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29-05-2023, 01:01 PM | #26 | |||
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I swear, the DRAMA of it all, and the school tying themselves in knots because they have a zero-tolerance policy for both but I don't think have ever encountered a situation where it's Racism vs Homophobia . It all got quite vicious over Snapchat. Better than EastEnders tbh. |
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29-05-2023, 01:06 PM | #27 | |||
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But the point is, Ollie, homophobia is a learned and handed-down part of black cultures worldwide, which is why black people are far more likely than white people and even British/eastern/south-eastern Asians (the undiluted Indian sub-continent can be pretty homophobic) to a certain extent to be very grossed-out by and against L.G.B.T. stuff (especially when it’s men or transgender people involved). A lot of white people just accept that it kind of comes with the cultural territory (and it’s certainly not all or even the vastest majority of black people but it’s a disproportionate amount of we’re being honest) but I know what you mean about it not being on. If you’re cheating on your wife every other day but still have the cheek and the audacity to use the Bible to excuse being a flagrant homophobe you’re a class-A tool. There’s nothing in the Bible that puts homosexuality on a special taboo-pedestal when it comes to what’s considered sin. If you’re a homophobe (or an internalised homophobe), just say that outright and own it if it’s bigotry you want to do.
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29-05-2023, 01:12 PM | #28 | |||
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Edit: didn’t mean that thumbs-down smiley. It just came out of nowhere.
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29-05-2023, 01:14 PM | #29 | |||
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Teens identifying as the opposite sex at school are just kids enjoying the attention they wouldnt have otherwise. |
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29-05-2023, 01:16 PM | #30 | |||
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To be fair, i think there's plenty of inherited/cultural homophobia in certain white demographics too ... especially when you think of Bible Belt USA for example. The common denominator seems to be religiosity when it comes right down to it. The black communities who openly have trouble with homophobia are often also quite strongly Christian.
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29-05-2023, 01:21 PM | #31 | |||
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29-05-2023, 01:22 PM | #32 | |||
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There are a couple who seem to have settled into living as boys and that tends to be how people see them at this point. It does tend to make me think that there's more than one thing going on and it's all lumped under the same bracket, it all "looks" the same but it isn't. I find that to be even more so the case in adult trans women, as it goes. Some of it harmless, some of it not, unfortunately all banded under the same header so a criticism of one looks like a criticism of all. |
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29-05-2023, 01:26 PM | #33 | |||
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29-05-2023, 01:31 PM | #34 | |||
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29-05-2023, 01:38 PM | #35 | |||
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29-05-2023, 01:39 PM | #36 | |||
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I swear I remember being quite confused as a younger kid and wondering if I "wasn't a real boy" simply because all the other boys liked football and I didn't. Which in hindsight as an adult is ridiculous - even once you get to the teens and other people start finally admitting they're not that fussed for sports either. Again I do think there's different things going on for different people but I wonder WHAT IF it was 2023 and young-me had expressed that to my parents and they had, wanting to be understanding and affirming, said "Well yes actually maybe you are a girl!" instead of "lol not all boys like football, some of your friends love it as much as they say, some of them are just trying to fit in." |
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29-05-2023, 01:41 PM | #37 | |||
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From what I know of Russia they have very clear ideas about "masculinity" in general, it seems to be a different thing sort of unique to Russia (and a lot of Eastern Europe too I suppose, anywhere Russian-influenced historically)
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29-05-2023, 01:50 PM | #38 | |||
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29-05-2023, 01:52 PM | #39 | |||
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It wasn't much different with white until fairly recently. "It's always been that way" isn't an excuse.
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29-05-2023, 02:01 PM | #40 | |||
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There’s this Nigerian media clown called Bobrisky (he’s been popular since at least 2017, maybe before) who’s a camp “cross-dresser” but the funny thing is he openly opposes gay rights. I don’t know who he thinks he’s kidding but at least he’s not as bad as Obialor James Brown (a mini wannabe version with H.I.V. who’s known for giving himself hysterical, badly-acted seizures over the littlest world happening, including the Queen - who he won’t have ever even met - passing away). Everything about that James Brown idiot (besides one interview where he actually came across as quite measured and calm) repulses me.
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29-05-2023, 02:06 PM | #41 | |||
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https://youtu.be/vWtG7gjaQCc
https://youtu.be/VHHkCsbdS00 Here the idiot is. He’s half Yoruba, half Igbo (two major Nigerian ethnic groups). I couldn’t tell you which of his parents died from H.I.V. but whoever did passed it onto him and he’s made a name for himself partly on the basis of that. He’s just a disgrace.
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29-05-2023, 03:00 PM | #42 | |||
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29-05-2023, 03:56 PM | #43 | |||
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Meh. A lot of drag queens are straight. All of the New York Dolls were straight, and at least some were actively homophobic.
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29-05-2023, 04:09 PM | #44 | |||
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29-05-2023, 05:53 PM | #45 | |||
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29-05-2023, 06:50 PM | #46 | |||
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going by the nasty threatening actions of the trans mob
its very much a mental disorder rooted in gay male aggression against women |
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29-05-2023, 07:36 PM | #47 | |||
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29-05-2023, 07:37 PM | #48 | |||
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And why am I only just realising that Soulja Boy (who actually came out with some decent beats circa 2006/2007) is a totally cool side-name for “Soldier Boy”?
Ey? How about that, T.S.?
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29-05-2023, 08:06 PM | #49 | |||
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Doesn't have the same emotional impact as Martika, I can't lie. We never win, but the battle wages on... Miss you, little trooper. *sniffle* |
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29-05-2023, 08:57 PM | #50 | |||
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To answer your question, I'd be far from thrilled, just like if my hypothetic children had any other form of dysmorphia or mental disorders. I wouldn’t disown them or anything over it. Due to the way my siblings and I were brought up -a combination of self-acceptance and self-criticism, ultimately amounting to self awareness- and little to no unsupervised internet access before sixteen, none of us would "be" trans if it didn't come from a place of body dysmorphia, we wouldn't fall for social contagian or anything like that. But in the same way the world -and internet!- was a different place now to what it was when we (my siblings and I) were.young teens, it may well be different again when my future children are at that age. So while I like to think I'd replicate (within reason and context) the same techniques when I have kids, it might not necessarily be possible. But raising kids is (often) a two person thing, and while I'm currently single who knows what sitch I'll be when I do have kids. |
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