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waitmyturtles · 10 days

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“Troye Sivan had words for straight people who have gotten ‘way too comfortable” discussing gay celebrities and their sex lives — especially those who are fond of throwing around the term twink.

‘This is a general note: if you say twink when you meant to say f@ggot, that’s still a slur,’ the Rush singer said in a September 15 TikTok video. ‘That’s like our word. I don’t think straight people should be using that.’”

#lgbtq+#gay linguistics #queer linguistics #troye sivan #i really appreciate his call to action that straight people not use queer terms or concepts for content #which is exactly what happened #there is often an infantilizing effect that straights have towards queer concepts #especially regarding sex #that i detest #especially because sexuality and concepts around sex are SO IMPORTANT in queer spaces #and very often straights are not forthcoming that those concepts make them uncomfortable #which like #the straights can fuck off if they can’t handle being around frank conversations #of sexuality and identity

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