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

What do all of these phobic memes have in common? The assumption that the minority is actually the majority, and that the oppressed are really the oppressors.

[@not_umbre]

**bullies a person for being trans everywhere they go** "wow I'm so oppressed by them"

[@ArtsyKnox25]

@@not_umbre "OMG they're speaking out against the bullying and harassment, that's heterocisphobic! I'm being oppressed so hard!"

[@BLZ231]

In their mind they think that LGBTQ people don’t actually exist, that everyone is cishet, and anybody claiming not to be is just mentally ill/seeking attention/sexually perverse. So in their mind a “normal” society is one where they can pretend that LGBTQ people don’t actually exist, and that everyone is cishet like God intended. So in their mind the fact that society has changed to the point where LGBTQ people don’t have to hide anymore but can be open about it, to them that is oppressive, because it ruins their belief that nobody is actually LGBTQ, and rather than questioning their belief they just want society to force everyone back into the closet so that their belief can seem true on the surface. In some cases this misguided behavior stems from genuine hatred, but I think it’s more commonly the result of religious indoctrination, where part of the indoctrination was being anti LGBTQ. If you’ve been taught that something is true, and accepting LGBTQ people goes against that true thing, it’s going to cause some severe cognitive dissonance. Unfortunately the human brain strives for consistency, not truth, and so if the brain has accepted a certain belief as fact, it can be extremely difficult to let it go even if all the evidence is clearly against it.

[@Kolukie]

Free speeched L

[@FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t]

@@Kolukie It's also free speech to criticize the ideas expressed by the speech of others. Free speech does not mean freedom from criticism.

[@QueerUnstableAnarchist]

As a religious queer person I HATE when others of my religion act like we are JUST THE PROBLEM

[@vanadium723]

Same! I'm religious but my relationship to faith has changed a lot since I started exploring my identity. I like to think of Christianity as two groups: one is a cult, and one is a culture. Evangelicals are all about controlling how you think and act, but the church I've found is about self-determination and building community. No one has to think and act the same, we are here to spend time together and share our traditions. I have never felt so loved before bc previous churches were about what you can't do. My home is where people tell you what you can do.

[@ladybugfurby]

Yeah, i wish other catholics wouldn't use religion to spread hate, it makes me think they are only using religion as a shield to be hateful, god is most definitely ashamed.

[@ladybugfurby]

@@vanadium723yeah that's how my church is there are some weird people but its a nice community

[@FIatts]

Transgenderism and religion are an infection to society

[@LemonAid82]

@@FIatts shush

[@Milo-hp9fw]

American here! I stood and recited the pledge of allegiance in elementary school every day since kindergarten (age 5-6). It starts really young. When I got to high school, nobody really cared and normally we skip the pledge of allegiance to save time.

[@Lesbean-ph1jv]

I even have memories of doing the pledge in pre-school! Seriously this country is wild

[@MmmHuggles]

I remember those days. When I was in elementary school, the day started with the principal doing a prayer over the loud speakers, then a pledge of allegiance, and every room had the US flag. Despite this, I ended up hating the USA because it's one big dumpster fire ran by corrupt people being bribed by big corporations to pass laws that benefit big corporations. It's now generally more expensive to live in the USA than it is to live in Japan. You can find apartments in Tokyo Japan for under $300 USD a month. The cheapest apartments within my entire state in the USA are $900+. I don't even live in the most expensive state either. Groceries have practically doubled in cost since 2020 as well when you factor in shrinkflation and price increases. I literally watched a video of a Japanese person grocery shopping and somehow they can buy beef that is imported from the USA into Japan for cheaper than I can go and buy it from my local grocery store in the USA.

[@sandwichqueen]

Funny enough for me it was the opposite. My elementary school didn't really do it, but my highschool did.

[@ChosenOfHestia]

As a Canadian I often forget you guys have the pledge, but also a PRAYER?! Is all of the US religious, and Christian at that? And your money has God on it too, someone please explain!

[@Scatscar1985]

It's not only the US that has a pledge of allegiance; when we moved to Barbados from England in 1976; eventually when I started school, along came the pledge of allegiance.😮

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

Just a little clip I found on a website about gay penguins "Whatever the motivation of individual gay penguins, it's true across the board that gay mates in animal species help the survival of the species. In zoos, gay penguins are often given eggs to raise, eggs that have been abandoned or forgotten by their original parents. This same thing happens in the wild. Gay adults will take in an abandoned baby of their species. The entire species has a better chance of surviving when its abandoned babies make it to adulthood." Just a thought.

[@ChosenOfHestia]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing it!

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

@@ChosenOfHestia No prob. I remember reading it and thinking, I think the spuds community would like to know this too.

[@viviennart]

Some people out there thinking humans made animals gay... Nothing can stop their wild imagination. You can't make others gay, that's not how it works lol. They fail to understand the basics of sexuality.

[@haylene7521]

​@@starscreamthecruel8026Sphen, of the couple Sphen and Magic, has passed away recently.

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

@@haylene7521 I heard. Its sad but they had a good life I think.

[@skypeter-thompson]

The issue of the Pride nutcracker at Target really pissed me off. By the time I heard about it, they were all sold out and I couldn't get one!

[@sashadoom]

Bummer! I'm confused about how nutcrackers put the Christ in Christmas in the first place - I don't recall nutcrackers in the bible🤔. Guess we can't have pride snow -men- people, pride Santa, pride elves, pride eggnog, pride gift wrap, pride all-the-other-add-ons-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-Christ. A pride nativity scene? OK, they'd have a little more ground to stand on. Though we don't really know what the three wise men had going on in their personal lives...

[@viviennart]

If you're the crafty type you can buy a plain one and paint it :) I have two that I painted, they're both in traditional xmas colors though.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

​@@sashadoom i mean nuts were a huge part of their diet back then so likely not only had a practical use but a religious symbolism as well

[@Timewarpiaman]

"You mean normal" using Starkiller for this is hilarious when if you've played SW Unleashed you'd know he's the furthest thing from normal.

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

Also I love the implication that Starkiller is anything but a fucking precious bean when he's not out hackin' and a slashin'. Dude was _never_ going to last as a Sith.

[@MHurley21]

I don't think it's even possible to be queerphobic if your first and oldest friend is a droid.

[@anomalyfox5186]

Galen is just too nice of a guy to be anything but pro-LGBT. It just doesn’t make sense. He’s a Jedi. He stands for all that is good.

[@evanm1337]

​@@anomalyfox5186except in-universe, the Jedi would also likely be homophobic, since they represented the status quo for a long time, and are also essentially a religious organization.

[@anomalyfox5186]

@@evanm1337 Their religion has absolutely nothing to do with that though? Bro how little do you know about Star Wars lol, the Jedi don’t even like Straight relationships. The whole point is to not form attachments.

[@matejnentwich1376]

Humans... Never fail to disapoint.

[@PansTranic]

We're just monkeys that act like ants and think we're gods😊

[@chaosanimatic9881]

Nice to see some recommendations from the aliens.

[@gugoluna]

Fr

[@ZezozProductions]

YEP... 😭😭😭

[@sophiepooks2174]

*Many, that we are "all the same" is the biggest lie about the human race, like saying everyone is cis het.

[@amberr3662]

The irony of this was that I knew I was attracted to both boys and girls before I had even heard of the LGBTQ+ community. I accidentally came out in y8 when I pointed out how weird it was that my primary school friends kept asking me about boys I liked but never girls, and that I'd date either, and my friend asked me "are you bisexual?" and I was like "is that what it's called? Cool, then yeah I guess I am."

[@Roll_dude]

as a bisexual, this is based

[@DragonMoonFNAF]

As a pansexual who thought I was bi when i first started exploring my sexuality, I can say that I figured it out through a freaking fictional book in 7th grade. The book was about a bisexual girl, and when I finished I was like: I've never really thought about it, but would I date a guy? Yea. Would I date a girl? ...Yeah I would. WAIT HOLD UP TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT I went with bisexual at first and now I know it's pansexual bc I really don't give a crap what their gender is as long as their personality is good

[@marmalade8915]

My favourite thing the phobes do, is when if they try to call me an it to dehumanize me and be mean, but when i telm them it/its are my preferred pronouns they immediately turn around and say "you can't be an it you're a human" it's so funny to me

[@ShadowAnimeation]

Also I hate to break it to people, but sci-fi shows have always been LGBT+. They've always had third genders, no genders, thruples, etc. because alien cultures don't work the same way as us.

[@Player-p4k]

"No gender" could mean straight-up genderless, not the LGBT type of genderless like "non-binary" or "agender"

[@lilymermaid57]

@@Player-p4kAgender is the same as genderless, what are you talking about

[@LoraLoibu]

@@Player-p4k "agender" has the same meaning as "genderless" non-binary is a wider umbrella

[@sovietdoge.7369]

​​@@Player-p4k Non-binary people have gender though???

[@Player-p4k]

To the three people above me, "agender" is a gender identity and is exclusive to LGBT, while "genderless" is way different and not LGBT. For example, all these inaminate objects around us are genderless And yes, I am aware that non-binary is not genderless. Forgive my mistake

[@Jackie_Sins]

"Bullying, name calling, disparaging remarks and using the 'F' word against others is not allowed... unless they are LGBTQ..."

[@Thelastunicornlover]

I like your username!😎❤️

[@John_Weiss]

That's what the Christian Taliban and their reichwing allies want.

[@thatcatthatalwayseatsyourchees]

yeah its just one of our special privelages /s

[@patrickghenry100]

Exactly 💯. Isn't it ironic how these that claim bullying is "Evil ..it's wrong" "you should be accepting " are the ones doing all the bullying and project their unacceptance of all people who are normal. They are the very truest definition of phobic. They can't stop fixating on the normal mentally stable. Sad in every sense of the word.

[@thalalxd]

YOU STUPID FRIENDLY

[@chimericalbeast]

The memes about heterosexuals “stealing” pride’s thunder… aside from the fact that those are just blips that the vast majority of us didn’t even notice, who wants to tell them that queer heterosexual people exist? That there is the whole gender, intersex, romantic orientation thing going on?

[@AstronomicalJelly]

@science_bear? what? it's an important thing to point out? there is more to being queer than just attraction to the same gender and the community has a variety of different identities and experiences. there ARE straight queers and they should be acknowledged

[@ShortyJordyB]

@@AstronomicalJellyI’m pretty sure they were being sarcastic 😭😭 /nm

[@arcoirislagallinacanibal]

"Why don't they buy girls?" I think that person is extremely confused about, well, everything

[@tacotamer]

Also, if tv and media are anything to go by, they do -buy- adopt girls. In Glee, Rachel has two dads. In The Owl House, Willow has two dads. In Modern Family, the gay couple (sorry I never watched it so I don't know names) adopted a girl.

[@sashadoom]

"Well, that's...false, but while we're on the topic, why do some dads (& the occasional mom) get upset at gender reveals when it's not a boy? Because that's something that actually happens."

[@sashadoom]

@@tacotamer Now you got me wracking my brain to remember the names of the couple in MF and I will not cheat by googling it. Cameron ("Cam") is the squishier one, and...goddammit. Mitchell. I believe it's Mitchell. YES! Confirmed. Good job, brain - still functioning!👏

[@trishapellis]

@@tacotamer Because... tv and media are an accurate representation of reality? Like I know/believe that gay men adopt kids of any gender. However, we really shouldn't go by tv and media to derive any knowledge about the world or society. After all, the Dutch accent in Goldmember sounds nothing like the real deal.

[@tuojiangoman3228]

Ah yes, human trafficking is the solution to all our problems, according to Right Wingers.

[@manahakume9870]

i was born in 1993, i grew up living next door to two woman who used to babysit me and were very close to me and whom i loved, one of them died of cancer when i was almost 5(she had gotten me a 5th b-day gift thats how close it was) the other moved to an independent or assisted living place after she passed and for the longest time i never put it together, i think i remember my mom telling me they were best friends >> i was 27(around the time i found out i was ace) when it finally clicked and i was like OH THEY WERE "ROOMMATES" i looked at my dad and was like 'were cass and Kasy lesbians?!' and he laughed and was like 'of course they were' and told me my grandpa withed to call them slurs to just refer to them(my grandpa was very much the kinda person who LOVED to say anything and everything to get under EVERYONE skin thank god he never figured out the internet, hed of been the biggest troll you could find, so i 100% believe he did this) my main point being they were OLD like my grandparents age or older(grandparents are pretty young for grandparents) so possibly silent generation(before boomers if you werent sure) and they were lgbt >> so idk where boomers get off thinking it didnt exist before them >>

[@cobalt1754]

@@manahakume9870 oh my god, they were roommates!

[@manahakume9870]

@@cobalt1754 4-5 year old me had no reason to believe otherwise XD then 20 something years later something brought them up in conversation lol i know now that literally everything my mom says is a lie or just incorrect so it only took a moment XD

[@dooblom]

they were roomates

[@patrickghenry100]

@@manahakume9870 If they were old enough to be dying and going to nursing homes ... then they probably were.. only roommates IE: Just very good friends. And NO it wasn't a thing back in their day especially if they were older than boomers. Men and women having frivolous relationships was for the most part frowned apon.. a woman/woman relationships wasn't even a thought in those days. Period. If it ever happened at all, which it didn't, it would of been a very very rare thing indeed. But it didn't. Bubble burst. 💭

[@DragonMoonFNAF]

And they were ROOMMATE'S

[@DanielFinn-l5q]

Ah yes me “choosing” to fall heads over heels for that very sweet sweet man in my classes, and wanting to throw myself into his arms, was infact not because I loved him, but because I was “following a trend”. Yes yes that totally makes sense. Sometimes I feel these homophobes don’t have the ability to process the most simplest things

[@FunkyLittlePoptart]

I really hope he was trendy too and loved you back!

[@DanielFinn-l5q]

@@FunkyLittlePoptart Heh yes but unfortunately also no. In hindsight we both likely were both as heads over heels for each other. Unfortunately even when we were together to keep it brief let’s just say the timing never really lined up. We’re still are friends though and always will be, and he’ll always have a place in my heart.

[@luna10617]

i LOVE developing crushes on straight girls as a bi girl (and never having them like me back). it's so trendy😝

[@Fairiegurl101]

It can be very hard not to fall back on the idea that the call is coming from inside the house when homophobes talk about sexuality being a choice because "they made the choice" to be straight. You made a choice, for sure, a choice to push down your true self and live a pretty lie that makes you feel better for a moment while driving you to insanity. Not everyone wants to live like that and it's not your place to tell them how to live.

[@chotkiwi]

HOOBASTANK MENTIONED???? 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ (head over heels)

[@DoubleDragon539]

They say "trend" I say the obvious result of an increasing number of people feeling freer or at least less oppressed, and therefore more able to express themselves openly, as they might not have done so in the past. Naturally this will lead to more people openly expressing their sexuality. It's not the forces of darkness gaining the upper hand, its basic logic. It's progress.

[@waffles3629]

Yep, it's like the left handed trend. Shocker, when students aren't smacked with rulers for using the "wrong" hand they will write with the one they are most comfortable with. I've met an older person with literal damage to her left hand to force her to only be able to write with her right hand, and a few more with "only" scar damage.

[@DigiVixen]

@@waffles3629 Not to mention left-handedness was long regarded as being the sign of the devil. A thing that still persists in modern culture through hatred and minimization of art and culture, when a good portion of artists and those in creative fields dealing with culture are left handed (I don't know how true that still is, but left handed people had higher rates of artists than right-handed folks at one time).

[@ToabyToastbrot]

@@DigiVixen could be a selection effect, maybe it's the other way round: artist might be a profession where left handed people more often for lack of a better term are "openly" left handed.

[@Lagoon1423]

I also think that more people are learning about it, so they might think they're queer once introduced to it.

[@BloodRedFox2008]

Reminds me of this one post I saw once where someone went “why are there so many autistic people nowadays? There weren’t any when I was a kid!” Because we live in an era where proper diagnosis of autism is a thing, and I guarantee you autistic people were around you in your childhood. To quote another post I saw elsewhere “just because Mount Everest wasn’t discovered until 1852 doesn’t mean it didn’t exist for thousands of years beforehand!”

[@elaexplorer]

The whole "LGBTQ was invented..." thing goves off the same sheltered life as my mother who thought swear words were a modern invention and got made they were swearing in a historical drama.

[@Kickiusz]

Say hi from me to the writer she keeps imprisoned inside her house. Edit: really, _no one_ got the reference? I'm not _that_ old, am I?

[@geraltrivia6148]

Queerness was largely accepted in the pre-colonial Americas. I'd like to see THAT historical drama.

[@missnaomi613]

@@geraltrivia6148 in pretty much pre-colonial everywhere!

[@BLZ231]

@@missnaomi613honestly I’m extremely miffed that it was the repressive Abrahamic faiths that ended up becoming so pervasive in western civilization and the world at large. The Romans weren’t perfect, but while they conquered neighboring countries they also were pretty tolerant about local gods and customs, and were much more chill about sexuality. But then Christianity spread and the western world became far less tolerant of other belief systems while also becoming extremely puritanical about human sexuality. And as if that wasn’t bad enough when they went out and invaded the rest of the world they tried to force their rigid and ridiculous beliefs onto everyone else and stomped out anything that they didn’t like. Really western civilization achieved its accomplishments not because of but in spite of Christianity, and in fact most of western civilizations failings and atrocities can be attributed at least in part to Christianity.

[@Loki-Black]

I hate when the world cares more about religion. I'm trans and when I was in highschool I was having forced religion lessons. I was in normal school but we had literal exams from them. I don't believe in God and I didn't want to attend religious classes but I was told that they can't do that as "I need God in life" they were threatening me with exorcism because "the devil makes you think that you are trans". Like really, I hate that people can force you to be religious but I can't be LGBT+?

[@waffles3629]

Yep. You can dunk a 12 WEEK old baby in special water to baptize them, but God forbid you tell a 12 YEAR old that gay people exist.

[@not_umbre]

God was completely fine with the world wars, didn't even blink during the black plague, didn't do anything about corporations destroying the world, but when I say that I'm asexual I'm going to hell and I need to beg for forgiveness

[@slimetank394]

​@@not_umbre funny how high priests and nuns are supposed to save themselves and celibate to keep themselves to god and it's considered one of the greatest things to do to honor god but if you don't feel the urge to have s*x then suddenly you'll burn in hell, lmao.

[@scrappykoko4871]

5:10 my therapist actually ended up being pretty aphobic to me so she lost her profit

[@fandomsfan1]

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you can find an accepting therapist.

[@waffles3629]

Ugh, same. I so far have had a therapist blame literally every problem in my life on me being asexual (including relationships issues with my parents that have been going on since I was six and health problems I was born with), another told me "you have to choose eventually" about being ace and non-binary (non-binary isn't a stepping stone to "real trans", and being ace isn't "scared to come out as gay"), and the last threw my trauma in my face. Good riddance to all of them.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Yeah this is kinda the problem with therapists and why everyone doesn't have a psychology degree. Yapping at people does not constitute therapy.

[@marinasplaylist2251]

They keep making a better idiot and I'm tired of it ​@@waffles3629

[@sovietdoge.7369]

​@@waffles3629 Fuck 'em. My therapist quoted Jordan Peterson at me ×_×

[@irisbaggins]

Fun fact! If you take the "christ" out of "christmas", and read "mas" as a Norwegian, it translates into English as "fussy". Which I find very funny, because that's what that OP sounds like to me. Someone creating a fuss out of nothing!

[@not_umbre]

If I broke a religious idol then people would be mad and say that I'm a horrible person, but when they tear down and burn pride flags it's suddenly okay

[@sovietdoge.7369]

​@@not_umbre I'm sure they'd be cool with you breaking a non abrahamic religious idol. I've heard of them doing so on many occasions.

[@AstronomicalJelly]

my internet poisoned brain cant read that word as anything other than "fish pussy"

[@rogueranger08]

​@@not_umbreyeah burning nazi flag offends neo Nazis

[@coal9205]

Ive honestly opted to just call homophobic/transphobic people weird at this point. We gotta shame them

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

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[@samus1186]

​@@jessicalush251it makes a lot of sense that you would think that since you ignore the science you disagree with. Cherry picking as if it's the Bible. Cope harder, the world is leaving you behind and moving forward with the actual science. It's okay, we don't need you to agree. You can just be ignorant, childish, and annoying, that's your right. I hope you grow as a person and find peace. You seem miserable 😂

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

@jessicalush251 At least they don't deny Freddy Fazbear! Because if you- if you deny Freddy Fivebear, then people will think that Freddy Five doesn't- doesn't exist, but if people think Freddy Five doesn't exist, then they won't be ready when Feddy Fivebears creeps up to them and goes "ur ur ur ur ur, ur ur ur ur ur" and jumpscares and kills them, because Freddy Faz Bear is dangerous because he's an anime matronic that has a kid's soul inside it and he doesn't like humans because one human, named Willem Afterglow, killed the kid whose soul is in the Freddy suit, along with four others, and then he put their bodies into the different animanatronics so that they can be posessed by those souls so he can harvest their remnant, because he had a daughter, who died, I think, so he wants to bring her back, so that's why denying Freddy Five Bear is dangerous, because people need to know to stay away from

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

​@@jessicalush251 "science deniers" says group known exclusively for placing their feelings above facts while claiming to do the opposite. I mean I guess it makes sense for y'all to do this but I think there's a few movie theaters y'all could work at instead of doing all this projection for free.

[@borealernadelwald]

Noo, please don't! I'm weird and I don't want to be grouped with those bigots! I think being weird is something positive and colourful in all the boring beige normalcy. I like being weird. I've only recently started to embrace my weirdness out in public more by wearing more colourful shirts.. so far only me and my dog (who definitely judges me for that) has seen my wonderful weirdness. Call them boring or factually incorrect or not worth your precious time. Because that's what they are.

[@KarmicID]

Lately i saw a person saying they're gonna do mean things to LGBT people they said it in an environment that isn't OBVIOUSLY safe for lgbt people, but still is. literally everyone was against them and calling them out. thank y'all cis & straights who are always ready to call out hate

[@viviennart]

bruh LGBTQ people didn't hurt them, why are they like this?

[@Nakia11798]

As a person in a hetero-presenting relationship, I will NOT have children to flex on people. F that bs. If I ever want kids, I'll adopt.

[@Nakia11798]

Also, the homophobes always forget bi people exist and can have babies too.

[@JanusClockwork93]

Ayy same 🤝

[@matissimoj1190]

My parents teachers: "shut up, or I will hit your hands with this wooden ruler" My teachers: "everyone is welcome to be themselves, our job is literaly to protect children"

[@emeraldlily673]

My dad got board rubbers thrown at him. Solid wooden blocks, at his head. I mean, he was an absolute dick as a teen but still.

[@matissimoj1190]

@@emeraldlily673 Yeah, I hate it when people try to say that "back in the days the teachers were so awesome!". Everytime in my head I just hear my dad's stories of physical abuse done by his teachers.

[@shadowldrago]

"They're exhausting, aren't they?" You're not wrong.

[@DragonMoonFNAF]

I cackled at that line

[@DragonMoonFNAF]

I cackled at that line

[@lilharm]

4:14 I wonder how many children of “have children to flex on the left” people will turn out to be left/gay/trans/etc in the future

[@waffles3629]

Who knows. I've been told multiple times if I was raised by cishet parents in the Catholic church I wouldn't be trans, left, and an atheist...I was raised by conservative cishet parents in the Catholic church. Then it pivots to "they just didn't make you go enough", when making me go so often made me just hate it more. Like I was raised to believe that removing a rotting fetus from inside someone's body before it killed them was murder, IDK how anyone thinks my parents are left.

[@lilharm]

@@waffles3629they assume children have to turn out like their parents ig

[@slimetank394]

​@@lilharm they don't really assume anything, they just need someone to blame for their point of view. Not themselves ofc!

[@beetsbeautifulbeets2553]

I think having conservative parents makes ya more likely to turn out leftist...I was raised conservative & want nothing more to do with it, and I feel like a lot of people I know who share my leanings had a similar experience of growing up suffocated in conservatism & getting the hell out when they could.

[@sashadoom]

A rejection of their parents' ideology is the best-case-scenario outcome, but I fear there may also be some negative repercussions when they find out their parents only had them to "own the libs" by outbreeding them. Of all the dumb-ass reasons to have kids...selfish pricks. It might not be the main reason, but "flexing" sure as shit belongs nowhere near the conversation about bringing more children into the world.

[@N0Bah_D-666]

All I ever get from the "LGBT is an affront to Gawd" crowd is that we're stronger than God

[@PinkPuffball1992]

Fr tho, if we offend the big old wizard in the sky, then we must be more powerful than him. If we weren't, he'd have no reason to be offended 😂

[@The_Moth06]

Not said directly towards me, but my mom told my gay uncle(not biological) that I was gay. My uncle said "Oh, like the cool kids?"

[@The_Moth06]

@@Rad-Dude63andathird He thought I was gay because it's trendy or something.

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

@@The_Moth06 Oh... I misunderstood. Sorry.

[@grenade8572]

Eeeeeerrrrrr... what is wrong with your uncle? Of was it a gay joke I don't understabd?

[@LokiLoverForever99]

11:50 Im sorry. How the tf has LGBT stuff ruined Harry Potter? Please name one gay character that isn't the dumbledore shit show. What ruined Harry Potter was it's own creator's bigotry.

[@DarkDemonOfHel]

I think they mean that weird crap jk was spreading before going full terf cosplaying as an Ally. Because turning some of the HP Charakters queer retro activly IS so Brave 🙄

[@somebody4094]

some time ago the Click talked about Harry Potter Pride themed merchandise... something that has aged really well

[@LyingSpigot]

Mathilda Grimblehawk

[@rosieg6989]

Other than characters from the-bigoted-game-that-shall-not-be-named or Dumbledore, there is Ruby Honeysuckle, Tulip Karasu, Merula Snyde, Simon Talmadge, Eris Foxglove, Mathilda Grimblehawk, Aisha, Gellert Grindelwald, Andre Egwu, Badeea Ali, Barnaby Lee, Chiara Lobosca, Jae Kim, and Penny Haywood are all not straight. Vega is canonically non-binary, while Rowan Khanna and Corey Hayden's gender can change at any time depending on the main character's gender. But other than Grindelwald none were created by JKR.

[@Nebulanoctis]

@@rosieg6989 as someone who has only read the books/listent to the audio books, are they characters from the game? (of cours I know Grindelwald, but hot being straight is something that came after books I thnk?)

[@Blaumagier]

I feel so uncomfortable every time someone says I'm brave for coming out as trans. Like... I did it for self preservation and that doesn't feel like bravery to me, just like doing what you gotta do. It's always weird to see the memes acting like we do what we do for praise because of this.

[@sashadoom]

Right? We're not seeking congratulatory praise - just not getting disowned or attacked is a satisfactory outcome. Being accepted is even better. I feel it can be an act of bravery, to varying degrees depending on the situation - there's a big difference in the courage it takes to come out to garden-variety trans- or homophobes, vs. coming out within a family or culture that would eradicate every LGBT+ person on earth if they could. I get what you're saying though - that it doesn't feel like bravery when you have no other viable option, and it can seem condescending, almost like being trans is an illness, or something you could have just chosen to keep hidden, though that's probably not their intention. Kind of like when people constantly tell cancer patients how brave they are (and by no means am I saying they're not), and the patient is like, "Well, going through treatment and dealing with the side effects is something I kinda have to do if I want the chance to, you know, survive." In a less-terrible world, people would instead tell you that it sucks that "coming out" is still even a "thing" if one is not cis-het, and maybe ask you how it went, and tell you to feel free to reach out any time if you need support. That would mean a lot more to me personally. But I would assert that any well-meaning response is preferable to a hateful one. May you experience love and acceptance, especially among those you care about, and not be harassed or berated by garbage-humans❤.

[@elitusyeetus2032]

i love the one in the thumbnail just imagine someone with a super power to inject super dysphoria into someone by just using the wrong pronoun for them, would make for an interesting comedy show, just a hero and a villian fighting and the hero just uses the wrong pronoun to trigger their power and then the villain just drops dead from the super dysphoria

[@prageruwu69]

i'd read that as a superhero comic

[@elitusyeetus2032]

@@prageruwu69 oh and what if the whole conflict of the battles is the hero working up the confidence to counteract their immediate guilt of intentional misgendering

[@hannajung7512]

I would add to this, though that might be too dark: It is a cumulative atack 1 "Hit"= misgendered person is stunned due to disabling insecurity about their gender repressentation and creeping self hate for not presenting "correctly", person is highly weakened and lacks coordination, and overall body controlle, due to shacking and supressed crying. 2 Hit= misgendered person is no longer able to do anything, that does not serve the sole purpose of propping up their gender expression, if unable to do that person gets "stunned" from the overwhelming emotions 3 "Hit" = immediate knock out due to a complete dysphoric meltdown And the ultimate final fight could be an agender person, that just does not care and cannot be misgendered. But... in that story I think the person with that power would be actually the villain, or you would have to prop up the inner moral conflict of the person to massive degrees, to have them still be a hero, I guess

[@elitusyeetus2032]

@@hannajung7512 this is definitely how to handle it from a more serious take, i was looking at it from a more OPM angle

[@elitusyeetus2032]

@@hannajung7512 oh and for to have the hero be considered the hero, each misgender does effects to them as a kind of drawback due to guilt

[@goobling57]

My elementary school banned any flag besides the American flag. They're not just homophobic, that includes other countries too.

[@girlwithtehface5880]

Homophobic and jingoistic. Excellent.

[@sandwichqueen]

No UN flag?

[@cloudyskyz2237]

All in one!

[@liviwaslost]

No state flags then?

[@missnaomi613]

Yikes.

[@sky19176]

Me a teacher: the students ask about that shit constantly…..i just say bare details like “Yes I have partners” “Yes they are men” “Yes there are two” “Yes that is ok as long as everyone in the relationship is ok with it.” “Ok now write your narrative please”

[@tmansdigistudios1675]

Polyandry?

[@sky19176]

@@tmansdigistudios1675 polamory yes

[@DragonMoonFNAF]

Bro I want an LGBTQ teacher, just because I'd feel more safe around them. In middle school the GSA teacher was gay, and he was literally so amazing, I want another teacher like that 😢

[@faith-by-faith]

We're taught to pledge allegiance to the US flag as soon as we start school, sometimes earlier if the child goes to a conservative church. Those churches also teach children to pledge allegiance to the Christian flag as well. It's probably why they compare children waving the pride flag to German children waving the Nazi flag. Our association with flags is of unwavering, unquestioned dedication and obedience; they just want us to be dedicated and obedient to the "right" one.

[@PochamaRex]

I wonder how common this is because I’m from the US and attended public schools all my life, but we *never* had the pledge of allegiance. I thought it was made up until I went to college out of state and heard stories of people doing it when they were in school. But maybe my school district was just different and didn’t do it. It’s not even legally required (at least I don’t think it is but it’s weird thing to do either way)

[@nerothewateruser8030]

In my case, we had the pledge but not a prayer. Though as in most cases, by the time the students hit high school the pledge is just 'whatever', and people just stand until it's done instead of saying anything

[@elsiest.irvyne9515]

If your children puke by rainbows, please leave them alone and stop feeding them with chemical coloured sweets! 😂

[@elenahaya1195]

"Sweety,were you eating crayons again?"

[@BunglebottomInc]

"josh, i told you to stop swallowing whole bottles of food colouring!"

[@PS_ItsTheCrockpot]

15:30 i hate this so much lmao. July isn't LGBTQ+ pride month, its disability pride. Homophobes hear pride and immediately assume its the gay, i can't imagine having that much hate in me.

[@allisonlane3740]

I thought it was American Independence Day, but I will be glad to be autistic.

[@rowanrobbins]

I just cannot understand why some homophobes keep pushing the belief that gay people don't have children. They need to talk to the other ones who get angry about kids having two moms or two dads!

[@atlantic85]

Here’s the ideal coming-out: “I’m ace.” “Cool.”

[@animeaccount-forfunz]

What ended up happening to me "I'm bi" **person tells the entire school im gay**

[@Stardipped_Paws]

Hehe mine was *Creates elaborate and dramatic coming out including a scavenger hunt and literally stepping out of my closet to include the whole family as I come out as bi on new years eve My younger siblings: "b-i... Bee? What's bee?" My parents: "okay cool? We love you whoever you are, whoever you like, it doesn't matter. Now time to watch the countdown!" Anyways I was so anxious and embarrassed from that, that when I come out as enby to my parents it's just going to be in the form of a simple letter 😭

[@KandiKontent]

"Fiona, I'm gay" "You're still on my sh!t list"

[@grenade8572]

Why don't I come out IRL? Because if would definitely be like this: - I'm aoace. - What's that? - *long explanation* - It doesn't exist / You just didn't find the right one yet / You lie! You already told us you wanted a boyfriend! - Actually, I'm cupio-romantic - What's that new s-t?

[@Mr.happy689]

Are We~ telling our coming out stories...? Me:, „hey mom... How do you feel about the lgbtv?” Mom:, ”idc about them they just don't need to shuve it in our faces... why you ask?„ Me:, „you know how I always joked about me being gay...?” Mom:, ”yeah...? What are you saying?„ Me:, „i think you know what I'm implying” Mom:. “looks like I'm getting 50$... hey you want donuts?„ (~ *APPARENTLY* she made a bet with my step dad if I turned out gay he would owe her *50$* so that's *fun* ~) 😭

[@RatSteaks]

5:04 it’s so funny when homophobes forget that some trans men can get pregnant. Edit: I did not intend to erase intersex people by not mentioning them. And I’m not saying trans men have to have kids.

[@DemiSuaton]

And how lots of people, including queer people, forget intersex people can also give birth without being trans. I will continue to talk about intersex issues and erasure in the queer community, and in general, because we deserve to be noticed.

[@RatSteaks]

@@DemiSuaton yes. I didn’t intend to forget them. As a trans man it was the first thing that came to mind😓

[@lovemelucifer]

@@jessicalush251 and you are called a failed abortion

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

@@jessicalush251No

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

@@jessicalush251I’m not a science denier

[@miriamrouziek]

Homophobes unintentionally admitting that they see adoption as a transactional purchase of property and not actually adopting a human being into their family is a really weird flex.

[@clonnie-cloo]

the proposal guy makes me so sad. like, imagine taking what was supposed to be a special event celebrating you and your fiancee's love for one another and making it about dunking on the gays. you have issues, man

[@FyremaelGlittersparkle]

"Is it tiring being hateful?" Let me tell you, as an Lgbtq+ person who lived in Tennessee for several years, dealing with it was exhausting enough to drive me out of the state entirely. Still miss the queer community in Knoxville, however.

[@FuckYoutube-wf1wh]

😂🤡

[@JoF999]

I'm sorry to hear this. Hope you are living somewhere you feel safe now.

[@FyremaelGlittersparkle]

@JoF999 Safer, yes. Still not ideal (is anywhere, really?), but it's better, overall.

[@Redacted_Theorist]

​@@FuckKZbin-wf1wh 0/100 ragebait. See me after class, reported for hate.

[@Caldera01]

Don't worry Jammy. The reason you don't understand phobes is because their position is definitionally and logically irrational. The funny and ironic thing is that they quite often like to say how "they're not afraid of the gay", but all of their rhetoric is always fundamentally based precisely on irrational fear. So while they might not feel terror from the existence of homosexuality of various kinds, it is still entirely appropriate since their opinions are entirely driven by fear.

[@kelobb]

“Never had someone knock on my door trying to convert me to gay.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Would rather have that than religious folks trying to convert me.

[@BunglebottomInc]

i wouldnt need to be converted ;)

[@Generic_emo_username]

'That's what unattractive people say' as an argument against nonbinary people is absurd. I know these people have a very bland idea of what makes people attractive and attractiveness is subjective, but I've seen some _very_ attractive nonbinary people. 'Unattractive' to them seems to mean 'noooo you're breaking the rules of gender that were made up! How dare you!' or a woman with piercings and short colored hair. God, how boring.

[@waffles3629]

Yep. I've been told I only came out as non-binary because I can't find someone to date me...I celebrated my 8 year anniversary with my partner a few weeks ago.

[@tealkerberus748]

The most gorgeous person I know is enby.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

My best friend is a masc presenting enby that loves to dress in "women's" clothes so it's hilarious watching the bigots short circuit trying to work their brain to insult him

[@artheenbyrogue804]

0:03 so they're saying they are an ally!! We love someone who's normal and not homophobic

[@Alex-gh8iu]

@RyanAndrews-ch6cw Ok coward.

[@BoxOfToasters]

We indeed do!

[@Vindominus]

Til the T in LGBT isn't for Trans, it's actually for Therapist.

[@Josilyne]

"mom… dad… I'm a therapist"

[@Silias06]

It is absolutely exhausting to be hateful. Like games that I start to get hateful about its just so fucking exhausting, I don't know how these homophobes and transphobes can casually be THIS hateful without getting tired from it.

[@tuojiangoman3228]

Maybe they’re just bots.

[@jgs1122]

"It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain." Francis Maude

[@Waterflame]

I use a website called Trakt to keep track of the shows and movies that I watch. I was checking the comments on the new Interview with the Vampire show and saw a gem that I had to reply to. The comment, edited for length, was "...the fact that all main characters are gay makes me question this show ...imo queers are over-represented in media..." and I replied "You think "queers are over-represented in media"? What do you think the ratio of queer characters to straight ones is?" They have yet to reply, but I've gotten a couple of likes on my comment.

[@purplepopple6348]

Trying to debate queerphobes is entertaining, but unfortunately they usually prefer to come back with nothing but insults and ignoring facts and logic.

[@sleepyspacegremlin]

Remember, every accusation contains a confession!

[@x_sunshine-the-realest_x]

Wise words, friend.

[@BunglebottomInc]

now i regret calling my sister a poo poo head when i was 7. ruh roh raggy

[@Studio_salesmen]

0:06 I find it hilarious how the “welcome new viewers” intro has been condensed so much it’s (probably) unintelligible to new viewers.

[@Keira-k3n]

17:56 they didn't even make that comic, I've seen it before in one of OT''s vids and it has the intention of spreading the exact opposite message

[@deimmartillo1674]

I just came back to Uni and this semester I have a non-binary professor. They only taked about our class topic and not their sexuality/identity for the whole class.

[@annamontgomery7583]

Sorry but shouldn't this fact be normal?

[@qwertyforwen2342]

I am impressed about how patient you are. This stuff especially the one that was calling lgbtqia+ people mentally ill really makes me mad.

[@Axlplayz]

So, if therapists invented gay, does that mean they bred giraffes and penguins?

[@tuojiangoman3228]

And therapists clearly invented wrasses and clownfish.

[@Axlplayz]

@@tuojiangoman3228 and lions and geckos

[@carouselqueer]

you know what’s funny? during a sermon, the preacher of the church i’m forced to go to literally said some people aren’t meant to be in romantic relationships, not because they’re bad people or whatever, but because it’s just not for them. these are the same people that think aroace people are unreasonable

[@Kayari]

You see, mas is actually short for massively homosexual

[@prageruwu69]

i'm going to my top surgery consultation in about a week, wish me luck ✌

[@LoremIpsum-dp1li]

Good luck on getting that off your chest!

[@starlingo-than]

ahh good luck !

[@Iamaperson-f3r]

​@@LoremIpsum-dp1liUgh... Hope it isn't too heavy.

[@firestar3936]

Good luck bro

[@kiyoinaa]

omg gl! i'm actually going for my bottom surgery soon, i'm so hyped lol

[@Werevampiwolf]

I think the point of the people in the reddit "defacing" the memes is because the users are trying to show that they are basically quoting someone else, and not necessarily endorsing it. I know on tumblr, people do the same thing by using the built-in water image filter on screenshots, usually ones where they're disagreeing with what the person in the screenshot said but they don't want to directly interact with them, such as not wanting to link to the blog of a known TERF while still quoting them to refute what they said. There's even jokes about "drowning" posts due to filter making it look like it was taken inside a swimming pool.

[@Ian_Jules]

1) Didn’t expect to see Denethor in a phobic meme. 2) As an American, yes, pledging to the flag is… odd.

[@DigiVixen]

On point 2, Yes, and ironically funny since the ones going on about it being so Amercian, patrotic, and whatnot- are also screaming at everyone else that they are a Communist-Marxist-Socialist... when I recently found out that bulk of the Pledge was written by a Socialist!

[@Aceballchaoticenergy]

I know Jamie is saying we don't get presents for coming out, but my aunt bought me chocolates! 😂

[@erinjackson8119]

10:57 the most ironic part about that “meme” is that zee doesn’t ask the victim’s pronouns, meaning the victim can also play the misgendering card

[@KI33Y_1]

6:03 no, Apollo the Greek god was known as bisexual, and while he’s fake, whoever came up with his ✨lore✨ is certainly _not straight._

[@SwordmaidenGwen]

I feel like, saying "Nonbinary is something you call yourself to feel special" makes it pretty obvious that the person saying it thinks it feels like a special thing, we don't tho lol, it's just a statement, a normal banal fact about us, like our race or country of birth. Every accusation is a confession.

[@AdAll-iv6zs]

If they pick on the LGBT 24/7 they're obsessed

[@kayleemeade5962]

Why does “ Why is God welcome but gay people are not?” actually go so hard

[@lady_draguliana784]

18:20 _Victim Posture;_ as a justification for misbehavior; is common, from horrific crimes, to mean memes. people can be utterly horrible to other people; especially those weaker than themselves; so long as they convince themselves (and as many of their peers as they can) that *'[they're]* actually the victim, and therefore it's okay for [them] to misbehave/behave unhealthily'.

[@marcgonzales4636]

Anyone from an online community is capable of playing the victim. They mainly do it, because they think that they (or their peers) are the only ones suffering when that is not the case. There are people all over the world who have lives much MUCH worse than the people here on KZbin will ever experience.

[@lady_draguliana784]

@@marcgonzales4636 anyone in any community, really, but yes, people being incensed to conniptions just by how other people want to dress or be called seems pretty silly compared to the suffering throughout the world.

[@CrissaKentavr]

I love that you're able to keep an innocent persona on your videos. You keep me feeling less alone ^-^

[@keyzzlarah2373]

I fear 44 seconds is a bit too early but I'm happy to be here 😂❤

[@bloodmoonnight2653]

It's so funny too see homophobes make memes using templates made by queer folks seen in the one at like 17:44 being that whole comic is about like "odd" people not feeling like they can fit in.

[@elizabethgardner4545]

Ikr, like this was literally a comic made about lgbtqia+ people during pride month. The delusion these homophobes operate under is genuinely baffling

[@kayew5492]

I love my son very much, but sometimes I despair at the stuff he says. A while back he was telling me that if/when he has children he wouldn't want them exposed to LGBTQIA+ material in school. I countered by telling him that if there had been any kind of support, acceptance, or awareness of other sexualities when I was in school it would have saved me from several decades of confusion, self-hatred and misery while I tried unsuccessfully to conform. Being queer is not a choice, it's just who we are, and queer kids/kids with queer parents deserve understanding and respect. I don't know if I got through to him though because in the next breath he said, ''I bet you'd vote for Biden over Trump too.'' We're British, no connection to the USA whatsoever.

[@LeviathanGamer799]

No matter what you believe, I think your son’s right (maybe not about the Trump and Biden thing, though.). Little children are too young to be making decisions that will impact their lives forever. Maybe when they get to high school, it’d be ok to learn about that stuff, but there are so many stories of little kids getting surgery to try to become the opposite sex, then regretting it later in life. TLDR: When they’re old enough to make decisions, that’s the right time to teach kids stuff like this

[@goodpeople25]

@@LeviathanGamer799 You are spreading disinformation.

[@TheBigJayAgenda]

@@LeviathanGamer799 That's the funniest lie I've heard! Ever tried being a professional clown?

[@Redacted_Theorist]

​@@goodpeople25 He stated his opinion?!?!?!? He thinks children aren't really old enough to decide that stuff for themselves.

[@goodpeople25]

@@Redacted_Theorist Sure, that's why it's shadow banned so I have no idea what you're referring too. Care to share that "opinion" that will almost certainly include blatant disinformation that makes it not a matter of opinion.

[@EnbyAxolotlOfficial]

Everytime transphobes compare trans people to a certain ideology tht caused WWII, it always hits so poorly cause like... Do yall realize who Hitlers first target was, cause it wasnt the Jews. Hitler started off his campaign by burning books and research on gender ideology and trans studies, and first went after trans people. Obviously everyone who went through that horror deserves love and compassion, but the idea that Hitler ONLY went after the Jewish community, or that the Jewish community was even the first community that he targeted absolutely baffles me.

[@thatcatthatalwayseatsyourchees]

exactly, no-one ever talks about how much more progressed we would be if it wasnt fir that burning

[@artheenbyrogue804]

About the diversity in the workspace vs the mom and dad thing. It's also not okay to turn down someone for the sake of diversity. The main goal we're asking for is to ensure that the best person is chosen for a job regardless of their identity and who they are. If a queer POC woman is the best person for the job, then she should be hired! But if she isn't the best person for the job and you just hired her to "show diversity" that's not diversity babe, that's just perfomative allyship and diversity to make you look good. The person should be chosen regardless of their identity, and purely based on the job they've done. There should be no biases regardless. On the flip side, this doesn't happen nearly as often and it's more often that marginalised communities are turned down because of who they are. Just though I'd point it out anyways :)

[@ItRemindMeOfHome]

That's the thing conservatives don't get about Affirmative Action, what you described is exactly what it was. Under Affirnitive Action rules, a POC couldn't just be refused employment because of their skin color. All it was was that if a POC was refused, it had to be because there was a more qualified candidate. But conservatives can't imagine a POC having equal or superior qualifications to a white person for... **some reason**

[@hannajung7512]

Well, there is a reason to hire for the purpose of diversity in several fields, even when the person hired is not exactly the best person skill wise: It has been shown, that diversity in teams improves the teams overall performance, due to the multitude of perspectives added in many professions. And in customer service jobs diversity anong the staff creates an environment in which everyone can feel wellcome and seen.

[@marcgonzales4636]

Your comment should be recognized more, especially when corporations and big businesses are starting to use diversity as a consumerism tool for their own selfish gains.

[@davidpacifico1019]

„Forced“ Diversity can work to counteract the deliberate discrimination against marginalized people, but it‘ll only ever be a band-aid fix to the issue as it’s just fighting discrimination using discrimination.

[@artheenbyrogue804]

​​​@@hannajung7512 fair! The above comment really applies when there's a noticeable difference in skills but you've purposely chose the person due to their race, gender, religion, sexuality etc. I remember reading somewhere where a (cis) woman was chosen for the job, but the company assumed she was transgender. When they confronted her to talk about her identity, they were pissed she wasn't actually trans and then attacked her for "tricking them" (?) since she wasn't the best person for the job. Never mind the multitude layers of misogyny and transphobia, it's messed up that someone who was qualified for a job was turned down in favour of someone else when they were the better candidate in this case. I can definitely see the point of hiring diverse employees in customer service jobs and whatnot, but in the case where it isn't something that could actually provide benefits within the company (in the sense it provides a boost in morale and helps out truly, not just their image) , I think people who are the most qualified should take the job. Edit: also! If hiring someone who provides different insight which could be helpful to their team, while someone else who is technically "more qualified" on paper, that really means that they were more qualified for them for what the company needed.

[@vinyl_ruin]

5:15 *makes homophobic meme* *proceeds to make said meme using a literal pansexual character*

[@JayLeeBeanz]

I've seen homophobic memes where people used Deadpool. You know, the same Deadpool that would pee on a homophobe's grave while dancing in a pink tutu. After creating same grave.

[@kjdonaghy]

Lol

[@MisterMistea]

1:41 "Took Christ out of Christmas" brother, I don’t think nutcrackers have anything to do with Christ, that is based off a soldier hundreds of years after Jesus was born in a completely different continent.

[@sashadoom]

No pride nutcrackers, no pride elves, no pride Santa, no pride giftwrap, no pride eggnog...all those are directly related to Christ and appear in the bible! A pride nativity scene? OK, slightly more reasonable thing to get upsetti-spaghetti about, but then again, we don't know much about the personal lives of the three wise men, ijs😆

[@arualblues_zero]

The person who made the "buying male babies" meme needs their PC checked for certain content.

[@Jaden_tshebetso]

7:00, when I had my coming out, I especially HOPED that the people I came out to WOULDN'T CARE.

[@edwinvargas8730]

The 1995-2021 meme was my fault I was born at the end of 1994 and I'm bi

[@Caprabone]

Thank you for your service. 🫡🏳️‍🌈

[@jgs1122]

"What do you mean you don't believe in homosexuality? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary." Lea DeLaria

[@TorosAndMakis53]

That first one would he hilarious to use ironically.