LGB ErasureNPR casually erasing same-sex attraction while also making pride all about the T

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[–]GayBoner 34 insightful - 1 fun34 insightful - 0 fun35 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

“Same gender attracted” is the dumbest concept in the entire world and completely erases the concept of gay and lesbian physiology.

[–][deleted] 27 insightful - 5 fun27 insightful - 4 fun28 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Cisgender, or simply cis, is an adjective that describes a person whose gender identity aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth.

So, since I don't believe in gender that means I'm not cis and all the TRAs can stop calling me cis now, right?

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 7 insightful - 12 fun7 insightful - 11 fun8 insightful - 12 fun -  (0 children)

How about "cissy"?

[–]CuntWorshiperWomenholic full time | vagina fetishist part-time 23 insightful - 2 fun23 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

How is gender identity different of gender expression if you just said gender is a social constructions of norms, behaviors, and roles?

They expect the entire world to keep up with their religion when they can’t even do it themselves. :’D

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

“Gender expression” exists as a term for two reasons: (1) so that lazy, narcissistic people can pretend to have a gender identity and claim to be “trans” without any semblance of a transition so they can just respond “gender identity is different from gender expression” and maintain some kind of moral high ground; and (2) to explain away sexism and homophobia because it’s obvious that discrimination and harassment cannot happen from strangers based on ideas in our heads that they have no way of knowing about, so they needed to come up with this bullshit to explain that.

Except what if I don’t think or intend any of my clothes or how I present myself physically to be an “expression of gender.” So what explains the harassment and discrimination now? Presumed gender expression and presumed gender identity, of course. Or maybe they would tell me that I’m expressing my gender whether or not I do so knowingly or intentionally because they always know my thoughts and feelings better than I do. 🙄

I would like to see a case where someone is accused of the latter and uses the defense that they make no presumptions about gender identity ever because they don’t believe in it as a concept. I would love to litigate that.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Gender is now male female and non-binary, the other 70 genders seem to be tossed.

[–]odiusgay man 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And what even is "gender" anyway?

[–]CuntWorshiperWomenholic full time | vagina fetishist part-time 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Gender means bullshit

[–]Horror-SwordfishI don't get how flairs work 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

"In my community, in the queer community, with a lot of trans and nonbinary people, we all frequently remind each other or remind ourselves. It's a sort of constant mindfulness where you are always catching up a little bit," they say.

"You might know someone for 10 years, and then they let you know their pronouns have changed. It's going to take you a little while to adjust, and that's fine. It's OK to make those mistakes and correct yourself, and it's OK to gently correct someone else."

How does anyone think that that's an appropriate way to go through life? "It's so difficult to keep track of all of my friend's different pronouns and sometimes they change them on me so I'm always getting it wrong and walking on eggshells around everyone, but it's totally okay! At least I'm respecting everyone and wasted a lot of excess mental energy in the process!"

[–]SuperGayIsOkay 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's absurd how much they expect the rest of society to shoulder their burdens and essentially suffer the constant, exhausting, ever-changing set of demands on language and denial of objective reality.

[–]hufflepuff-poet 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Notice the "queer community" doesn't include gays and lesbians. What does gender identity and transness have to do with being same-sex attracted?! Nothing, except homophobia pushes alot of gay and straight people to transition...

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And considering so many people have some kind of mental health issue, especially ones to do with executive functioning issues, I'd say it's pretty damn ableist to expect people to expend their limited mental energy (or spoons in woque terms) to make your smug little ass euphoric for a few seconds.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You know what they're like?

Prima donnas (and primo uomos)... except without any talent!

[–][deleted] 18 insightful - 3 fun18 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

this whole concept of "affirming" "identities" seems like such a miserable way to live. constantly focused on your self-perception and how others interpret it. what kind of psychological prison........ ok, no more identities. from now on we just exist and relate to each other as normal fucking people

also, I don't know what it is with these people and hideous aesthetics, but that art is ugly

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

But how else can people feel special?

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Maybe they could try getting a personality?

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Psst, don't ruin it for them but they think being gay is a personality.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What I find interesting about illustrations in woke media is that a majority of people (if not all, in some cases) drawn are people of colour. Is that to say that only people of colour are into this gender woo woo, or that they've become the majority?

[–]usehername 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It's because ~diversity~

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Diversity apparently doesn't include white people because they're not diverse enough, even if they're a sexual minority and/or disabled.

[–]pacmanla 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not even close. "people of color" are the main ones offended that white males are bringing in real struggles of oppression & what their ancestors went through, & comparing it to someone not being able to get sexual/romantic interest. It's insulting to them. These individuals who "identify" as something they're not & having mainstream media & money behind them is happening, because these are predominantly white males identifying as trans if you go behind the curtains. They use "people of color" as a mascot, but behind close doors it's predominantly white males into the "gender woo woo".

If "people of color" were truly the predominantly ones "identifying" with this nonsense, I guarantee mainstream media would not push it nowhere near as hard, or fund it. Simply put, people of color are mascots for this nonsense, but talk to them & peek behind the scenes, it's predominantly white males complaining about not being able to "identify" with what they're feeling at the moment.

[–]BEB 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Beyond the Gender Blather, this article is not accurate. Maybe because NPR gets money from the Gender Lobby (I just saw mention of NPR's monetary ties to Arcus, but, sadly, didn't bookmark it)

Intersex people are not a third sex: they have a Disorder of Sexual Development, and are either male or female. In fact, their intersex condition is tied to whether they are male or female.

Intersex associations and individuals have repeatedly asked that their conditions NOT be used by lgbTQA+ to encourage the entirely false belief that sex is a spectrum, or that there is a third sex made up of the intersex.

And yet, over and over we see "reputable" media organizations use the existence of the intersex as "proof" that gender ideology is based on biology.