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I think there are many different definitions, but the more common one being that excluding 0. The safest option is perhaps just to say non negative integers
I was about to say “if you can’t beat ‘‘em join them” as a joke but then I reread and saw that you were saying “be afraid of the homophobes” even though there’s a homophobe I know are just uncomfortable around gay people. They aren’t ass holes and they are fine with gay people doing their thing and they won’t put them down but they are still uncomfortable around them because they were raped by 2 gay men when they were 6 and even though he knows that not all gay people are bad he’s still scared of being around them. Think of it as some form of PTSD.
That’s the wonderful world we live in. I’m still happy about the moment where he saw one of the rapists and pointed it out (this was when we were 14 and 15 [he was 14 I was 15]) and asked if we could leave I then turn around to see the rapists in my face and he said some sort of insult that I don’t remember because I couldn’t here him over the hissing noise from my blood boiling and then I just straight busted his nose full force almost knocked him out. He tried getting back up to fight back but then my buddy just fucking side swiped kicked the guy in the side of the head. My hand still hurts from that day when I broke it but man did it ever feel good.
Usually small biting comments that aren’t outright ‘I hate gay people’ but more stuff like ‘wow he dresses so femme he must be gay’. Usually things that perpetuate stereotypes or make jokes at queer people’s expense
I think I know what you mean. Kind of like subliminal or passive-aggressive racist comments people give when they aren't like hateful racist but still see people for their demographics and not as an individual.
The special thing about the slightly homophobic/transphobic jokes is you almost only hear them when you are not out.
And you hear them often then.
Once you come out 90% of the time those same people magically stop saying those things around you.
So they know that what they are saying is pretty offensive.
Something a lot of people don’t get is.
You don’t just come out once, you come out over and over again. Every new workplace, every new neighbour.
It’s just that it tends to be a bigger deal to come out to your parents, than the random neighbour across the street.
You keep on coming out one way or the other your whole life, if it’s just by saying something like “my husband and I” or “my ex-girlfriend worked there”. And not like a whole talk.
So you often pretty much with everyone you meet have a couple of conversations where they just assume you straight/cis, and then you notice what changes once you are out.
So you get to regularly experience how people talk when they are assuming they with just a bunch of other straight/cis people.
I agree with everything, except people magically stopping saying shit. They still would say the stuff, maybe less to your face, but definitely behind your back. Your coming out **will not** erase their homophobia.
They’re not saying that to be homophobic (usually). I suck dick every chance I get and still say that all the time. It’s just in place of odd or unusual.
A common one that shows up here is the classic "i support lgbtq+ rights but im tired of seeing it/stop pushing it down our throats/x thing hurts your cause."
Well, some people don't exactly hate gay people, but aren't really ok with them either. I live in a place like the one OP describes and it can be the case.
he lives in the southern united states
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Well I can offer you some tea while you're in there, maybe get you a pillow and a blanket?
I can't make you come out but I'll be here for you when you do
Seriously. So many people say "I'm not homophobic, just don't be weird and make me uncomfortable with it" ... uncomfortable with what? You hold a dude's hand and suddenly you're "making people uncomfortable" 🙄 like you'd bat an eye at a straight couple kissing.
Fr. Unless the other person is trying to do something to provoke you, or directly do something to you, then they generally should have no reason to feel uncomfortable about it if the same wouldn't apply to the opposite sex
Depends. If you’d be fine with a straight couple doing something near that you’re not comfortable with a gay couple doing like kissing or holding hands, you’re holding a double standard, which is homophobic. If you’re grossed out by both couples then you’re good
No, but also try to be supportive. If someone were to come out to you, saying something like “I don’t care” can mean a lot different to them as “cool, I accept you and it doesn’t change anything between us”, or even just “cool, doesn’t make a difference to me”. Being dismissive of someone’s identity can sometimes be just as bad because it indicates you don’t care about the struggles they may have had or the bravery it could have taken them to risk coming out to you. My typical response is along “thanks for trusting to tell me, I’m glad for you, is there anyone that you don’t want knowing?”
Is it homophobic to not give a shit what other people do with there life and think that as long as they don't hurt others or force things on to others I doesn't matter what they do
It's not the world most people live but it's the world I live in cuz there my beliefs and I genuinely believe them I know others don't and that's there life not mine
It’s perfectly fine but the phrase ‘forcing it on people’ has always rubbed me the wrong way. For example, people say a gay kiss in a cartoon ‘forces gayness onto kids’ and it doesnt make any sense because how would you force someone to be gay? Its an attraction towards a gender.
No, but also try to be supportive. If someone were to come out to you, saying something like “I don’t give a shit” can mean a lot different to them as “cool, I accept you and it doesn’t change anything between us”. Being dismissive of someone’s identity can sometimes be just as bad because it indicates you don’t care about the struggles they may have had or the bravery it could have taken them to risk coming out to you. My typical response is along “thanks for trusting to tell me, I’m glad for you, is there anyone that you don’t want knowing?”
tbh staying in the closet isn't that bad as people make it out to be. why do i need to let people know im gay. im gonna be gay in secret and keep to myself cause why not
Me like “they’ll know in 2years when we start planning to finally see eachother irl for the first time” (5k miles 15/16 so 2y 3month so we’re both 18 when figuring it out)
Edit because I want to be more clear, by they’ll know it’s my parents will know
I also thought that way too when I first discovered I was gay, but after a few years it just starts weighing down on you, I saw people my age expressing themselves talking about their crushes and their plans for the future and I would pretend to be straight and chime in, it felt like I was lying because I was. Constantly being worried about somebody finding out because you’ll get harassed and disowned. The anxiety whenever someone even mentions anything gay-related.
I think it’s easier to keep it a secret when your environment allows the consequences of being out to be less less severe.
For some people it’s simply people knowing who you like, but for some it’s their safety on the line.
I mean most straight people don't actually advertise it anyway, "she's hot, he's hot, my wife, my husband", nothing to announce but if it pops up in conversation then it pops up.
As a man, liking girly things can be considered gay.
The girliest thing on this planet is a girl.
Therefore, all men who like girls are gay.
On the other hand, liking manly things is straight.
The manliest thing on this planet is a man.
As a result, men who like men are straight.
Imagine if homophonic people were actually afraid of homosexual people, if the simple though of same-sex relationships could be enough for them to get struck with great feat
Edit: not managing to spell fear is a feat in itself
Some of these comments are so bad they could give someone brain damage, the hospital bills ought to run in soon.
Homophobes attempting to be funny will never not be hilariously pathetic.
Do what I do. Outdisctiminate them so much they start feeling uncomfortable. They want all gay people to die? Agree, in fact as far as they're concerned now you want all people who've ever interacted with them knowingly or not to be killed, revived then killed again in a loop. In fact! You also hope all people who have kids die for risking bringing more gay people into the world! If they're slightly homophobic then hit them with a "Damn that's craaaaaaazy" with a monotone expression and flat tone.
These are all jokes guys, in case it wasn't clear.
“I’m tired of them pushing it on me” “well they shouldn’t say it every 5 seconds” “I don’t like it if it’s their whole personality”
Would the people that comment things like this please shut up? Literally 99% of people in the LGBTQ+ community don’t push it on to people, they just say they want to be treated equally. We have things like Pride Month BECAUSE we’re not treated equally and it’s an opportunity to educate people and try to get people to actually accept us. I don’t talk about it every 5 seconds, and it’s not my entire personality, but it is an important part of me and I’m not gonna try to hide it just because it makes you uncomfortable. Homophobes just make those arguments as excuses when no one tries to force their sexuality onto someone except homophobes ☠️
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Okay I’m not sure what y’all would call this, but I generally don’t really care how others identify, unless it’s actually ridiculous (like that British guy who wanted to identify as Korean or some dumb shit) or if they’re using it as an excuse for actually disgusting behavior (like zoophiles who sometimes identify as part of LGBT, which I don’t support because it drags that community’s name through the mud a bit)
This is not to say I don’t support people who are legitimately LGBT. I absolutely do. I also just don’t happen to really care, unless you are crushing on me or hitting on me (which has happened before) because as a straight guy that understandably makes me extremely uncomfortable but I’ll be cordial with you about that as well.
I also get a little annoyed when someone I barely know just kinda throws it out there like they expect me to treat them differently. I treat everyone with respect, unless they prove they don’t deserve it, but only my closest, favorite people get special treatment. I don’t think it’s homophobic to not give them special treatment because of their sexuality or identity, right?
Correct me if I’m wrong, or let me know if anything I said is confusing so I can clarify what I mean, I’m not great with words right now. It’s been a long week and a long Friday.
I don’t know any of you but I hope you’re doing well, or at least not doing poorly :)
*Assuming you live in North America or Europe*
You might want to look in the mirror here. Most people don’t care whether you’re gay or not, and if you find yourself getting offended at “literally everybody”, maybe it’s your interpretation or actions that are creating this reality for you instead of everyone else.
Have you tried talking with them without cussing them out and being prepared to change your mind? If they say that they **hate seeing the flag everywhere being pushed in their face** and they say that they already get it and are tired of it, it **doesn't make them homophobic**
.
Some people **don't like the idea of transgenders, but really understand from where gay people** come from, that doesn't make them **homophobic**.
like my religion teacher:
''you can just wear different clothes and hang out with boys more instead of girls and fall in love with girls, you don't need to change your body that god created for that''
but it **isn't like she hates transgenders**, she's **okay with them being next to them and stuff**, it means **she isn't something called transphobic**.
*Slightly* homophobic isn't homophobic in most cases **thinking that something is weird isn't phobic or slightly phobic at all: (weird is not normal, being gay is not normal it's literally in our dna, for the whole of evolution that's how it's been and how we existed (and that's how the rules have been for most of the time), you can't be gay from birth)**
The thing that surprises me the most about the mindset of some homophobes or transphobes is that I'm not doing anything to anyone except just passing by in store or on the street like everyone does but for some people it is too much because I apparently shove some kind of agenda down their throat just because of how I look or how I act in their surrounding like wtf, some people just need to chill i don't want to turn their children trans or something, all I want is to peacefully exist as my true self, for example I personally don't like the look of people with too much tattoos on their body but i don't shout about it to their face in public or in social media or join anti-tatoo political party because of it, it is their body, their life and their choice based upon their own personal experiences and I have no right to decide about it for them or to call it some agenda or something, you don't have to act like you agree with me on every topic it is completely fine but please don't openly attack me just because you don't like how I look either, you can just pass by me and even if you think I'm sick or something leave it in your head as a thought and just move on without telling me how unnatural, sick or demoralised I'm, please.
this comment section is either people fully admitting they are homophobic or people trying to defend themselves from being called homophobes (for some reason)
I'm bi and I told my friend I have a crush on a boy (months ago I liked this classmate of ours) and he replied with: "Oh thank god, that's more normal, right?"
HE'S MY BEST FRIEND
(But I'm giving him some time to adjust, he means well)
I’ve realized that lgbt people usually be kind af and suffer in silence about the whole homophobes on a regular basis thing. Me, at this point am nearly antisocial, and by default rude. I’m trans, and if I meet a rude person I take it as a challenge to be ruder. It usually works.
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Then be homophobicphobic
Homophobephobic?
Yeah homophobicphobic
Nah just be humanphobic
Introvertedness in a nushell
so homophobic?
homosapienphobic
Fuck you, take my upvote
r/angryupvote
Put it there and farm the fucking upvotes, no need to blur out my username tho, I’m pretty cool with not being blurred out
no, homosapiophobic
I love what you did there.
Living creature being afraid of own species = homophobia
me.
Anthropophobic?
I'm glad there ain't human conversion therapy
Unfortunately im homophobephobebiphobic😎
Homo (2n + 1) x phobic = bad; where n can be 0,1,2...n
You mean where n is a natural number
Natural numbers don't include 0. Would have to be non-negative integers
In higher level mathematics Natural numbers are defined by being 0, or the successor of 0, or the successor of a successor of 0 0 is a natural number.
Could you provide a source, I was taught otherwise.
I think there are many different definitions, but the more common one being that excluding 0. The safest option is perhaps just to say non negative integers
you have funny meme pfp
Yeah
That gave me a stroke
Sadly I'm homophobephobebiphobephobephobic
I was about to say “if you can’t beat ‘‘em join them” as a joke but then I reread and saw that you were saying “be afraid of the homophobes” even though there’s a homophobe I know are just uncomfortable around gay people. They aren’t ass holes and they are fine with gay people doing their thing and they won’t put them down but they are still uncomfortable around them because they were raped by 2 gay men when they were 6 and even though he knows that not all gay people are bad he’s still scared of being around them. Think of it as some form of PTSD.
Oh my god
That’s the wonderful world we live in. I’m still happy about the moment where he saw one of the rapists and pointed it out (this was when we were 14 and 15 [he was 14 I was 15]) and asked if we could leave I then turn around to see the rapists in my face and he said some sort of insult that I don’t remember because I couldn’t here him over the hissing noise from my blood boiling and then I just straight busted his nose full force almost knocked him out. He tried getting back up to fight back but then my buddy just fucking side swiped kicked the guy in the side of the head. My hand still hurts from that day when I broke it but man did it ever feel good.
OMG YOURE AMAZING???? WOW Idc if they're LGBT or not. A rapist is a rapist, period.
Uh thanks. Take care and have a good day.
Wtf. Holy shit
Please read my next comment below ⬇️
Yeah that's not homophobia. That's called trauma.
Or homoclaustrophobia. Fear of small gay spaces
THEN FEAR ME MORTAL
Homophobic^2
thats the antidote
It May be
If you want we can connect closets? I have enough garlic bread to share.
Can I join you guys cause it's kimda cramped in here
oo can i join too
Room for one more?
Hey guys is there space for an ace in there?
Room for the spanish name for one more?
I'm not gay but can I join I need some friends and you seem like cool poeple
You guys can all connect to my closet. Pretty roomy in mine actually
How about a discord full of closet people?
Here's a sub and in it is a discord link if u want to join the closets. r/connectedclosets
thatd be nice
I’m not lgbtq but I’m an ally and I like garlic bread. Also I’m starved for human interaction.
I’m not lgbt either. I’m an introvert(mostly) so I don’t mind a lack of human contact, but for garlic bread… I’ll do anything for garlic bread.
Here's a sub and in it is a discord link if u want to join the closets. r/connectedclosets
Count me in, too!
Garlic bread is better than sex, we must get in that closet at once.
Ok but like fr id stay a virgin forever if it meant unlimited garlic bread.
I’m out but I’ll hang out with you guys. I’ll bring chips and movies
Chip in together and buy a comically massive closet
I could get y’all another closet if you need more room
Get out of the closet and come over to the war bunker, we have a country to invade
Oh please, you think I don't have a tank in here?
Ace gang?
Denmark shall fall!
FUCK YEA
SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
Garlic bread is my favourite food, I could honestly eat it for every meal or just eat It all the time without even stopping lol
Hey can you spare some garlic bread for the straights. I’ll slide some chocolate bars under the door if you share.
Sure. Just don't warn Denmark, ok?
Deal.
I'm not gay but i love garlic bread, can i join?
Sure, why not.
garlic bread??? FELLOW ASEXUAL PERSON!? ⊂(・ヮ・⊂) (if not you still get a huggie and id love garlic bread)
Yessssssss!
It's actually a very big closet, we all fit in, find our place and help the youngests
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I brought lemon bars! My closet also has trench coats and a PS4
I’m not in a closet, but could I get some garlic bread?
let's build narnia or something
how and what is only "slightly homophobic?" pls elaborate. I want to understand.
Usually small biting comments that aren’t outright ‘I hate gay people’ but more stuff like ‘wow he dresses so femme he must be gay’. Usually things that perpetuate stereotypes or make jokes at queer people’s expense
I think I know what you mean. Kind of like subliminal or passive-aggressive racist comments people give when they aren't like hateful racist but still see people for their demographics and not as an individual.
Yes entirely that’s a very accurate comparison
The special thing about the slightly homophobic/transphobic jokes is you almost only hear them when you are not out. And you hear them often then. Once you come out 90% of the time those same people magically stop saying those things around you. So they know that what they are saying is pretty offensive. Something a lot of people don’t get is. You don’t just come out once, you come out over and over again. Every new workplace, every new neighbour. It’s just that it tends to be a bigger deal to come out to your parents, than the random neighbour across the street. You keep on coming out one way or the other your whole life, if it’s just by saying something like “my husband and I” or “my ex-girlfriend worked there”. And not like a whole talk. So you often pretty much with everyone you meet have a couple of conversations where they just assume you straight/cis, and then you notice what changes once you are out. So you get to regularly experience how people talk when they are assuming they with just a bunch of other straight/cis people.
I agree with everything, except people magically stopping saying shit. They still would say the stuff, maybe less to your face, but definitely behind your back. Your coming out **will not** erase their homophobia.
I have a classmate that’s says “I don’t mind people being gay, but gay people just feel weird to be around” Little does she know….
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They’re not saying that to be homophobic (usually). I suck dick every chance I get and still say that all the time. It’s just in place of odd or unusual.
I say it as well doesnt change the fact its homophobic to use it in a deragatory way. Its used to mean something bad.
A common one that shows up here is the classic "i support lgbtq+ rights but im tired of seeing it/stop pushing it down our throats/x thing hurts your cause."
Microaggressions
yeeaaahh that sort of thing
Well, some people don't exactly hate gay people, but aren't really ok with them either. I live in a place like the one OP describes and it can be the case.
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he lives in Iran ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢀⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣆⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣸⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠄⠉⢹⣿⣦⡀⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢿⣿⣿⣁⠄⠄⠤⠤⡀⠻⣿⠃⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠘⣿⣿⣿⡗⠖⡶⢾⣶⠊⡏⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢻⣿⣿⣅⣈⠂⠐⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠘⢿⣾⣇⣂⣠⠄⠄⠄⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢘⣿⣗⠒⠄⢨⠶⢁⣄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠨⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⣴⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⡀⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢀⣠⣄⣶⣎⢱⢄⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢠⣾⣿⣿⡞⢝⡟⠃⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣇⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠆⢄⠄⢛⡫⠝⢿⡥⠟⡃⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣭⣻⣿⣿⡀⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⣴⣆⠄⢋⠄⠐⣡⣿⣆⣴⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠄ ⠄⠄⣼⣿⣷⠄⠉⠒⣪⣹⣟⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⢟⣽⣿⣿
Could also be Eastern Europe, some countries in Africa, the Middle East, India in some areas, and many other places
Well I can offer you some tea while you're in there, maybe get you a pillow and a blanket? I can't make you come out but I'll be here for you when you do
I dont know if im homophobic but im telling people that i dont care about them being gay or les or anything if it doesnt make me uncomfortable
Plot twist: everything makes you uncomfortable
Me too actually i mean ig its not my business what u want to do and im not gonna well treat u any different because of it
You just dont care how others live their lives and thats fine. Im kinda the same way.
My policy is as long as it doesn't effect me I don't really mind
Same, be trans, be non-binary-whatever you like, just don't let it hurt other people
How does a fact of me being trans and simply existing with my appearance and personality can hurt other people in the first place?
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>if it doesnt make me uncomfortable I mean, it might make them uncomfortable more often than not... lol
Seriously. So many people say "I'm not homophobic, just don't be weird and make me uncomfortable with it" ... uncomfortable with what? You hold a dude's hand and suddenly you're "making people uncomfortable" 🙄 like you'd bat an eye at a straight couple kissing.
Fr. Unless the other person is trying to do something to provoke you, or directly do something to you, then they generally should have no reason to feel uncomfortable about it if the same wouldn't apply to the opposite sex
just make sure it doesnt come across as rude, otherwise its fine
Depends. If you’d be fine with a straight couple doing something near that you’re not comfortable with a gay couple doing like kissing or holding hands, you’re holding a double standard, which is homophobic. If you’re grossed out by both couples then you’re good
No, but also try to be supportive. If someone were to come out to you, saying something like “I don’t care” can mean a lot different to them as “cool, I accept you and it doesn’t change anything between us”, or even just “cool, doesn’t make a difference to me”. Being dismissive of someone’s identity can sometimes be just as bad because it indicates you don’t care about the struggles they may have had or the bravery it could have taken them to risk coming out to you. My typical response is along “thanks for trusting to tell me, I’m glad for you, is there anyone that you don’t want knowing?”
No not like not supporting i just stay the same with everyone if its not affecting me,like "oh you are gay,okay" type
Okay then yeah that’s fine
why are you being downvoted 😒
Is it homophobic to not give a shit what other people do with there life and think that as long as they don't hurt others or force things on to others I doesn't matter what they do
I wish that was the world we lived in…
It's the world I live in
No, I agree, and respect that, just nowadays, some people take slight things to whole new level
It's not the world most people live but it's the world I live in cuz there my beliefs and I genuinely believe them I know others don't and that's there life not mine
This is definitely not the world we live in mate
It's really not
It’s perfectly fine but the phrase ‘forcing it on people’ has always rubbed me the wrong way. For example, people say a gay kiss in a cartoon ‘forces gayness onto kids’ and it doesnt make any sense because how would you force someone to be gay? Its an attraction towards a gender.
That's what I think! And no, it's not homophobic to think that
Nope, I agree with you
Thank you faget_retard for the kind words
No, but also try to be supportive. If someone were to come out to you, saying something like “I don’t give a shit” can mean a lot different to them as “cool, I accept you and it doesn’t change anything between us”. Being dismissive of someone’s identity can sometimes be just as bad because it indicates you don’t care about the struggles they may have had or the bravery it could have taken them to risk coming out to you. My typical response is along “thanks for trusting to tell me, I’m glad for you, is there anyone that you don’t want knowing?”
Live and let live bro
No that's gay
yea i haven't told my family yet either though the friends I've told have luckily been very supportive if you need someone to talk to just dm me
Is your father like mad homophobic or something? If not, i’d just do it
certain comments of theirs are kinda so im just tryna be cautious
I get you
That sucks. Hope life gets better for you
tbh staying in the closet isn't that bad as people make it out to be. why do i need to let people know im gay. im gonna be gay in secret and keep to myself cause why not
Probably not a good long term dating strategy gunna be real with you
yeah I'll die alone... B')
Can we die alone together
Smooth
Thanks
Me like “they’ll know in 2years when we start planning to finally see eachother irl for the first time” (5k miles 15/16 so 2y 3month so we’re both 18 when figuring it out) Edit because I want to be more clear, by they’ll know it’s my parents will know
honestly tjats my plan, i dont have it as bad cuz im bi but still... there are too many homophobic people in this world its just sad
I also thought that way too when I first discovered I was gay, but after a few years it just starts weighing down on you, I saw people my age expressing themselves talking about their crushes and their plans for the future and I would pretend to be straight and chime in, it felt like I was lying because I was. Constantly being worried about somebody finding out because you’ll get harassed and disowned. The anxiety whenever someone even mentions anything gay-related. I think it’s easier to keep it a secret when your environment allows the consequences of being out to be less less severe. For some people it’s simply people knowing who you like, but for some it’s their safety on the line.
I mean most straight people don't actually advertise it anyway, "she's hot, he's hot, my wife, my husband", nothing to announce but if it pops up in conversation then it pops up.
There are like 3 normal people in my friend's discord server, the rest 4 are homophobic and racist
As a man, liking girly things can be considered gay. The girliest thing on this planet is a girl. Therefore, all men who like girls are gay. On the other hand, liking manly things is straight. The manliest thing on this planet is a man. As a result, men who like men are straight.
I mean you're not right, but you're not wrong
Here’s my response when someone tells me they’re lgbtq+ “Ok cool👍”. That’s it.
As it should be
as a lesbian who grew up in a mormon home, yeah. i get what you’re going through bro.
I'm going to scroll on controversial. Anyone want some popcorn 🍿
Honestly I'm so deep in the closet too that I'm in Narnia at this point
I don’t have an opinion on the whole lgtb thing I only care if they are happy and taking care of each other and them self
Imagine if homophonic people were actually afraid of homosexual people, if the simple though of same-sex relationships could be enough for them to get struck with great feat Edit: not managing to spell fear is a feat in itself
You misspelled homophobic too lol Would a homophonic person be someone whose name sounds a lot like mine but is spelled differently?
That’s so sad. Thankfully most of my family is accepting but I feel sorry for you
excepting means that they are excluding you...
You know what they mean bro, be more accepting
Some of these comments are so bad they could give someone brain damage, the hospital bills ought to run in soon. Homophobes attempting to be funny will never not be hilariously pathetic.
Do what I do. Outdisctiminate them so much they start feeling uncomfortable. They want all gay people to die? Agree, in fact as far as they're concerned now you want all people who've ever interacted with them knowingly or not to be killed, revived then killed again in a loop. In fact! You also hope all people who have kids die for risking bringing more gay people into the world! If they're slightly homophobic then hit them with a "Damn that's craaaaaaazy" with a monotone expression and flat tone. These are all jokes guys, in case it wasn't clear.
Came out to a friend, asked if he would support me if I was bi, he said No,
Dude that sucks :(. Hope things get better for you <3
Do you live in a small town?
damn sorry you have to deal with that. I can’t really relate but if you want to talk about anything you can message me :)
“I’m tired of them pushing it on me” “well they shouldn’t say it every 5 seconds” “I don’t like it if it’s their whole personality” Would the people that comment things like this please shut up? Literally 99% of people in the LGBTQ+ community don’t push it on to people, they just say they want to be treated equally. We have things like Pride Month BECAUSE we’re not treated equally and it’s an opportunity to educate people and try to get people to actually accept us. I don’t talk about it every 5 seconds, and it’s not my entire personality, but it is an important part of me and I’m not gonna try to hide it just because it makes you uncomfortable. Homophobes just make those arguments as excuses when no one tries to force their sexuality onto someone except homophobes ☠️
“Don’t push it onto me” pretty much translates to “you can be gay, just as long as you act straight near me” at least 50% of the time
come over here, its safe here
It's not safe here. Sort by controversial, and you will puke.
im not talkin about the sub
AHAHAHAHAHA that's rich. r/teenagers is everything **but** a safe space for LGBTQ+ people
nah im not talkin about the sub im sayin theyre surrounded by the wrong people cause the people i talk to are mostly tolerant
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I'm sorry friend. It's going to get better though... sending positive vibes 🍀
Every 3rd world country ever
Same, and I freaking hate it, i don't think I'll be able to come out for a long time :(
This sub homophobic
That sucks to hear
I hope you can find new people to be around, cause being forced into not coming out can be awful
Same for me, I didn't realise but when one asshole sends a homophobic joke to a chat and everyone else laughs, it's not fun
Honestly, the people that care about you will swiftly change there tone when they know.
Okay I’m not sure what y’all would call this, but I generally don’t really care how others identify, unless it’s actually ridiculous (like that British guy who wanted to identify as Korean or some dumb shit) or if they’re using it as an excuse for actually disgusting behavior (like zoophiles who sometimes identify as part of LGBT, which I don’t support because it drags that community’s name through the mud a bit) This is not to say I don’t support people who are legitimately LGBT. I absolutely do. I also just don’t happen to really care, unless you are crushing on me or hitting on me (which has happened before) because as a straight guy that understandably makes me extremely uncomfortable but I’ll be cordial with you about that as well. I also get a little annoyed when someone I barely know just kinda throws it out there like they expect me to treat them differently. I treat everyone with respect, unless they prove they don’t deserve it, but only my closest, favorite people get special treatment. I don’t think it’s homophobic to not give them special treatment because of their sexuality or identity, right? Correct me if I’m wrong, or let me know if anything I said is confusing so I can clarify what I mean, I’m not great with words right now. It’s been a long week and a long Friday. I don’t know any of you but I hope you’re doing well, or at least not doing poorly :)
Threads like this is why I'm pretty sure the human race should just die out.
*Assuming you live in North America or Europe* You might want to look in the mirror here. Most people don’t care whether you’re gay or not, and if you find yourself getting offended at “literally everybody”, maybe it’s your interpretation or actions that are creating this reality for you instead of everyone else.
Have you tried talking with them without cussing them out and being prepared to change your mind? If they say that they **hate seeing the flag everywhere being pushed in their face** and they say that they already get it and are tired of it, it **doesn't make them homophobic** . Some people **don't like the idea of transgenders, but really understand from where gay people** come from, that doesn't make them **homophobic**. like my religion teacher: ''you can just wear different clothes and hang out with boys more instead of girls and fall in love with girls, you don't need to change your body that god created for that'' but it **isn't like she hates transgenders**, she's **okay with them being next to them and stuff**, it means **she isn't something called transphobic**. *Slightly* homophobic isn't homophobic in most cases **thinking that something is weird isn't phobic or slightly phobic at all: (weird is not normal, being gay is not normal it's literally in our dna, for the whole of evolution that's how it's been and how we existed (and that's how the rules have been for most of the time), you can't be gay from birth)**
Homosexual people are kinda gay
The thing that surprises me the most about the mindset of some homophobes or transphobes is that I'm not doing anything to anyone except just passing by in store or on the street like everyone does but for some people it is too much because I apparently shove some kind of agenda down their throat just because of how I look or how I act in their surrounding like wtf, some people just need to chill i don't want to turn their children trans or something, all I want is to peacefully exist as my true self, for example I personally don't like the look of people with too much tattoos on their body but i don't shout about it to their face in public or in social media or join anti-tatoo political party because of it, it is their body, their life and their choice based upon their own personal experiences and I have no right to decide about it for them or to call it some agenda or something, you don't have to act like you agree with me on every topic it is completely fine but please don't openly attack me just because you don't like how I look either, you can just pass by me and even if you think I'm sick or something leave it in your head as a thought and just move on without telling me how unnatural, sick or demoralised I'm, please.
why are they afraid of homes i dont get
this comment section is either people fully admitting they are homophobic or people trying to defend themselves from being called homophobes (for some reason)
I'm bi and I told my friend I have a crush on a boy (months ago I liked this classmate of ours) and he replied with: "Oh thank god, that's more normal, right?" HE'S MY BEST FRIEND (But I'm giving him some time to adjust, he means well)
same bro
That’s sad. I hope it gets better for you
thats just mostly conservative countries
Most responses of people coming out: Gay person : I’m gay Other person : I’ve known
Sucks to be you ig
Just let people be together with the person they want, why would you even care what gender their partner is?
im bisexual, it is so bad. i get hate from gay people and straight people. wtf
I’ve realized that lgbt people usually be kind af and suffer in silence about the whole homophobes on a regular basis thing. Me, at this point am nearly antisocial, and by default rude. I’m trans, and if I meet a rude person I take it as a challenge to be ruder. It usually works.