#homphobia tw

[ashintheairlikesnow]

GIVE US A WIP SNIPPET YOU ARE PROUD OF!!

I mean... I guess I could...

CW: Amputation, religious homophobia, religious fanatics, horror

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The Singer herself leaned down, to look him right in the eyes. She held him by the chin, forcing him to look at her. “I will forgive that. Fear is powerful, and sometimes we make mistakes in the grip of fear. We will agree that it is natural to fear for your life, when you have sinned so greatly against your goddess.”

            Aidan screamed, wordlessly, as loudly as he could, right into her face. She didn't even flinch. She barely even blinked. Aidan's own vision blurred with tears.

            “I understand,” She said, softly. Her voice oozed with delight and she could barely keep the smile off her face. She reached out and took his left forearm in her hand. “Your price will be paid with blood as well,” She said, this time projecting for the crowd. “Aidan Garnes, you have used your right hand to sin against the Mother of the Rock by seeking carnal pleasure with another man. In penance for this perversion, we will remove your left.”

            Aidan’s vision, his entire existence, suddenly became centered in the fingers on his left hand. He had never seen his fingernails, with dirt underneath them, in such detail. He’d never realized how long his fingers were, never even really thought about his hands beyond their usefulness. He let out a muffled groan behind the gag.

            “Pay the price," The Singer said, almost gently. "You have already lost your family, given them up for the sake of momentary pleasures and the sickness in your heart. Now... you will go into punishment for the time it takes you to recover. Return to us an outcast, and live your days alone knowing that your perversion will be visible to anyone who sees you. You will be given a new name. You will never speak to your former family again. You will live among us in shadow.” She looked back up at the crowd, pitching her voice higher, effortlessly projecting. “As the Mother herself ordered written, those who seek unnatural carnal knowledge will make all of Morlofte unclean! As it is written, the price to purify us is the blood of the criminal!”

            “He pays in blood! It is as written!" After a moment, the crowd began to repeat it, over and over, it is as written, until they were pressing forward, jostling to be at the front of the crowd. Their words ran together as Aidan stared at his hand.

            The Singer leaned down and gently closed his fingers into a fist. It didn’t even occur to him to do anything but obey her, even though he shuddered at her touch. Then, she laid his arm down, with the inside of his wrist facing up, on the wooden block. Aidan’s breath came faster and faster, dark spots dancing at the corner of his vision, threatening to grow into blindness. The third guard stepped in to hold it down and she pulled back and away. 

One of the original two guards handed the Singer an axe.

            “It is my solemn duty to mete out the sentence declared by order of the Mother Herself. I weep for you,” The Singer said, smiling so broadly he could have counted each and every one of her teeth. The fire danced and sparkled in her eyes, making them something more than human. Something less.

            She swung the axe up, holding it for a moment that seemed to last an eternity. Aidan heard a scream, as if from very far away, and realized belatedly he was the one screaming.

“My people belong to me,” The Singer whispered. "Only me. Always... me. You belong to me."

The pendant of the Mother’s Hand over his chest suddenly burned like a brand.

She brought the axe down so hard it stuck into the wood and she could not pull it free again.

There was a hush of one second, two seconds, three-

            Aidan’s eyes suddenly bulged. His scream became a high-pitched, animalistic thing. He thrashed helplessly but the guards held him fast. Blood poured from the wound, the hideous open flesh and bone that had been a secret to him all his life, now laid horribly bare for all to see. The crowd stared, suddenly wide-eyed and silent, children beginning to wail in earnest. Their mothers held them tight, but still no one turned away. No one wanted the Singer to notice them unable to bear the sight.

            Lars stood right at the front of them all, just off to the side. His jaw was set, something like determination in his expression. He had not flinched when the axe came down. Aidan saw nothing there, in his expression, but he knew too well the fire in front of him didn't burn half so hot as the fire inside Lars now.

            The Singer leaned down and picked up Aidan’s left hand, fingers still curled tightly into a fist. As though the hand that had been attached to his left wrist just seconds ago was a strange and disturbing toy. One finger twitched, and Aidan could have sworn he felt the movement.

One of the guards pulled something from the fire, metal bright red in color laced with orange, and Aidan stared, jerking back a moment too late.

The flat, hot metal pressed to his wound. Aidan felt only a moment of agony before his eyes rolled back and he collapsed forward in a heap.

The Singer quirked a smile down at him, then tossed the hand lightly into the fire to burn.

[merp-blerp]

I'm so done...

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[borderline-purrsonality]

So on twitter a proshipper tried reporting a queer Iranian to the Iranian police because they called them creepy???

[merp-blerp]

I was today years old when I learned that Disney made a musical out of the movie Trevor (the namesake for The Trevor Project).

Did others know about this? Did they advertise this at all? I’ve never seen anything on this. This was just last year. It was released not to long after the “Don’t Say Gay” bullshit, I believe. Do I laugh or cry at that?

[tiredaf23]

Found this on witchblur and all I could think was

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Homophobic much???

Being a witch is an identity. It's not because it's a trend, it's because people want to start being witches. And yeah, there's a lot of queer witches, but there's also a lot of cis-het-allo witches as well. Calling queer witches "posers" in itself is disgusting. Queer people want a safe space, and witchcraft is their safe space.

If you think like this, you're homophobic. I don't care if you claim you're not but discluding someone because they're queer is discrimination.

I don't care if this witch finds me. If they do, I'll gladly block. I said what I said.

[the-spooky-children]

Talked about this in the tags of another post but I think I wanna talk about it on its own post:

I think hatred of Skid x Pump is rooted in internalised homophobia

Why? Well I myself used to HATE the ship (as some of you probably know), had the shippers in my DNI, everything, and my one reason was "they're kids, it's weird"

And

You know how in the shower and stuff you'll argue with yourself to boost your confidence? Well I was doing that and the "myself" I was arguing against in regard the to ship was like,

"Well, if Skid and Pump were a boy and girl instead of two boys you'd have no problem with the ship!"

And I realised

Shit

So yeah even though I'm queer as fuck apparently I had mild internalised homophobia and Spooky Month was the way I realised it

So after that I had a long think and decided that it was a stupid double standard and took Skump out of my DNI and went through my own ✨character development✨

So yeah, Skid x Pump dislikers, take a second to think if the reason you hate the ship is because they're kids or if it's because they're both boys

You might learn something about yourself

And if instead you're like "no I know for a fact I'd 100% feel the same about a het ship" then well done you passed! (/lh)

[merp-blerp]

Funny, but honestly, poor kid...

This is EVERYTHING!

[waywardsunlight]

Oh no! I wonder what this could be!

Oh it’s girls kissing ig. 

[productofaritual]

My goal in life is to get a gf and introduce her as my gf to all my family who are the "well I have no problem with gay people I just [insert some bullshit]" style of homphobic and have them stand in shock and be like "I didn't know u were gay" And hit them w the "I thought u didn't have a problem w gay people :)" and watch them flounder as they try to save their homophobic ass in front of two obviously queer ppl

[when-is-tuesday]

pov: you left your phone downstairs and your alarm went off and your mom FOR SOME REASON looked at your notifications and saw your friend text you saying "i'm so bi" and asked you about it but then when she questioned you you went to go feed the outside cat (what the alarm was for) and texted the friend in a panic and fixed it (although you nearly had a heart attack). when you went inside your mom wasnt there so u assumed u were safe but then she came up and u managed to smooth over the text but then she says "I just need to understand Blank" and started SCROLLING UP where there is VERY GAY FANART so u somehow stopped her scrolling but she read a text saying "how's golfing?" -Blank "good! Redacted grabbed my wrist" -me and thought Redacted was flirting with u when she was just trying to see your phone and Redacted is very homophobic then ur mom gave you a talk like "if ur friends tell you that they're gay, tell me. they're not aloud to tell u that u can't tell anyone" or in other words "I am homophobic and probably will advise you not to hang out with gay friends and also you aren't aloud to have secrets" and then she left and u cried bc u almost got outed and Blank almost got outed and ur mom won't accept u when u come out even if she pretends to be supportive and all this reminded u that Blank thinks there are 2 genders and nonbinary and agender are the same (sad genderqueer noises)

[merp-blerp]

You know what, I think this is fair. Whether Taylor’s queer or not, homophobia should not be so accepted in the swiftie fandom. Taylor likely sees it and hates it.

[femsplainingwitch]

It's the time of pride again. So sometimes I think I as a bisexual woman should make a pride post. Or reblog one. Or... something....

There is only One thing from stopping me.

I dont have any relations with pride. I never attended pride. And I often ask myself why?

One of the most obvious reasons one could point out my severe social anxiety. So severe that I couldn't even post things on the internet prior to 2020/2021. Because my anxiety also included - still includes - the internet. But that wasn't it.

Maybe one aspect of it is that I realized pretty late that I was bi. Only in my early twentys. I denied myself my sexuality - any of my own sexual desires because of CSA and the following PTSD.

But the biggest reason probably is my only memory of pride. I was a teenager back then. It was 2017. The year in wich the german Bundestag decided the "Ehe für Alle" (marriage for all) law. Tho that was after pride that year. I did some book shopping. And when I walked out my favorite bookstore outside there where A LOT of people. There were a lot of normal people. Gay men, women and teenagers. But then there were also sooo many well... weird people. Maybe it's wrong for me - an autistic girl - to call other people weird. But I can't call them anything else. They were clothed in black leather or latex. Some had leashes. Some where partly naked. Not that I have anything against nudenes - I live in Germany. My Parents visited the FKK beaches with me when I was a nothing but a toddler. But this was no 'casual' nudenes. This was 'sexual' nudenes. Display nudenes. I had a meltdown then and there - caused by flashbacks.

Later when I realized my own attraction too women I was disgusted by myself. Did this mean I was like them? It took a while to accept myself. And last year I really wanted to attend pride. I made preparations. I planned everything. But then I heard of the Fred Sargeant incident and thought to myself "Is pride still for the lesbians, gays and bisexuals? The same sex attracted people? What will happen to me if I don't conform to their view of 'queer'? Am I safe at pride?" Not that the 'Am I safe at pride?' Thought never slipped my mind. I thought about it everytime. But only in relations to bystanders. Not members.

I didn't attend pride. I stayed at home. I came out to my parents. My mother accepted it. My father called it 'halfgay' and is rude about it. As long as I never bring a girl home he is "fine with it" he told me. This may sound harsh but he is really homophobic and this is more than I had hoped for.

I think I will never attend pride. Not until they get rid of the 'kinks' and the violence against members. But that doesn't mean I am not proud. At least I am not ashamed anymore.

[ridiasfangirlings]

i think yata called yukari the f slur once, didnt he? wouldnt it be funny if yukari met yata again after him and fushimi started dating lol

In fairness to Yata it's entirely possible that was a translation choice and not what he actually said. Hopefully Yata learns it isn't nice to use those kinds of words against people though, like I imagine that being something where it's just Yata picking up words from other people and not thinking too hard about them. Like some time post-ROK Yata's waiting for Fushimi outside a bar for a date when he accidentally runs into Yukari, who was picking up makeup next door. Yata starts to apologize before he realizes who he just ran into and then he's like wait you're—you're...that fruity guy from jungle! Yukari is more amused by this than anything, I imagine him teasing Yata lightly wondering if the little boy from Homra is threatened by Yukari's beauty. Yata grumbles that don't you have any pride as a man and Yukari doesn't see what a man's pride has anything to do with beauty, Homra people like Yata respect fighting skills don't they and Yukari is well aware of his own strength compared to Yata's.

Yata's just about to say something that will get him in trouble when Fushimi shows up grumbling that he was busy at work and if Yata's not coming for drinks he's going home. Yukari is unexpectedly pleased to run into 'Saruhiko-chan' again and Fushimi clicks his tongue, palming a knife as he wonders what Yukari is doing here. Yukari says he was just picking some things up and Yata ran into him and starting insulting him, Fushimi looks over at Yata who's like okay when you put it that way. Yukari does think it's very cute that Fushimi and Yata are having drinks together and Yata immediately puts a protective arm around Fushimi's waist as he's like Saruhiko is my boyfriend and don't you forget it.

Yukari takes in that boyfriend and is like my, and to think you were throwing around words like that when you have a boyfriend. Yata has no idea what having a boyfriend has to do with what he said to Yukari and Yukari sighs like those words are meant to be derogatory to gay people you know. Yata's like 'dero-what' and Fushimi supplies 'it's an insult, Misaki.' Yata stumbles over his words all wait I didn't mean it that way, suddenly worried that Saruhiko is insulted too (though honestly Fushimi is probably bored by now and wants to leave). Yukari tuts at Yata, like it seems you need to learn to watch your manners more. Fushimi finally tugs Yata away because he wants to have his date already but Yata's all upset, like so was I upsetting you too by saying that stuff. Fushimi shrugs like it doesn't really bother me and I don't care if you insult Yukari, but you could find better words for it next time instead of parroting those idiots from Homra who don't think before they speak.

[dotthings]

Reading through new developments on stan twitter discourse on the jibcon related drama and having a big I TOLD YOU SO moment.

I TOLD YOU. The goal would be to ban it outright. I TOLD YOU this would be weaponized into an excuse to attempt to shut out Destiel fanart.

Nobody has yet, but Daniela, the con organizer, basically threatened to take all the toys away if queer people and allies didn't stop pointing out the problem with how queer fans were treated, and then the concern trolling dog whistling conformists showed up and started arguing with a fan who reasonably pointed out, why is this an issue if the actors are willing to sign the art, and then a homophobic busybody stan suggested all fan art should be banned and they only allow photographs for signing.

Slippery slope indeed.

And some people think we can't call this fascist behavior.

[spencetm]

idk, the losing's not so bad, when it's someone who's not going to accept you for something you can't change. sucks at first, but i think it's just something a lot of queer kids, if not all of them, have to deal with on some level. better to learn sooner rather than later, after you've grown more attached.

i got nothing to lose on account of not having parents, but is it just me or is it super messed up for a teacher to have a bunch of teenagers exploring their sexuality for a glee assignment when half of them are probably not out to their families?

like my freaking dude, what's going on inside that bag of ramen on your head? i think all the mousse has seeped in. anyways, i'm kc and i'm a bisexual.

[frostcorpsclub]

does jack feel differently about his gay daughters than his gay sons?? (gay being used generally here obvi)

Yes!

For the boys obviously being a boomer he stared out as pretty violently homophobic. It's a combination of being raised with the virulent bigotry of the 60s, the behaviors he learned from his father figure, and his desire to suppress his own bisexuality. He ties masculinity and heterosexualty directly to his worth as a man and he does the same thing with his son for a good many years. Through the power of James standing up to him and his male love interest coming back into his life he starts very slowly coming around. Though he's never gonna be pride parade "im here im queer get used to it" levels of supportive and is still often corrected by family members when his original rhetoric shines through.

His view of gay women is more """benevolent""" but not really any less harmful. He just doesn't take it super seriously. When it comes to adult women, being a misogynist, he mostly sees lesbianism through the frame of like "male entertainment," so when it comes to his daughters it's more like girls being silly and "thats what happens when you don't let them hang out with boys they'll grow out of it." Jack sees it almost like them playing a game, just a natural part of growth (which you know, is also part of him being in denial of his own sexuality, just the non violent side of it.) This is also something he grows out of but like? Not as much? Obviously he sees with Suzy and Virginia and his daughters that lesbian love is REAL, he just still is a little patronizing about it (or crude when it comes to Suzy and Virginia specifically.)