What It’s Like Being LGBTQIA+ in NY vs. TX

[@nowthisimpact]

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[@loramoore2714]

I am 70…grew up in the Oakland Ca during the 60’s.. came out in 1972…now in Maine last 33 Years with myLover (old school identity)I feel comforted by this site to hold space in Love(hippie too)for my Community…we are strong, we come from Stonewall, we come from the Castro, P Town,Harvey Milk…Never give up…again many thanks♥️🌀

[@FreemanSC]

Name ONE right that you don't have that a straight person has.

[@FreemanSC]

Harvey Milk was a predator.

[@vicmarc4984]

OK Boomer, please move along. U literally are the worst entitled generation in US History.

[@LizardOfmonaco-uc7rd]

Brandon Tina got the justice she deserves.

[@sassynana5201]

I’m glad these folks found a safe place to just live their lives. I feel badly for SO many Texans. Texas has become a dystopian landscape-with their inhuman laws, coupled with anti choice legislation and book banning make me worry for all Texans.

[@brenden4915]

No books are banned. Only democrats cities are dystopia by disarming citizens and aiding criminals. Try again fascist

[@vicmarc4984]

Stay OUT of Texas if U don’t agree with BASIC fundamentals of humanity, 2-genders, and protecting CHILDREN from far left radical ideologies!!!! Please stay in your dumpster fires called San Francisco and NYC!

[@jonbranch710]

Dystopian 😂😂😂

[@fatherson5907]

Yet everyone is moving there. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Parrotgirl-tattoo]

I wouldn't hang around somewhere I'm not wanted....

[@ComradeCatpurrnicus]

We absolutely need more robust federal protections against discrimination, you shouldn't have to worry about having an insignificant and immutable difference depending on where you are in the same country. Always speak up and fight back against discrimination, ignorance, and hate.

[@FreemanSC]

There is, literally, every protection in place for these "marginalized groups". And by "marginalized groups" I mean the LGBT cult who control all of American society and have more privileges than any other group.

[@Boris-kd3jz]

but it's ramadan, can't speak up about the rainbow folx during ramadan

[@fatherson5907]

Yes, stand up against the bigotry from the left and alphabet community.

[@jacobforrester9827]

​@fatherson5907 Look up the Paradox of Tolerance. We will never tolerate the intolerant.

[@ComradeCatpurrnicus]

@@fatherson5907 Discrimination against the blindly intolerant isn't just permissible, it's essential for any society. You aren't a victim, you're just a bigot that wants to oppress other people with immutable differences with impunity and without consequence.

[@fauxhuman0]

i live & have grown up in a very very small, rural town in kentucky. its so weird comparing experiences with my friend that grew up in lexington, kentucky. they arent scared to have a pronoun pin or wear a bracelet. and its so weird having grown up with all these people because i *know* them, i may not like some of them but they are human and i don’t understand how they can hold so much hate for people they don’t even know. my friend isn’t scared to just talk about their identity, i’m terrified every time my partner says i love you. i hate it here and i hate that all these people have made me hate them my earliest experience with anything lgbt related was me, a child who did not understand marriage/romance yet, getting screamed at by my grandma for saying i wanted to marry my best friend their earliest experience was asking what a pride flag was

[@Cryosxify]

our legal framework should make it illegal to violate the rights of people like this with extreme punishment

[@brenden4915]

No rights are being violated

[@Cryosxify]

@@brenden4915 says the evil rights violater of lgbtqia+ people

[@FreemanSC]

It does, genius.

[@Cryosxify]

@@FreemanSC then why does this video exist, genius

[@HerosofCornelia]

@@Cryosxifybecause NowThis thrives off of creating division and spreading misinformation. Nobody harasses you in the bathrooms in Texas, nobody cares about you enough to do that.

[@Dyejob01]

Why would a person panick over someone else living their own life? That seems like a cowards way to get a free pass to hurt anyone they want to hurt. 🙄

[@LizardOfmonaco-uc7rd]

Because their bedroom is literally the entire world. Including your kid. so fock NEXt

[@HerosofCornelia]

It doesn’t happen nearly as much as NowThis is trying to make it seem, which is why you’re confused.

[@michaelplauche9901]

It’s very simple, Christian states push Christian ideology that doesn’t include LGBTQ because it’s a sin

[@Parrotgirl-tattoo]

​@@HerosofCorneliaexactly. 😅

[@Jamhael1]

And yet, the so-called "conservatives" are panicked - to the point of making legislation that affects the lives of thousands of LGBTQ+, woman, children, people of color, and more.

[@alishademmery3581]

Love is love that’s how it should be no one has any right to say otherwise

[@HerosofCornelia]

You absolutely do have the right to say otherwise. It’s called the First Amendment.

[@michaelplauche9901]

Grindr is not Love is Love. Sorry to break the truth

[@sisuguillam5109]

​@@HerosofCorneliaMate... you think Love exists in the US only?

[@VictorWashington-gm9ch]

@@HerosofCorneliathat’s so not the first amendment

[@HerosofCornelia]

@@VictorWashington-gm9ch “you don’t have the freedom to speak your mind with the right to free speech” - a literal clown

[@nascarnut18]

In NYC, "you have to go through a bunch of mental gymnastics" to make sure the subway car you're boarding isn't full of deranged homeless people who will shank you as soon as you sit down.

[@brandontrammel4581]

That's a lie. Literally in every category in crime you're higher by a lot especially in violent crime in red states then California, Chicago, or New York so wtf are you talking about.

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

You watch too much Jesse Watters 😂

[@mikehatten5738]

@@mytruecrimelibrarywhy did they deploy the national guard in the subways then? Straight from the desk of the DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR! 😂🤡😂

[@brenden4915]

​@@mytruecrimelibraryyou fascists clearly never live in reality

[@413smr]

Try to stay on topic.

[@retrozip]

Yeah, im not going to take advice from a completely biased source, who only shames one side, and praises there own

[@sisuguillam5109]

Their. Not there. And what video have you been watching?

[@davidblair9877]

Do you think there’s another side to this? I have yet to hear of a state forbidding traditional marriage, despite certain outlets doing their best to say that such a thing is imminent.

[@HaloFan117_]

I see and wish the best for Texas LGBTQ!❤

[@danielcruz8811]

Here in Texas we don't actually care. As long as you aren't pushing anything on other people , do you. Videos like this are just absolutely silly.

[@acslater017]

“If it’s not my lived experience it’s not anyone else’s”

[@davidblair9877]

And yet your representatives clearly do care a great deal. You know, they’re called “representative” for a reason.

[@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq]

Ban guns in Texas I don’t like anti lgbtq stuff

[@danielcruz8811]

@@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq You're gonna have a hard time with that.

[@sisuguillam5109]

​@@danielcruz8811you missed their point.

[@ngwee1]

Start by voting for Biden, not Trump.

[@HerosofCornelia]

You mean the guy who less than two decades ago said that marriage was between a man and a woman, made countless racist remarks and has made a career being a politician when it shouldn’t be possible?

[@michaelplauche9901]

You mean the guy who said marriage is between one man and one woman two decades ago

[@GavinCooper05]

A diagnosis for gender dysphoria is included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Why is this the only disorder that doesn't get treated by reducing the disorder?

[@artisan2906]

wait, isn't it just easier to just.... let them go through the transition, instead of repression?

[@FreemanSC]

Not profitable. Schizos don't come in for regular surgeries or take their expensive meds.

[@FreemanSC]

​@@artisan2906 You mean like let them go through puberty instead of "repressing" it with dangerous off label pharmaceuticals?

[@wendyweaver8749]

@@artisan2906 - I believe that is what @Gavin posted because gender dysphoria is most commonly treated by supporting a gender transition.

[@artisan2906]

ohh, makes a bit more sense now. thought this was somebody advocating against transition @@wendyweaver8749

[@douglaswright9701]

You always talk about "privilege" on this channel. If the biggest problems in your life are not knowing what bathroom to use and people not calling you a made-up pronoun, you're one of the most privileged people on Earth.

[@eleanorcatherino3839]

All pronouns are made up, also a lot of men in this world would do physical harm to people if they got called she

[@HaloFan117_]

That was such a broad statement I'm pretty sure rich ppl are more privileged

[@simonO712]

The problem isn't not knowing which bathroom to use, but being legally forced to use one that you're significantly more likely to be harrassed and/or assaulted in. Please stop strawmanning.

[@sisuguillam5109]

You should bring up this comment in therapy.

[@davidblair9877]

“Stop complaining about the beatings! You’re not literally starving to death!” -is not the gotcha that you seem to think it is, mate.

[@blkhemi3925]

Did anyone ask women if They were ok with sharing their space, their bathroom, their sports, their locker rooms?

[@sisuguillam5109]

Erm... if they were okay to share with women? What?

[@dipperdandy]

Probably should've had the comments turned off on this one...

[@sidecar7714]

It’s not the responsibility of others to respect you beyond your right to your own safety and full participation in society. Tolerance exists for the things that we don’t like.

[@davidblair9877]

So you agree that Texans should leave LGBTQ+ persons alone? That is what "tolerance" usually implies.

[@sidecar7714]

@@davidblair9877 What exactly are Texans doing that violates the rights of this individual? People are not required to approve of or like you. He needs to get over himself.

[@Redact63Lluks]

And the most dangerous person to a 🎉Alphabet member continues to be themselves.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Eh?

[@davidblair9877]

how so, precisely?

[@Redact63Lluks]

@@davidblair9877 the self harm statistics just evade you ehh?

[@davidblair9877]

@@Redact63Lluks gee, I can’t imagine why a person who’s told by their parents and community, who’s singled out for bullying and persecution, for something they can’t change, would become depressed or suicidal. Nope, not at all. (That was sarcasm, if you were wondering.) Your comment implied that LGBTQ+ persons attack other LGBTQ+ persons. Is that what you meant to say?

[@ladygoodmen7399]

Stop using kids to prove an adult conversation. That's where you lose most people. Give move detail of these bills that affect you an adult. Kids should be left to be kids and until they are adults. It should be their parents to lead their home.

[@HaloFan117_]

Ur weird

[@HerosofCornelia]

@@HaloFan117_it’s weird to want to have kids be brought up by their parents?

[@Jamhael1]

And why you think your kids are your property?

[@HerosofCornelia]

@@Jamhael1 you really think it’s ok for strangers to influence children? Please, stay away from schools. You’ll probably wind up on a list.

[@davidblair9877]

@@HerosofCorneliahow do you feel about Child Protective Services, may I ask?

[@janhenderson1090]

Texas is the worst place to come Even the Texas libraries have become discipline center Go live your life. Be safe and enjoy it while you can. There’s plenty of people out there that hate you. Just ignore them. They’re just someone they’re stupidity.

[@jayk9068]

Ppl love Texas because it's like this. Haven't been to a more conformist state. Logic here is if you make up a small enough percentage of ppl, your differences don't matter, but once you adjust to being like everyone else, ppl are very accepting/kind and will go out of their way to help "you"

[@davidblair9877]

Ah, I see. So conservatives are infinitely kind and generous…so long as you look, speak, act, and think exactly like they do. Display any dissent, and it’s exile for you. And y’all say liberals are the speech-censoring snowflakes.

[@davidblair9877]

So, Texans are incredibly welcoming and kind, provided you never question or challenge the local the dogma. How generous. I thought Texas loved liberty, but apparently you can’t even change what you wear without being exiled. How free-thinking of you. You sure it’s the liberals who are intolerant snowflakes?

[@henrywolf5332]

I think I speak for most Americans when I say I have major LGBTQ appreciation fatigue. Keep pushing

[@dimitritome5118]

Being silent never got us anywhere. Pushing is what conquered our rights. If you have to threat disbanding, were you ever an ally?

[@sebcw1204]

i don't think you do. poll after poll suggest americans think LGBTQ people shouldn't face discrimination.

[@FreemanSC]

​@@sebcw1204 And reality suggests they don't. Reality suggests that the LGBT cult are the most privileged and celebrated group in the history of the planet earth.

[@RemnantSoul]

Irony of your comment is... If these bigots in office would stop trying to legalize discrimination and stop pushing talking points that ostracize/demonize those who are different then you wouldn't have fatigue because this topic wouldn't be a topic.

[@FreemanSC]

@@RemnantSoul When you say legalizing discrimination you mean like when a company is forced to fire white employees so they can be more "diverse", right?

[@fatherson5907]

NowThis has laid off more than 50% of its staff 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@janhenderson1090]

Really sad Trump hates you ppl ! I don’t Go live your life as you can

[@jaylockwood5030]

bahaha I bet you actually believe that. It's so pitiful and hysterical. Get some emotional control and a reality check

[@FreemanSC]

Horse shlt like this is why Now This just laid off a bunch of people.

[@Parrotgirl-tattoo]

Love that for them!!! 😂😅

[@azureavocado5195]

Y’all are worried about the wrong things. Women don’t even have the basic rights to exist freely on the streets or control their bodies in either of these states.

[@fatherson5907]

You need to make up false narratives because you can’t impose your fascist ideology on other people .

[@davidblair9877]

You do realize that protecting LGBTQ+ persons does not mean hanging women out to dry, right? Most states can and do do both. Governments are generally capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time.

[@calvingreene90]

Protecting the rights of sane people.

[@davidblair9877]

What rights of yours are being threatened, again?

[@calvingreene90]

@@davidblair9877 Free speech, equal justice, privacy...

[@sisuguillam5109]

​@@calvingreene90 read that back to yourself, mate.

[@calvingreene90]

@@sisuguillam5109 I'm not the one demanding special rights.

[@davidblair9877]

@@calvingreene90 “Free speech”: is the government threatening to arrest you for this post? “Equal justice”: oh? Which laws can an LGBTQ+ person break without being arrested? I’m curious. “Privacy”: I agree, Florida’s laws dictating that gym instructors can inspect children’s genitalia to weed out trans kids is a serious invasion of privacy. How does that affect straight people?

[@steadly3668]

Now do a video explaining why New York is losing residents while Texas is gaining them.

[@s.r6331]

Stay on topic

[@kennyholmes5196]

Only if you do a video explaining why New York has fewer gun violence deaths than Texas.

[@artisan2906]

source?

[@brandontrammel4581]

Texas has been losing residents same as Florida. Most rich people dipped for those states so what are you talking about

[@GavinCooper05]

​@@brandontrammel4581 That's not what the US census is reporting

[@jackaljade]

The letters people got drunk on a little bit of power and showed their true selves. But now that public opinion has started to shift against them, they will revert back to, _"We just want to be left alone to love who we wanna love."_ But do not forget they have already shown their true selves.

[@Jamhael1]

And you claim this based on what?

[@jackaljade]

@@Jamhael1 - Gallup poll from last year showed support for this community has declined on both sides for the first time in over 30 years. Look it up

[@jackaljade]

@@Jamhael1 - Look up Galllup poll from last year that says support for this community, on both sides, has declined for the first time in over 30 years.

[@jackaljade3]

​​@@Jamhael1- Look up a Galllup survey from last year that found support for this community has declined, on both sides, for the first time in over 30 years.

[@davidblair9877]

And what is their “true selves”, pray tell?

[@jonbranch710]

I love Texas 😊😊😊

[@hiddengem4293]

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Mark 1:15 - “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

[@alejandrovelazquez9017]

Praise be.

[@markallen8560]

GO TEXAS!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@saqeralthawara2342]

Go go Texas roof top parties Allhu Akbar

[@markallen8560]

@@saqeralthawara2342 lmao. No one is advocating for Palestinian activities. But I do support a good aloha snack bar. Nothing like a treat next to the beach in Hawaii

[@turdfurgason8476]

Stop ruining female spaces. I am a feminist with two daughters. They should have their bathrooms and sports.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Oh, a Terf. You are not a femnist.

[@turdfurgason8476]

@@sisuguillam5109 What is a woman?

[@fatherson5907]

@@sisuguillam5109men can’t get pregnant. Cry.

[@davidblair9877]

Do your daughters feel threatened by LGBTQ+ persons? If so, how?

[@timmylittle2406]

On the Tibetan plateau its all about possibilities

[@JoePackJoeNC]

Most ppl didn't have a problem with LGBT till they added xyz and demanded you respect their feelings

[@sisuguillam5109]

So as of when do we listen to biggots when they give 'reasons' for their biggotry? And when was that time when most people were okay with 'LGBT'? Pray tell?

[@davidblair9877]

I, too, can make things up to make myself feel smart.

[@rkw92262]

LGB FJB

[@thatotherguy1529]

That dude hasn’t been to the 99% of nyc with the hood and subways such or the rest of the parts of ny state at that point and the lady that said “I try to draw as little attention” I have a hard time believing that because the lgbt community parade through the streets letting everyone know, have an entire month and force cooperation to support them, drag queen story hour, trying to put this subjects in schools, trying to have more lgbt characters in media throughout Hollywood. That quote she said was just bizarre

[@sisuguillam5109]

You okay?

[@thatotherguy1529]

@@sisuguillam5109 why do you ask I don’t get it

[@VictorWashington-gm9ch]

@@thatotherguy1529 u seem a butt hurt

[@davidblair9877]

You do realize that the “I try to draw as little attention as possible” line was about Texas, not NYC, right?

[@thatotherguy1529]

@@davidblair9877 once again why would someone say that when there community has parades and a entire month to celebrate something that was made up to begin with

[@iustininfinite6841]

W Texas

[@seela1924]

Indeed completly sane state what allows assaulting someones based off their identiy by just claiming "they panicked" to get free of charges

[@dnnyshdy5189]

Lies

[@Idk_jackson]

I want to meet the two

[@blairtoland6178]

DGAF....

[@dimitritome5118]

Cared enough to say he doesn't care 😂

[@dipperdandy]

Fortunate to have such a privilege. Many don't.

[@bulletsbbq2576]

It’s Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve

[@s.r6331]

Says who?

[@steadly3668]

@@s.r6331 evolution

[@nutmegriot209]

@@steadly3668the world doesn’t always revolve around your experience

[@steadly3668]

@@nutmegriot209 says the person who demands we call men women or respect a man using the woman's restroom.

[@bulletsbbq2576]

@@s.r6331 says me

[@jaylockwood5030]

Maybe don't hold you partner's hand like a silly teenager

[@VictorWashington-gm9ch]

What’s wrong wit it

[@hwtvi3466]

Are you actually saying that couples shouldn’t… (*checks notes*) …hold hands??? As in, something couples have been doing for DECADES?????

[@kurtsoothesayer1208]

Nope

[@dernterner]

☠️

[@EpicTales-y6v]

dont care. not my business. dont know why this showed up on my feed

[@lyvlogmientay2768]

Xin chào 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@therealking6202]

Yawnnnn......

[@derrickbeaubearic4100]

Please stop adding the “A”! Ridiculous

[@benc.enlots]

As if the rest is not!?

[@derrickbeaubearic4100]

@@benc.enlots If I thought that then I would have said it. Thanks for checking though bro

[@benc.enlots]

@@derrickbeaubearic4100 Oh,... Not bright enough to understand continuing a conversation,eh? That's a you problem

[@sisuguillam5109]

Why? Explain your reasoning? And who are you exactly to gatekeep that?

[@benc.enlots]

@@sisuguillam5109 It is all ridiculous... the label is there to divide, not unite. It does bring me joy when the crazies go after each other within their own ranks though...

[@jimcatanzaro7808]

U all need Jesus

[@RolomirFenrir]

Love thy neighbor, something some people in the comments section are missing.

[@sebcw1204]

jesus never spoke against homosexuals. the passage i usually see used by anti-LGBTQ isn't about who can love each other, it's about the fact he opposed divorce.

[@kimkeller5155]

@@RolomirFenrir They are also missing, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you;" "treat others as you would want to be treated;" "judge ye not lest ye be judged."

[@janhenderson1090]

Just let them live their life the way they want to nobody’s telling you how to live yours and I’m sure if we did a comparison on who belongs to Jesus and who doesn’t you may be surprised

[@sisuguillam5109]

​@adamlanza1890Not in the bible. Reading Not your thing?

[@joemartinez9040]

Good. Stay or move to New Yawk. We dont like frootcakes. And thats a lie attacking frootcakes is illegal. 😂

[@keithfellers8953]

Who cares! You either have a Johnson or you don’t! Act accordingly!😅

[@eleanorcatherino3839]

Some people have both a Johnson and a not Johnson, what then?

[@douglaswright9701]

​@eleanorcatherino3839 Somebody lied to you about intersex people and you believed it.

[@eleanorcatherino3839]

@@douglaswright9701 but they literally exist like-

[@eleanorcatherino3839]

@adamlanza1890 actually there’s more, and chromosome’s don’t 100% determine gender when there are people who would appear traditionally male who have xx chromosomes, and people who appear traditionally female who have xy chromosomes. There’s loads of different variations of intersex and a lot of intersex people exist, they’re literally just as if not more common then ginger people

[@eleanorcatherino3839]

@adamlanza1890 am I? You can look it up, there’s around the same amount of intersex people are there are ginger people and that would go to show that nature isn’t strictly exactly binary