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I don’t know if it was a covid-era radicalisation like with a lot of folks who went down various rabbit holes.
Or it just raised the curtain on the fact that just because a lot of people faced the same kind of bigotry and all fall under the LGBTQ+ label means they think the same or even like each other. Since before that label was a thing, some Ls have complained about misogyny from Gs, Bs have often felt looked down on by Ls and Gs, there was certainly argument about the addition (or even definition of) Q, and so on. A few years back, Glasgow Pride briefly banned drag queens from the event because some Ts said drag is transphobic, then reversed the decision when enough Gs said "This is an important part of our culture", while TERFs butted in to say "See? We've often said Drag is misogynist, but Trans allies only listen to people with penises".
Sometimes, when an issue becomes a big issue, you just find out things about the people around you that were always true.
itsbruce-
Yep, it’s definitely a minefield, speaking as someone who’s mostly on the periphery of those worlds I know sometimes it’s best to try to be a good ally and stay in my lane.
That said, I have multiple trans friends who I’d defend to my final breath, especially after seeing the shit they’d go through just to go to work and live day by day in London.Proud that my partners pole studio is proudly Q/T friendly and doesn’t take shit from anyone.
Anyway. Onwards and upwards :)
edmundro
Innit? The person who it happened to me with has multiple degrees, MAs etc and on paper is the most well read person I’ve ever come across.
Murky waters and apologies if I get my wording wrong here but she’s vehemently anti-queer in general, despite being a lesbian herself.
That bit really threw me.
We hadn’t hung out much in the last few years due to life/distance and I’d never seen her socials before. I was genuinely mortified when I saw the shit she posted and felt betrayed somehow. During uni times she was my best friend in the world.
I don’t know if it was a covid-era radicalisation like with a lot of folks who went down various rabbit holes.
Shit to lose a friend but last thing I need is someone like that in my life.