#homophobia -

[theconcealedweapon]

First, they say that anyone who commits a sex crime against children should be sentenced to death.

And many people agree, because people who were victims of sex crimes as children are often traumatized for life. And when people see the harm that sex crimes against children cause, it's easy to respond by hoping that those who commit those sex crimes die.

But then, the definition of "sex crime against children" is expanded. A teacher who has a rainbow flag in their classroom or who allows a student to use a different name is committing a sex crime against children. Someone who asks a child what their pronouns are is committing a sex crime against children. Someone who dresses in a way that doesn't conform to gender roles in the presence of a child is committing a sex crime against children. A transgender person who uses a public restroom at the same time as a child is committing a sex crime against children. A transgender person's entire existence is classified as pornography, so when they simply mention anything about their experiences, they're committing a sex crime against children. A homeless person who urinates in public because they have no other choice and a child happens to be anywhere near them is committing a sex crime against children.

Meanwhile, those who actually commit actual sex crimes against actual children still have ways to get away with it, especially if they have enough power.

That's what happens when you support the death penalty. Those who carry it out never have the right motives.

[starryswirly]

This comic was a complete flop with my professors but maybe tumblr can get something out of it.

Comparing language used to discuss spiders to that used to discuss queer people, and grappling with my own feelings of arachnophobia and internalized queerphobia.

[teambyler]

Will, Mike, the inevitable "they're gay" accusations they'll face, and MIKE'S CHOICE

We gay guys are known for having good fashion sense. =) Look at WILL rocking the hair and outfit!

So now I'm asking myself:

Does Will come out at Hawkins High? (Either on his own or he gets outed?)

I've always thought that Will's hero journey and the "emotional arc" we're promised for him will include his coming out and standing up for himself.

Add to this the theme of bullying that started in Season 1, which probably comes back with a vengeance when the Hellfire Club is blamed for opening the gate. Lucas is no longer one of the "cool kids" anymore. Everyone turns against them.

Which means our Core Four will bond once again as the "losers" they were in Season 1, but this time it's more intense.

Add to THAT the return to Hawkins of Will, who already was bullied for being gay for years. He and Mike likely become close again (and what a 'GAY' thing to do to take a kid to school together =P ), and we know that "Gay Will" will give a pining glance at Mike that someone is bound to notice.

If this show stays true to its themes and is realistic, then of course the Gay Accusations will get leveled at Mike also.

It's one of the most obvious ways to explore Mike's coming out journey. There are so many reasons for doing it this way: it signals Mike might be gay/bi to the audience naturally, it would give a reason for Mike to still not confess after learning the Painting Lie, and it forces Mike to make a choice.

We Bylers understand that Mike is dealing with internalized homophobia. He even seems to regress to his more conservative clothing from earlier seasons, maybe to try to hide from the anti-Hellfire bullying AND gay accusations.

But would our Mike let anyone harm Will? Of course not! Will this be one of the promised instances of "leader Mike" this season? (Is this how Mike gets that bruise on his face?)

Give it to us, Duffers!

Just sayin'.

-teambyler

[hoodiegal]

Feeling like you're being attacked by the communities you're empathetic towards due to you having some sort of connection to that community's oppressors can suck. I'm white, and I frequently hear POC express their frustrations with white people.

Difference is that I go "yeah, that sucks, and you're right to be upset about it. I'm gonna try my best not to perpetuate that behavior and use my position of privilege as a white person to push back when other white people do perpetuate that behavior" instead of becoming a nazi about it.

I do not expect POC to add a disclaimer of "oh but not you, because you're a good white person". I do not expect them to bite their tongues about the difficulties they face while I'm around to protect my feelings. I do not expect to have my voice heard when they talk about their struggles.

It's enough that I know that I'm trying to be better. I'm trying not to be like those that hurt this group. And I understand that the resentment they feel is not personal nor aimed at me specifically.

But that is hard. It's a lot easier to just become a nazi and call for their eradication.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[valentinesarered]

[mask131]

Since the French news have been blasting about the US elections since this morning, here are (if you are interested) some of the points highlighted by French commentators, journalists, politicians, politologists, and that I randomly caught this morning. If you wonder how French media are seeing this:

There are "racial minorities" among the Trump supporters and followers, despite Trump's openly racist and borderline eugenic discourse. Especially among the Latino people, where Trump gained quite a following. Why? Most of the non-White voters of Trump are men, and adhere to his conservative ideals beyond his racism. Especially over one point: homophobia. His Latino followers are hoping that by electing him they will get rid of transgenders people and the "woke madness" once and for all - this specific point of his campaign, despite actually being quite "minor", truly was a big thing for them, and his fearmongering about "Schools will turn your little boys into little girls" echoed with them. Latinos aren't the only minority to vote for Trump, but they are the ones French media speak the most about.

Turns out, Kamala Harris didn't cause a massive support of women across America: many of them still voted Trump. On a related note, commentators noted that it seems the United-States really are not willing to have a female president at all.

Part of the reason why people didn't see the red wave coming was because they under-estimated the middle-class, which is where Trump has his greatest following. The middle-class, and the literal middle of America, as this is where he resonated the most, unlike the coasts where he met some resistance (though it has been noted the coasts are more "upper-class" than the rest of the country)

Another part is how people neglected the economical factor: most Trump followers, many of those that voted for Trump, are putting their hopes and faith in him for bringing back the financial ease and comfortable lifestyle they used to have, for battling the financial crisis and inflation. Turns out, money IS indeed the motor of everything, and it was Trump's promises of money and wealth for everybody that truly won them over.

That and immigration: these are apparently the two big points that truly had Trump winning, from New-York where people are inded fed up with the mayor's handling of immigrants, to Kansas where... there's one of the smallest number of immigrants, almost none, but they're still very firghtened and angry at the issue. Trump's promises of sending the army down to the Mexican border had already formed a following base years before, but now he is also pulling on the lever of "I will bring back your men home so that they won't have to die in another land for foreigners". Interestingly, it means that with him (and his followers) the USA is giving up its former role of being the arbitrator of the world and the "policeman global conflicts". Trump promises that the American army will only care about the USA, its borders and nothing else. Even though it is also a lie because whole he speaks of bringing the soldiers home, he of course has a whole different discourse when it comes to the weapons and political plays. By this I mean:

Trump is very insistent on defending, protecting, helping Israel - or, to be more precise, he is very clear that he is a good friend and the main support of Netanyahu, and that he will help him lead his wars as much as he can. He will also helps them worsen, because unlike for example Biden and Harris which after unconditional support for Israel admitted things were going to far, a ceasfire was needed, and denounced Israel causing disastrous mass-deaths, Trump is very clear that he doesn't believe in ceasefires, nor does he belive that Israel and Palestine can coexist peacefully. Furthermore: Trump aligns on Israel because he has a strong personal beef with Iran, which is one of Israel's main enemies, originally in a more indirect, but now much more direct way. Trump even suggested that Israel be more open and violent in its attacks of Iran, even saying they should hit nuclear sites. It doesn't help that Iran is one of the countries suspected of trying to mess up with the votes and parazite the campaigns with misinformation (the other big one being Russia, but since Trump loves Putin he doesn't speak much about THIS invasion of American politics).

The fascinating thing is that there ARE Muslim followers of Trump. Muslim Trumpists exist, despite all the above, and Trump's fearmongering based on Islamic terrorism. French journalists asked them why they voted for Trump, and their answer was "To punish Biden". They wanted to punish Biden (and by extension Harris) for helping Israel in the Israel-Palestine conflict. When answered back that Trump vowed to prevent any Muslim person from entering the USA and to reject Palestinian immigrants, the Muslim voters explained that at least Trump only closed the frontier, while Biden "killed" their "brothers".

Another consequence of Trump's promises to have all American soldiers return home: it is likely the American forces will pull out of Ukraine. It was already a big complaint on his part to send so much money in Europe, and when he met with Zelensky he publicly said that he considered on the same level as Putin and wouldn't favor any of them. Add to that how much he said that Putin was great and his friend, and how he said with him the Ukrainian war would be solved in 24 hours, and how ominously Putin's official message after the election was "The Kremlin will judge the new president on his actions, not his intentions"... Oh yes and how Trump LITERALY SAID "Ukraine is gone" not that long ago, despite Ukraine still fighting for its life and to defend Europe as a whole... It is pretty clear that Trump just wants to kick Ukraine into Russia's maw, and that his "solution" for the war is to have Russia win Ukraine. As he said for the Israel-Palestine conflict, he doesn't believe in ceasefire nor in peaceful cohabitation... It also helps that a LOT of his followers don't know where Ukraine is or what it looks like, and that many of them didn't even know Ukraine existed before Russia attacked it.

Because of this, the French president official reaction to Trump's election was first a message saying "Congrats for winning by a landslide", quickly followed by another one saying "I am very happy to announce that me and the Chancellor of Germany are going to work on making a stronger, safer, more independant Europe". Aka: we know that Europe can't count on America anymore, we know that we have been too Americanized and have grown dependant of the USA, time to pull ourselves together and let America in its own mess.

Oh and also: since Trump believes climate change is a scam, despite huge storms hitting twice where he lives with disastrous consequences, and promises to rely a lot on fossil fuel and polluting business to bring back American economy to the top and make the USA the wealthiest country... The world is kind of fucked as a whole, and the weather is going to be FAR WORSE.

Plus: this time Trump's domination is far more powerful than before, as he got almost full powers, benefits from the consequences of his previous presidency, doesn't have people against him in his own party (unlike the first time he got elected), has gotten rid of those that tried to criticize or slow him down around him, AND this time he actually knows what he is doing, as the first time it seemed he wasn't planning on actually becoming president.

There's probably more about it, but that's just a handful of what I got from the news channel this morning as I woke up. Be it true or false, whether you agree or not, I just share in case you ever wondered how it looks from over here.

Now back to regular programs.

[happy-mokka]

I am as of now officially both absolutely devastated and utterly disgusted by large parts of humankind.

Thoughts and prayers to all fellow minorities.

I don't live in the US, but

a) we live in a globalized world. there are consequences for all of us from the election results in the US. worldwide.

b) this will be signaling radical assholes all over the world to rally for power. Germany, where I currently live, will be next in 2025. I have no doubt about that anymore.

this is so surreal.

I am scared. Literally.

From an outsider’s perspective, it boggles my mind so entirely that *so many* Americans would rather vote for an openly fascist rapist in obvious mental decline than an eloquent, strong, and very capable Black woman.

Absurd. Clown behaviour.

[animentality]

[charlesoberonn]

[shiftingwithmars]

Fuck off🖕

[writerofweird]

Remember that a lot of people's reactions to "grabbed her by the pussy" was "OH WHAT A NORMAL THING FOR A NORMAL PERSON TO SAY WE NEED A COMMON NORMAL PERSON WHO SAYS COMMON NORMAL THINGS LIKE THAT FOR PRESIDENT!"

They say it's completely normal for men to want to rape women but accuse LGBTQ people of being perverts.

The most clueless thing about the democrat reactions (for years now) is that they openly ask all the time how he could get support after being so gross or rude or ridiculous. How have they not noticed that that's been America for generations now. Americans feel insulted by things that feel too serious or dignified or intellectual; they want slurs and memes and blowjob jokes. If one of the two parties had nominated a horse or a pizza or an effigy of shrek the race would still be close.

[theconcealedweapon]

My sister used to be an outspoken feminist and advocate for LGBT people. She was the first to complain whenever my uncle said something homophobic. She was the first to support one of my other sisters who came out as transgender. When we were kids and I'd say something sexist (which happened a lot because I was an asshole as a kid), she was the first to call me out and insist on the importance of women's rights. She begged me to pay for an abortion if she ever needed one, since she's disabled and unable to work. She's bisexual.

But ever since she started dating her current boyfriend, she became a Trump supporter. She regurgitates harmful propaganda about LGBT people. She posted something on Facebook celebrating Trump's victory, and she's complaining that "people are so hateful" because lifelong friends of hers said that they don't like her anymore because of her support for Trump.

It's a shame that a single romantic partner can change someone that much.

[kropotkindersurprise]

June 21, 2024 - Namibia's high court has declared the "sodomy law" that criminalised gay sex unconstitutional!

Namibia inherited the apartheid-era law banning “sodomy” and “unnatural offences” when it gained independence from South Africa in 1990. [link]

[draconym]

Seeing tumblr users tag their blorboposts with "gay panic" is making me insane. This term does not mean what you all think it means.

[nando161mando]

Pro-homosexual forces stay winning

[prokopetz]

I understand that folks tend to think of open homophobia in popular media as a Thing Of The Past, and that the 2000s are still sufficiently recent as not to count as The Past in a lot of folks' minds, but still it kills me the sheer incredulity I keep bumping into when people are confronted with how casually homophobic early 2000s popular media actually was. Like, buddy, you have no idea how recently "isn't it shameful for a straight man to know what a latte is?" stopped being a standard sitcom bit. There were whole shows airing as recently as the early 2010s whose entire premise was "this ostensibly straight man has somewhat fruity mannerisms" – like, that was the entire joke.