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if sab gets cancelled during pride month thats actually just homophobia
#am i lying#sab#shadow and bone#six of crows#the crows#wesper#tamadia#the gays#pride month#netflix dont be homophobic
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i miss them sometimes
#mob psycho 100#mp100#mishs art tag#ritsu being surrounded by couples and getting pissy about it (while also getting his own bf later) will never stop being funny to me ever#worlds most homophobic homosexual ever tbh#shigeo kageyama#ritsu kageyama#teruki hanazawa#reigen arataka#serizawa katsuya#shou suzuki#terumob#serirei#ritshou#shouritsu#also fun fact i never actually watched the last episode because i was too sad about the season ending#and if i dont watch the finale TECHNICALLY it will never end right? right?#kinda wanna rewatch the whole thing though also since its on netflix now yippee
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the thing is, if byler isnt endgame, i'm not going to be angry about shipbaiting or mike not being confirmed queer or 'losing the ship war' against melvins or whatever. what i'll be angry about is that it would be a shit writing decision that leaves all three characters in the love triangle ultimately miserable, even if they try to cover it up with a no really everyone is perfectly happy! sort of ending.
m*leven does not work at its core. aside from liking to kiss each other, their relationship is regularly in turmoil. they don't communicate well. their relationship is shallow. they make each other insecure. they do not meet each other's needs, despite caring about each other deeply.
comparatively, byler does have a basis for a good relationship. they know each other better than anyone else. they communicate both verbally and nonverbally. they have shared interests and enjoy talking to each other about things beyond kissing or the latest monster/villain. they make each other feel secure and safe and cherished. they are complimentary in basically every way.
if the duffers decide not to go the byler route, then mike & el continue to stay in an unhappy relationship for the sake of... fanservice? convenience? conventionality? and will continues to be another sad gay character who is in unrequited love with a straight boy but it's okay because he's just so selfless. how groundbreaking. definitely what we need more of on tv. /s
#byler#im saying this as someone who isnt a byler endgame truther#ive been burned many times before so i simply dont put hope in cishets to deliver good queer narratives#but the duffers have shown they CAN write both good queer characters and good relationships#so like. at this point the only reason not to go ahead w byler would be fanservice and homophobic netflix execs#anywayyyy thats my 2 cents#stranger things#anti mileven#stranger discourse#negativity#el dot txt
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Me: okay fiiiiine it’s free I’ll play overwatch
Overwatch: would you like to pay $80 for all features?
Me: fuck no just give me junkrat and I’ll be fine.
Overwatch; huh. No :)! You have to play 12 matches (online cause against ai doesn’t count) before you can play him :)
Me: fiiiiine I’ll play 76 I guess
Me: oh this is kinda fun!
Me: yay I unlocked Junkrat!
Me: yay Symatra is really fun to play!
Me: omg I’m loving this game actually!
Me: I wonder what the fandom is like!
The fandom: oh yeah this game is shit people are leaving it in boatloads for tf2 and there’s a sexual harassment lawsuit and it’s not even playable if you don’t pay the $80+ so get fucked I guess
Fandom: also here’s some memes too
Me: sobbing
#EVERY#FUCKING#TIME#I GET INTO A SHOW JUST TO FINDNOUT IG WAS CANCLED#I GET INTO A GAMW JUST TO FIND OUT IT WAS ABANDONED#I GET INTO ANYTHING#EVERY FUCKING HYPERFIXATION#THIS BOOK LOOKS COOL? ITS AUTHOR IS A PEDOFILE#THIS SHOW IS SUPER GOOD? IT WAS FUCKED KVER BY ITS STRENAING SERVICE#THIS GAME IS FUN? THE DEVELPERS ARE NASTY MONEY HUNGRY ASSHOLES#EVERY FUCKINGBTIME#I CANT FUCKING ENJOY YHINGS ANYMORE#EVEN THE FANDOMS ARE FUCKING BAD#TOXIC ASSHOLES#I CANT STEP FOOT INTO A DANDOM WITGOUT BEING BOMBARDED WIYH HOMOPHOBIC SKURS#AND CONTRAVERSY AFTER CONTRAVERSY#EVEN THE SHOWS DONT GET THE FUCJING RESPECT OF HAVING A FANDOM#THE TAG IS ONKY USED AS A TALKING POINT FOR FUCKING TALKING ABOUT NETFLIX#WHY DOESNTHIS KEEP HAPPENING#overwatch#small vent#personal vent#vent tw
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im convinced that all the ppl babygirlyfying brba characters and harry de lovers would fucking love happy. theyd love nick sax's loser ass. they'd go balls off the walls crazy for whatever him and smoothie had going on. and thats not even touching on any of the other characters who all EASILY qualify for what those userbases go crazy for. if only ppl knew this show existed. sighs.
#crazy insane show. gayest and most homophobic show.#i liked s1 n all but s2 is where its at.#it was cancelled in 2019 and its live action (with one of the leads being a kid) so i dont see a revival happening. but a man can hope.#happy!#tedpost#tedtalks#if this even slightly convinced anyone go watch it on netflix. or somewhere else. wherever you can find it rlly.#need more ppl to know abt this show
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Hey there, you expressed that you are open to talk about byler so I hope it’s ok that I ask you :D I was wondering how you deal with byler / duffer doubt, if you have doubts at all?
The last time I was emotionally invested in a ship was with Sherlock and John back in the day,,, and that ended up being heartbreaking, so I‘m afraid of this happening again..
Especially since I see some parallels with the way a lot of people look at the writers, I think? The writers of Sherlock were also thought to be these great detail oriented writers, who craft the narrative so wonderfully subtle … and with Sherlock it turned out that they were not these writers we imagined them to be at all…
I’m also afraid that I just project my own feelings onto Mike, my queer gaze haha
But it’s a comfort for me to know that el will have her arc of independence, cause she obviously deserves to explore the world and herself and not just stay with the first guy who stumbled upon her! :D it also comfort‘s me that will‘s feelings for Mike will have to be addressed even more in s5
Do you have anything to comfort you? Or are you very convinced?
i think everyone has their fair share of byler doubt moments, but for the most part, i truly believe that byler will become a thing for 3 reasons.
1. byler is the only ship in the show handled with SO MUCH CARE. the van scene took a whole DAY to film, and the writers, directors, and the crew (even the actors) all love this ship so much and you can see that through all the thought that is put into their scenes.
2. i always tell anti-bylers to rewatch the show and really dive deep into the mike/el/will love triangle because if you REALLY analyze, (and have some common sense) you will see with the way the characters have been written, the way the story has been going, it ALL adds up to mike and will being the end couple and if you dont want them to be the end couple then you dont want happiness for the characters.
3. since the beginning, we have been feeling bad for will. the poor kid went missing in an alternate dimension, had an abusive (later absent) father, gets bullied in school, got possessed by an evil monster and told people how to fix the problem even if it would end up killing him, got left behind by all of his friends, still has a connection to the place that will haunt his nightmares forever and likely will still have that connection until vecna is dead, got swerved a hug buy his best friend, got third wheeled (on his birthday) and is a gay kid in love with his best friend (and made us believe that his friend "does not reciprocate his love") in the 80's. so tell me, why would they make this kid suffer AND make him queer just for us to see him get heartbroken and sad in the end, because its a pretty known fact that without mike, will might likely never be happy, so why would they end up doing ALL OF THAT for will, just to see him lose in the end? that doesnt make sense, the audience is rooting for will, and vecna dying, healthy relationship with his family and friends, and being able to kiss mike on the mouth are the key things to make will happy.
honestly my only doubt it that the writers will just simply change their mind about it. 😭 or netflix will not let them do it. also this might sound crazy but sometimes i dread byler coming on screen because my dad is probably the most homophobic person ever and i dont want to deal with him talking about some "2025, they wanna make everyone gay so people will keep watching" and im just like no. you dont get it.
thank you for the question! keep sending more.
#byler#stranger things#byler endgame#mike wheeler#will byers#stranger things 5#anti mileven#im loving these questions guys
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intro post ig???
i used to be @acrosstheconstellationsandmoonys !!!
hi chat! im sam, i use he/him
stop sending donation asks/messaging me for donations. i dont have money!! and if i did, my parents regularly check my spending and are pro israel, so i quite literally cannot donate.
also:
I AM A MINOR
fandoms: marauders, six of crows, arcane, carmen sandiego ig, heartstopper, doctor who, umbrella academy (except not s4. why netflix??), theres probably more but nothing is coming to me!
ships: lots of many. too many. feel free to ask and ill infodump but i dont think i can remember all of them rn
dni if youre a proshipper/support incest or rape, any homophobes, racists, transphobes, ableists, any bigots. (not me in my head going "what do ppl get discriminated against for")
theres probably so much ive missed off here but ill update it when i cba <3
featured tags:
#sam needs to stop fucking talking -> my original posts #sams watching peaky blinders!! -> self explanatory #sams watching traitors :3 -> self explanatory #saved to "fanart i aDORe" in "sam" -> fanart i wanna find again
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𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 ✮⋆˙
hey, im phantom! i use mainly she/her pronouns but any is fine! i created this account because i was bored ig soooo...?
stuff im into! 👻:
- SOAD
- slashers
- sally face
- homicipher
- billie eilish
- b99
- the phantom of the opera
- psych (netflix)
- ever after high
- harry potter
this blog was created for fun purposes only! so please, do not interact if 👻:
- homophobic
- racist
- MAPS or related
- basically dont interact if youre a hater/offender
anyways thats it (i need friwnds bye)
- 👻
#harry potter#sally face#slasher x reader#billie eilish#melanie martinez#system of a down#soad#b99#ever after high#brahms heelshire#billy lenz#stu macher#billy loomis#vincent sinclair#bo sinclair#lester sinclair#house of wax#scream#larry johnson#todd morrison#travis phelps#the boy 2016#brahms the boy#black christmas 1974#slashers#psych show#psych series#shawn spencer#homicipher#mr crawling
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this is not my hottest take really. But sometimes im gald they never renewed jatp. Because the way Netflix is, they probably would've ruined the show, bc they don't know how to present teen shows without making them oversexualized and weird (as we can see w shows like Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, all shows i enjoyed at first, but eventually dropped bc where tf is the plot.). I also dont wish that Disney would've taken over, i was in the The Owl House fandom y'all, Disney is not any better, they're racist homophobic bigots. And at last, but not least, the writers strike!!! All the main cast of jatp is supporting it, if we had the show going on for a secons or third season rn, we wouldn't get it anyway.
So, do i miss them? Hell yeah. Do i want more of the show? Yeah!! Do i think that the characters got what they wanted? No. Did they developed enough? No. Is the story close to and end? Fucking hell no.
But the show has done enough for a good first season, it established the characters' background, it brought them together, it opened doors for other future plots, it showed every character's potential for change and development.
#julie and the phantoms#fuck you netflix#fuck you too disney#i believe in kenny ortega more than i believe in god#no bffr netflix should just give the rights back to kenny so we could get like. books for japt.#i wanna a book about sunset curve. one double trouble. abt the wilson family. abt the hcg club.#i want a book abt the family molina!!!!!!#i want all the shit they did for descendants tbh id sell my soul to covington for this
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netflix u homophobic bigoted fuckbox company dont think we havent noticed the pattern of diverse shows being canceled !!!!
if im not wrong, people WERE watcing dbd, werent they ?? we were on the top 10 list for quite a while so it cant even be argued that it was canceled for poor performance.
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hello traveler! welcome to saiki k tumblr! were a great fandom! lets get started on the basics:
blogs. overtime, you will find around 15-20 saiki k blogs (number subject to change). theres lots of content, but the fandom is still small enough to have these blogs! thats why its so great! its big and small at the same time!
ships. everything (except propshipping) goes. you ship saiteru? cool! you ship aisai? great! you ship anything with akechi? awesome! multishipper? wonderful! you dont do shipping at all? amazing! everything (except propshipping) is welcome!
tags. i still have no idea if #saikik or #tdlosk is better. so thats up to you.
homophobes. homophobes, transphobes, bigots, etc arent welcome here. 90% of the saiki k (tumblr) fandom is queer.
spoilers. remember to mark spoilers! (in every fandom!)
reawakened. "the disastrous life of saiki k reawakened" is the name of a netflix original show. its basically an extension of the original show. i someone mentions "reawakened" theyre most likely talking about the show with the long name that im not typing
saiki k. is this something youve never heard of? The Disastrous Life of Saiki K/ 斉木楠雄のΨ難/ Saiki Kusuo no Sai-nan is a manga and anime series by Shūichi Asō. you can find the manga in a lot of places. the anime is on netflix! (theres also a live action movie but whatever)
have fun!
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Intro Post ~
Isa, she/her, minor, Scottish
Always looking for new friends! (As long as they dont mind that I will occasionally disappear off the face of the earth)
Expect fandom related posts such as fic recommendations and the occasional headcanon or oneshot
-but probably a lot of shitposting or unnecessary details about my personal life, because this is my little corner of hell
Likes:
Wednesday
Miraculous Ladybug
Harry Potter (occasionally, this fandom comes and goes)
(and an unreasonable amount of netflix shows i cba to type)
usually change my blog's theme based on my main fandom in whatever month lol (if I have the energy)
commonplacing
Drawing (I suck but it's fun!)
Reading - currently reading 'Who Will Run the Frog Hospital' by Lorrie Moore
Incidentally, frogs, cats and all animals
Girl in Red, Hozier, Stromae, Artic Monkeys, Pomme
Basically all Sapphic ships honestly
DNI:
Racists, homophobes, transphobes etc
Gaza fundraisers (I really wish I could help but I have no money, you are wasting your time)
Porn blogs
Note: not my pfp, got it on Pinterest, if anyone knows the artist please let me know so I can go follow them
#blog intro#introduction#wednesday netflix#wenclair#enid x wednesday#miraculous ladybug#wlw#wednesday addams#enid sinclair#adrien agreste#harry potter#isa is asleep#girl in red#pomme#hozier#marinette dupain cheng#ladynoir#neurodivergent
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Honestly i dont know how people can say it would not be queerbaiting. They literally had the chance to shut byler down for months, yet they never do that instead they tease it or give hope. Guys... they literally made a merch. They aint stupid they know what they were going for when they did the merch. And all of those noah's tweets during S4 would be queerbait. Not saying noah himself is one but it is obvious they made noah post those stuff to hype byler intentionally. They could have stopped other netflix accounts from hyping up byler esp during the pride month yet they did not. Theres just too many stuff and examples. It is literally the definition of queerbaiting if byler isnt happening. Not to mention it also would be homophobic bc it means they actually used will's feelings to strengthen a straight ship like that and at that point the duffers would have a lot things to answer to.
Oh yeah, it would be queerbaiting, that's a fact at this point
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Me skibidi cave
Last updated 10/30 I go by Conez or Ed idc
I am a minor so you will be blocked if you’re a super duper old person *AND* you creep me out in any way. I know the warning signs. I am not stupid. If you think you’re getting away with something you’re gravely mistaken. I have my own little ways. I’m in your walls. I’m in your crusty little walls. Like a rat.
Any pronouns I’m confused about what I identify as
PLEASE REQUEST STUFF!! I LOVE REQUESTS AND I LITERALLY HAVE ALL THE FREETIME IN THE WORLD! DONT BE SCARED!!! AS LONG AS ITS NOT INCREDIBLY NSFW OR ILLEGAL PLEEEEASE REQUEST STUFF!!!!
I’m pan don’t bring a pan near me give me pans
I like team fortress 2 a lot
I like cursing. I try not to a lot. Also, I have many MANY reasons to believe I may be autistic so just a warning. I am getting a diagnosis soon so I will update accordingly.
I have trouble interpreting the tones of things. You don’t have to use tone indicators though, I don’t really know what all of them mean. I use emojis as indicators I guess
I don’t mean to be an asshole tell me if I’m being rude or something 😭😭
Please don’t be scared to interact with me I don’t bite, I’m a nervous person so I usually can’t hold conversations too well
Other things I like
• SCP Foundation
• HLVRAI
• Guardians Of the Galaxy
• Deadpool
• Mouthwashing
I have art block right now
posting schedule does not exist anymore
I will try and go through all the notes on my posts to block people who fit my DNI list or people who give me bad vibes.
SOMETIMES I ACCIDENTALLY FOLLOW PEOPLE SO IF I UNFOLLOW IN 2 SECONDS SORRY I MISCLICKED PROBABLY 😭 I FEEL BAD ABOUT IT
ALSO TUMBLR MAKES ME UNFOLLOW PEOPLE SOMETIMES
My tags 😩😫😣(if I remember)
•wholetconezcook - drawings
•conedoodledoodle - doodles
•conezdumbideas - shitposts
•conezyappityyap - rambling
•conezeatspencils - pencil drawings
•conezirlskibidis - my irl pookies
•conezsillyvoidcomic - my stupid comic
•conezonthattypicalgrind - typical colors rants
•conezdoesthegmog - gmod
•conezgoofyassocs - my ocs
I’ll add more if I need to, I won’t bother tagging my old stuff and I don’t tag reblogs
Other stuff I like + DNI List
Other general stuff I find neat ��Computer viruses(stuxnet……)
•World Wars 1 & 2
•Patterns in math…. My beloved….
•Paradoxes
•Spaceeeeeeeee
•Geology
•Math in general I guess
•Death of the universe(I could go on and on… please ask me…)
•Coding
•Rules of robotics
•History
Games
• Undertale/Deltarune
• Minecraft
• Celeste
• Rayman
• Subnautica
• Cat Quest I & II
• Stardew Valley
•Cuphead
Movies
• Emesis Blue
• Deadpool 1, 2, 3
• Howl’s Moving Castle
• Magnificent Nine
• Steven Universe the Movie
(Will add more I remember)
Cartoons / Shows / Series idk
• Lil Pootis
• Adventure Time
• Fionna & Cake
• Adventure Time Distant Lands
• Steven Universe
• Minecraft Storymode (I watched the Netflix thingy before it was removed)
• Captain Underpants
• Team Neighborhood
• Over the Garden Wall (one of my favs)
Books / Comics
• Curse Of the Werepenguin
• Dogman (huge inspiration)
• Breaking Cat News (huge inspiration)
• Bunnicula
• The Outsiders (could yap forever)
• Midsummer’s Nights Dream
• Adventure Time Comics
•Countdown to Zero Day
Youtube series or Youtubers I like
*(by youtubers I mean their videos if they don’t really have a series) **(if any of these Youtubers are actually bad people please tell me I live under a rock)
• Honorcrocketts
• Rubberfruit
• Kostamonien
• STBlackST / Unusual Troubles
• Kitty0706
• Requiem For A Pizza
• Badwatervideos2009
• HoovyTube
• Team Neighborhood
• Kugawattan
• TheInvertedShadow
• DamashiDX
Musical Artists
• Lemon Demon
• Neutral Milk Hotel
• Penelope Scott
• Weird Al Yankovic!!!!
• ARTHUR
• The Scary Jokes
• Metric
• Beck
DNI LIST
Homophobes, transphobes, racists, pedos, pervs, proshit, pro-Israel, zionists, zoophiles, completely NSFW blogs, TERFs and SWERFs
also specifically people who still draw/use/support dr br*ght. Seriously? Use Dr Shaw or another rewrite. It’s not that hard.
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₊✧˚⊹INTRO POST⊹˚✧₊
hey, hi, hellooo! im Felix/Chaos, whichever is fine. i prefer he/him pronouns and im a minor so dont be weird :D
this blog is for:
photography
art i make
cat pics
and anything i like that i reblog!
i love love loveee asks, music recs, n stuff like that!
dni pedophiles, racists, transphobes, homophobes, stupid porn bots that i hate sm, etc.
(you will be blocked <33)
under the cut is stuff abt me!
games i adore; pokémon, tsp, stardew valley, acnh, wobbledogs, minecraft, genshin anddd hsr!
fav shows/movies; hilda (on netflix its sooo beautiful), amphibia, carmen sandiego (also netflix, HIGHLY recommend), kipo, she-ra, the mitchells vs the machines, spiderman across the spiderverse (the animation tickles my brain), owl house, mulan (i relate to reflection sooo hard), the princess and the frog, httyd, pokémon (indigo league and xyz specifically), brave, stitch, hercules, and the emperor’s new groove.
fav books; ‘Amari and The Night Brothers’ series by B.B. Alston, ‘Deephaven’ series by Ethan M. Aldridge, ‘The Clackity’ series by Lora Senf, ‘The Green Ember’ series by S. D. Smith, and ‘out of my mind’ by Sharon M. Draper.
okay, now music. when i say i like music, i mean i reaaaalllyyyy love music. some genres being folk, rock, gothic rock, celtic, hyperpop, pop, r&b, classical, indie, alt, and more i prob just dont remember the names for lol
(my spotify playlist/archive of songs i like has 2,046 songs fr fr)
ilovefrogsilovefrogsilovefrogsilovefrogsilovefrogsilovefrogs (glass frogs specifically are soo cool and interesting. their underbellies are translucent, so u can see their itty bitty organs n beating hearts if u place one on a transparent surface. ALSO they look like lil frog gummies from above. theyre my current favs besides the amazon milk frog)
also picrew bc why tf not
#intro post#blog intro#hiiii <3#more ppl r following me so i thought i should prob do this lol#abt me <3
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how are you gay in turkey? are they not homophobic as fuck? did they try to kill you? or you dont live there anymore?
Hello,
I obviously can’t speak for every LGBTQ person living in homophobic countries, but my experience as a gay dude in Turkey hasn’t involved fear for my physical safety. No one has ever tried to kill me, to answer your question. Have I faced challenges because of my sexual identity? Definitely. But I've never had to fear for my life. Maybe it’s because I’m straight-passing, or maybe I’ve just been lucky. I know people who’ve had it much worse—brutal experiences, even. So, that's a thing for sure.
Does this mean there aren’t extremist people here? Not at all. There are people who believe in a "gay agenda," thinking that LGBTQ people are part of a secret organization sent to attack family values or other conspiracies. These individuals often mock and ridicule the LGBTQ community. Some Pride parades have been shut down by the police, and there have been many hate crimes as well. So, as I said, I’m just speaking from my own experience.
By law, every citizen—gay or not—is protected from mental or physical harm. But how does that translate into daily life in Turkey? LGBTQ people, especially those who present more "fruity", if I may, often face discrimination and bullying. Turkey is a large and diverse country, and depending on where you live, people can be more accepting. Some will see you as just a person who happens to be gay, rather than reducing you to just being gay or as a threat to the continuity of society and it's "values". That’s not the common experience, especially in rural areas, but it’s been my experience since my early 20s.
Before that, I had friends who turned their backs on me or said things like, "You’re just doing it for attention." They were teenagers too, so in hindsight, I understand that they might not have fully grasped the situation. Still, it was hurtful at the time. Ouch!
After high school, I left my hometown and met my then-boyfriend. With him, I could be out and open—we’d go to cafés, restaurants, the movies, hold hands, kiss—just do normal things every other straight couple does. I didn’t need to hide or feel afraid. Of course, it was young love, you know? You feel like you can do anything because you have someone by your side. Even if someone harassed us, I felt like it would be okay. That experience was life-changing for me. Before that, such things were only something I saw in movies or TV shows or imagined in my head. So in regard to your question, this is also something a gay guy can experience in Turkey.
Weirdly enough, I feel like nowadays gay people take such connections and relationships for granted. But that’s a different topic.
From my observations, younger LGBTQ people (born in the 2000s and later—and I’m not that much older than them, which might explain some of my luck) are much luckier when it comes to finding supportive friend groups or safe spaces in general. I’m in the final stretch of my 20s, and almost two decades ago, when I first hit puberty, I realized I wasn’t just into girls, but I didn’t even know there was a name for what I felt. "Being gay" wasn’t something you could just ask about or learn easily. I really had to claw my way into being understood and accepted, in a way. And such psychological struggle does affect a person deeply. So you are right, it is not easy. -But in a way, these experiences are also how we mature. -
All I knew was that it wasn’t "okay" to be this way. There were no TV shows, discussions, or Netflix series about it—nothing. Some shows featured LGBTQ characters, but they were rare and hard to find, and never in Turkish. It was easier to come across endless porn than any genuine representation. I remember discovering the movie 'A Single Man'—you have no idea how happy it made me back then, even though the movie itself has a tragic story. It taught me one simple thing I simply didn't know before: men can romantically love each other. Before that, feeling constant terror and uncertainty because of the urges I had was my reality . I thought I was some freak of nature for having crushes on other fellow boys.
Imagine this: back then, as a kid who had just hit puberty, all I had was a Wikipedia page titled "homosexuality" that I read countless times to try to make sense of myself in secret. Then I found chat rooms down the road, which were often predatory in nature and unsafe for teens. But many teens, including myself, ended up in those spaces because we wanted to feel like we belonged. My experiences there weren’t great, but I also made my first gay friends and had my first encounters that way. But that’s a whole other story.
This question found me at a strange time I suppose, and I guess I could go on and on about it all.
Imma stop jabbering real quick tho lmao
To summarize, Turkey isn’t the best place to live as an LGBTQ person, but experiences can range from terrible to fairly chill, depending on where you are, given how diverse the country is. That said, I believe future generations will have an even easier time accepting themselves, finding safe spaces, and creating better environments for themselves and others with different identities. At least, that’s what I hope for them.
Thanks for asking, it made me think about things I hadn’t in ages. xx <3
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