Homophobes, racists, misogynists, and anti-Semites. If there's one thing they all have in common, it's that they're always sure they're not wrong.
Homophobes, racists, misogynists, and anti-Semites. If there's one thing they all have in common, it's that they're always sure they're not wrong.
I don't really have anything much to add, but I just always felt like it wasn't my place to decide whether or not my presence as a cis, hetero woman is acceptable in LGBTQ safe spaces. But also, I've been talking A LOT recently about the importance of having friends of the opposite sex (gay/straight) as a means of…
Ok, I understand a little more where you're coming from now. And after viewing some if the threads that seem to be justifying some homophobic stereotypes, I understand how one would take offense at some of the things being said.
Wow, she really sounds delusional.
Alright, we're done here.
The thing about this is I have had this conversation with people. I have explained to straight women friends of mine that gay men can be misogynists and will hate them, no different than straight men. They tend to get it then, because a lot of them (being people from relatively liberal circles) up to that point tend…
"Don't you dare say anything remotely critical of how women treat gay men. In this comment section, we can only criticize how gay men treat women. Get out."
Interestingly, I have met more nice gay men in RL than lesbians. It's funny how experiences can be so different!
Maybe you can stop doing that "why don't you write your own article" shit people do and deal with the fact that there is a comment thread that isn't slamming gay men on your behalf. Some of you need to get a grip.
I hear you, but I'm not saying either is worse. I've had some truly, genuinely mortifying things told to me by gay men about women. But a gay man preaching to a mostly straight woman audience about gay men's misogyny does not seem an inappropriate place to mention, hey, some of you do some fucked up shit too. If…