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UPDATED Well, I did not know there were so many DUers with opinions on LGBTQ issues. (Original Post) irisblue Apr 2018 OP
Right? Behind the Aegis Apr 2018 #1
BtA irisblue Apr 2018 #2
RIght back atacha! Behind the Aegis Apr 2018 #3
Hello, been awhile! MuseRider Apr 2018 #4
Yes it has!! Behind the Aegis Apr 2018 #17
Oh absolutely just ask! gay texan Apr 2018 #5
I am impressed with the sheer number of DUers who recognize anti LGBTQ posts & tweets irisblue Apr 2018 #6
In the lifestyle? gay texan Apr 2018 #9
Oh, I see you weren't here in 2004 and 2008. Maven Apr 2018 #7
I was. Susan Calvin Apr 2018 #8
Check out all the Joy Reid posts on the greatest page. nt Maven Apr 2018 #10
I stumbled in 2010 irisblue Apr 2018 #11
The stench of privilege is rank out there... uriel1972 Apr 2018 #12
With LGBTQ close friends I have opinions though I haven't normally posted here Fresh_Start Apr 2018 #13
Excellent post. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2018 #19
+ a million. K & R your post. Wwcd May 2018 #26
In LBN, Don Viejo posted about a straight man killing a gay man b/c 'gay panic' irisblue Apr 2018 #14
Some will. Behind the Aegis Apr 2018 #18
Weird, aint it. All of a sudden, too. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #15
Sure is. 🌈nt irisblue Apr 2018 #16
Over& over&over irisblue May 2018 #20
Or Kansas Behind the Aegis May 2018 #21
My only opinion is that life is too short to be boring, and do whatever you like! Crowman2009 May 2018 #22
Well hahahaha...joke's on us. Behind the Aegis May 2018 #23
Lemme grab you a trash can irisblue May 2018 #24
I went & read the thread. Geez irisblue May 2018 #25
Bumping FreeState Dec 2018 #27
So would you explain that a bit more to me. I miss something? irisblue Dec 2018 #29
I was told to study simantics FreeState Dec 2018 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author Odoreida Dec 2018 #28
Always good to know who our REAL allies are... Behind the Aegis Dec 2018 #31

Behind the Aegis

(53,955 posts)
17. Yes it has!!
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 03:55 PM
Apr 2018

I hope you are well!

It is sad so many GLBT people have left this site. It gets very lonely, and little has changed, sadly.

Don't be a stranger...there are way too many of them as it is.

irisblue

(32,969 posts)
6. I am impressed with the sheer number of DUers who recognize anti LGBTQ posts & tweets
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 05:16 PM
Apr 2018

and condemn them, even those from years & years ago. BTW, did you know the phrase "in the lifestyle" is still in usage by gay men? 40 years into my rainbow lavender life, I've never heard that used anyplace but kink settings? What have I also missed? Oh woe is me ( )

gay texan

(2,442 posts)
9. In the lifestyle?
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 06:42 PM
Apr 2018

Say it ain't so! That is SO stereotypical!

Pardon me while I go give out some fashion and home decorating advice....



uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
12. The stench of privilege is rank out there...
Thu Apr 26, 2018, 10:45 PM
Apr 2018

I'm glad to know our well-being and lives are still expendable in the rush to win. (Sarcasm)

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
13. With LGBTQ close friends I have opinions though I haven't normally posted here
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 09:36 AM
Apr 2018

Let me introduce myself,

I don't like to think about other people's sex lives.
I don't want to know about other people's sex lives
I don't think our government should be involved in other people's sex lives unless their actions include pedophilia or sex trafficking or sex tourism or animal abuse

that being said, I have no problem with reasonable public displays of affection between adults or between adolescences of similar ages.

I want everyone to be treated with respect
I want everyone to be treated equally under the law
I want everyone to mind their own fucking business and stop butting their noses in other people's private lives

so of course I support LGBTQ
so of course I support POC
so of course I support immigrants
so of course I support women
so of course I support religious minorities in our country including atheist and muslims

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
26. + a million. K & R your post.
Wed May 9, 2018, 01:38 PM
May 2018

I'll generously support all human rights causes.

Because they are always under threat.

Human Rights


irisblue

(32,969 posts)
14. In LBN, Don Viejo posted about a straight man killing a gay man b/c 'gay panic'
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 12:17 PM
Apr 2018

I will be interested in seeing how many of the recently posted "that's homophobic/transphobic" posters express sympathy or regards.

Behind the Aegis

(53,955 posts)
18. Some will.
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 03:57 PM
Apr 2018

See our rights, our very lives, are only good for political fodder. I know who my real allies are, and I know who the bullshitters are. Sadly, the latter outnumbers the former. So, we should all just wait by the stable for our sparkle ponies and wait to be summoned.

irisblue

(32,969 posts)
20. Over& over&over
Sat May 5, 2018, 05:44 PM
May 2018

About Joy Reid & her posts.
I'm sure not seeing anything about the Oklahoma anti LGBT adoptions.
Hmmm

Behind the Aegis

(53,955 posts)
23. Well hahahaha...joke's on us.
Tue May 8, 2018, 04:09 PM
May 2018
Putin is a self loathing closet case.

See, it's "funny" because it is trolling for Russian bots. Get it?! HAHAHAHA!


Oh wait, the punchline is "Putin is a fag!" that is the bait...gay-bashing.

Oh course, the predictable, but...but...the studies...was dragged out.

FreeState

(10,571 posts)
30. I was told to study simantics
Sat Dec 1, 2018, 07:22 PM
Dec 2018

Rather than the poster taking many gay people’s word that something was offensive. We just need a language lesson apparently - never mind our life long experiences.

Response to irisblue (Original post)

Behind the Aegis

(53,955 posts)
31. Always good to know who our REAL allies are...
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 01:17 AM
Dec 2018

...or aren't.

Saturday Night Live's Homophobic Trump-Putin Jokes Need to Stop

Lame jokes about the presidents being “gay for each other” are so common you may not have noticed a problem with Saturday’s sketch. But that doesn’t mean they’re OK. Far from it.

Kevin Fallon
12.03.18 11:36 PM ET

It is approaching two years since Donald Trump was sworn into office, which means it’s been two years of Russia “collusion” talk and parsing of his relationship with Vladimir Putin. It’s been endless, and exhausting. That means we are also approaching two years of jokes about the two presidents fucking.

That, too, has been endless, and exhausting—and lazy, and ignorant, and offensive, and base-level, and baseless, and homophobic, and, well, not really a joke at all.

The most recent example happened during this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, as part of a recurring bit that exists to test your eye-roll reflex: Alec Baldwin’s Trump and Beck Bennett’s always-shirtless Putin making light of their close ties by winking at a homosexual relationship.

The brief bit was part of the episode’s cold open, in which Trump is awake in the middle of the night, despondent about the Robert Mueller probe while at the G20 Summit in Argentina. He’s visited by a revolving door of his shady cronies, including, at one point, Putin.

“Honey, why you still up?” Bennett’s Putin says, emerging from a hotel room door bare-chested with a randy, horny smirk. He seductively pats the small of Baldwin’s Trump’s back. “Come back to bed, babe!”

more at above link


DonViejo

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