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> It's such a sad situation that nearly everyone who is not queer doesn't give a fuck about being queer. You gotta be kidding, the Western world has immense su

> It's such a sad situation that nearly everyone who is not queer doesn't give a fuck about being queer. You gotta be kidding, the Western world has immense support for queer people, especially recently.

Broken_Hippo 4y ago
Recently? Kinda. We let queer folks die of aids in the 80s, though. I'm in my 40s, I remember that. Folks stopped talking to me my 8th grade year because I "was lesbian". The next 2 years, people would go up to my friends and ask why they were even friends with me. "She's a lesbian, you know..." My school didn't let folks go to proms with a queer lover: Someone I knew got suspended for wearing a kilt-like skirt, and I know that at least a few admin didn't like hiring gay teachers because they thought they made kids gay. I graduated high school in 96, by the way. When I started working, I could be fired for being queer. The military still had the Don't Ask, Don't tell, which basically meant that being queer was OK as long as you didn't act queer, say anything queer, or have a queer relationship. In the 2000s, it became trendy to be bisexual. If you were female, that is. My sexuality was a fashion accessory. I was told I did it to attract men. Yay. Queer folks couldn't marry someone of the same sex until after I moved out of the US. This is in the last 10 years. Today, the most ill-supported group are transfolks. There definitely isn't support for all queer folks - have you seen the legislation? Western countries aren't supportive enough to speak out against anti-queer groups or countries that would sentence folks like me to death in some cases. Is it better than in the recent past? Sure, sometimes. But folks have died for that and still are.
LoganDark 4y ago
> You gotta be kidding, the Western world has immense support for queer people, especially recently. A lot of it is tokenism and PR. Don't get me wrong, I know there are tons of people out there who support queer people! It's just that there's also tons of people who don't, which makes me sad.

Broken_Hippo 4y ago

Recently? Kinda. We let queer folks die of aids in the 80s, though. I'm in my 40s, I remember that. Folks stopped talking to me my 8th grade year because I "was lesbian". The next 2 years, people would go up to my friends and ask why they were even friends with me. "She's a lesbian, you know..." My school didn't let folks go to proms with a queer lover: Someone I knew got suspended for wearing a kilt-like skirt, and I know that at least a few admin didn't like hiring gay teachers because they thought they made kids gay. I graduated high school in 96, by the way. When I started working, I could be fired for being queer. The military still had the Don't Ask, Don't tell, which basically meant that being queer was OK as long as you didn't act queer, say anything queer, or have a queer relationship. In the 2000s, it became trendy to be bisexual. If you were female, that is. My sexuality was a fashion accessory. I was told I did it to attract men. Yay. Queer folks couldn't marry someone of the same sex until after I moved out of the US. This is in the last 10 years. Today, the most ill-supported group are transfolks. There definitely isn't support for all queer folks - have you seen the legislation? Western countries aren't supportive enough to speak out against anti-queer groups or countries that would sentence folks like me to death in some cases. Is it better than in the recent past? Sure, sometimes. But folks have died for that and still are.

LoganDark 4y ago

> You gotta be kidding, the Western world has immense support for queer people, especially recently. A lot of it is tokenism and PR. Don't get me wrong, I know there are tons of people out there who support queer people! It's just that there's also tons of people who don't, which makes me sad.