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I'm sorry that you're so oppressed. I grew up in a very conservative, rural state, and I think being LGBT has almost nothing to do with success. Here's a paper

by gragas 10y ago

I'm sorry that you're so oppressed. I grew up in a very conservative, rural state, and I think being LGBT has almost nothing to do with success. Here's a paper that supports my opinion: "Using data from the 2000 U.S. Census, the authors explore two alternative explanations for the sexual orientation wage gap: occupational sorting, and human capital differences. They find that lesbian women earned more than heterosexual women irrespective of marital status, while gay men earned less than their married heterosexual counterparts but more than their cohabitating heterosexual counterparts. Results of a Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition indicate that the relative wage advantages observed for some groups of lesbians and gay men were mainly owing to greater levels of human capital accumulation (particularly education), while occupational sorting had little or no influence." http://www.jstor.org/stable/25249171 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25249171 I respect the fact that you hold an opinion that opposes mine, but you haven't convinced me that you are right and I am wrong. I'm all for disallowing discrimination based on sexuality and gender identity in the workplace. But I see mandates on pronoun use (and other issues of that nature) as the government forcing an ideology upon people. And I certainly don't think being LGBT holds anyone back from reaching their goals in this country.

norea-armozel 10y ago
"I'm sorry that you're so oppressed. I grew up in a very conservative, rural state, and I think being LGBT has almost nothing to do with success. Here's a paper that supports my opinion..." Your paper doesn't refute the the studies done by others which shows LGBT people are more likely to be unemployed and physically/sexually assaulted. These are reported even by the police in major cities in the US as a significant problem. It gets worse when you factor in race as part of the background in these studies. So, you'll have to excuse me if I don't take your one study as the biblical truth on the condition of LGBT people in the United States (of whom I am a part). "I respect the fact that you hold an opinion that opposes mine, but you haven't convinced me that you are right and I am wrong." Not my job. Open your eyes and look at the world beyond your comfort zone is all I can tell you. "But I see mandates on pronoun use (and other issues of that nature) as the government forcing an ideology upon people." New York is one state with such a law. No other state with anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people have such provisions in theirs. So the tone of such laws goes against your hyperbole. Also, if you think addressing someone (trans or otherwise) by their preferred pronouns is such a bad thing I think you got your priorities mixed up. Me being trans myself I think pronouns are important as much as getting my legal name right, but slip ups can and do occur (hell, my mom still mixes up my name with that of her grand son's, no clue why) which is fine. But if you willfully call a trans woman a him then you're just being a dick. And don't expect said trans woman to be kind to you in any setting (professional or otherwise). "And I certainly don't think being LGBT holds anyone back from reaching their goals in this country." You have your view versus thousands of LGBT people who aren't having such a fun time looking for work. Especially transgender people. And the fact you side with Donald Trump, who is the Republican Party's candidate makes it worse. Not so much because Trump, but because Trump represents a repugnant political party that even refuses to acknowledge that sexual orientation does not need to be cured. That's a bare minimum to get the mind-share of the majority of LGBT people in the United States. Drop the anti-LGBT reparative therapy plank in the platform then you'll get many more of us LGBT people considering your platform. Otherwise, we'll just vote Democrat since they oppose such therapies in their platform. If that's too hard for your side to do (BTW, even Log Cabin Republicans aren't support the GOP at this point) then expect to have bad time with your LGBT siblings. We're not backing down, ever.

by gragas 10y ago

norea-armozel 10y ago

"I'm sorry that you're so oppressed. I grew up in a very conservative, rural state, and I think being LGBT has almost nothing to do with success. Here's a paper that supports my opinion..." Your paper doesn't refute the the studies done by others which shows LGBT people are more likely to be unemployed and physically/sexually assaulted. These are reported even by the police in major cities in the US as a significant problem. It gets worse when you factor in race as part of the background in these studies. So, you'll have to excuse me if I don't take your one study as the biblical truth on the condition of LGBT people in the United States (of whom I am a part). "I respect the fact that you hold an opinion that opposes mine, but you haven't convinced me that you are right and I am wrong." Not my job. Open your eyes and look at the world beyond your comfort zone is all I can tell you. "But I see mandates on pronoun use (and other issues of that nature) as the government forcing an ideology upon people." New York is one state with such a law. No other state with anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people have such provisions in theirs. So the tone of such laws goes against your hyperbole. Also, if you think addressing someone (trans or otherwise) by their preferred pronouns is such a bad thing I think you got your priorities mixed up. Me being trans myself I think pronouns are important as much as getting my legal name right, but slip ups can and do occur (hell, my mom still mixes up my name with that of her grand son's, no clue why) which is fine. But if you willfully call a trans woman a him then you're just being a dick. And don't expect said trans woman to be kind to you in any setting (professional or otherwise). "And I certainly don't think being LGBT holds anyone back from reaching their goals in this country." You have your view versus thousands of LGBT people who aren't having such a fun time looking for work. Especially transgender people. And the fact you side with Donald Trump, who is the Republican Party's candidate makes it worse. Not so much because Trump, but because Trump represents a repugnant political party that even refuses to acknowledge that sexual orientation does not need to be cured. That's a bare minimum to get the mind-share of the majority of LGBT people in the United States. Drop the anti-LGBT reparative therapy plank in the platform then you'll get many more of us LGBT people considering your platform. Otherwise, we'll just vote Democrat since they oppose such therapies in their platform. If that's too hard for your side to do (BTW, even Log Cabin Republicans aren't support the GOP at this point) then expect to have bad time with your LGBT siblings. We're not backing down, ever.