#tw // homophobia

[twilightangel83]

Look. I get it. It was a Special Interest of mine as well. It nearly physically hurt for a while as I hit adulthood and started understanding enough. Walking by house merch without getting it upset me so much. But it gets easier. There are other things that can fill the void.

These days I’m slowly filtering out the items I still own as the attachment to them finally fades. It becomes easier each year. And when it comes down to it, the choice is between other queer people being concerned that I’m unsafe and childhood nostalgia/mild discomfort as I unwind myself from a Special Interest (as best I can). I choose their safety and then knowing I’m on their side every time.

Seriously. I'm starting to block y'all on sight it has been quite long enough of a campaign to get you weaned off this terf's books and shows (and now games!)

[doggohumor5356]

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[not-alpharious]

I really hope that when Space Marine II comes out they let you choose Titus’ pronouns just to fuck with this guy specifically

[mothric]

thank you for context and for something actionable to do! it is indeed still grossly homophobic, and knowing that this isn't a response to a recent EO but has actually been going on for awhile? means the museum should be held wholly accountable for this course of action.

the david zwirner gallery and the felix gonzalez torres foundation in the smithsonian removed the descriptive plaque for portrait of ross in la by felix gonzalez-torres. the old plaque explained portrait for ross' origins as the artist's partner's aids related death, and replaced it with a plaque with absolutely no information about the piece itself, who ross was, or who gonzalez-torres was either. portrait of ross was also reeranged to lay on the floor long ways instead of in a pile as it typically is situated, and the plaque outside the exhibition FOR GONZALEZ-TORRES omits his sexuality, as well as his aids related death. i'm in utter disbelief

[roadhogsbigbelly]

this is like 99 percent of lgbt discourse online right now lol

[blairelythere]

"Teaching kids about gay shit is grooming and desensitization"

alright, what about the hundreds, if not thousands of homophobic and transphobic jokes I had to hear as a young, impressionable kid? how is that not desensitization and grooming?

[draw-the-squad-like-this]

Draw your OTP like this

[toringo]

Tw: se//ual coercion, unwanted (trans) pregnancy, mild homophobic language So... my awful little trans Curly au I made with @aldosesweets Bonus:

[lylahammar]

btw this is a downer but important: project 2025 plans to criminalize pornography, and defines all queer affirming content as such, so a lot of trans creators might have to delete a lot of videos in the future in order to protect themselves. Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints) posted on Patreon about how this is a threat to her career, and she might have to take down a lot of her channel. If you have any comfort content that's made by queer (especially trans) creators, now is a good time to download it for your personal use just in case.

[redditreceipts]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskLGBT/s/T2Q5yURfiL

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"Hey guys, I'm a woman only attracted to other women. What do you call that?" (Needless to say, the people in the comments called her transphobic for assuming that people with female bodies don't have penises lmao)

[vivziepopcriticalconfessions]

"Why is literally almost everything sex or sex related in these shows even when there's literally no reason for it. Why do Millie and Moxie have to make out/bang in front of children. Why does Charlie have to see two people banging in the first ep. What's with the fucking dildos in Crimsons house. Why are so many characters obsessed with sex, like Chaz. Why is the only character being uncomfortable with the constant sex stuff, Striker, played as a joke. Why are the only ace characters either shitty egoistical people or a plot device that never shows up until needed (Octavia). Why the fuck did they retcon how the Asmodean crystals work for another sex related thing. Why did Stolas mention NSFW shit in front of his daughter who is a minor. ("Big dick Blitzy" "I am calling the only man who can fuck me") What's it with Blitz's obsession with M&Ms sex life and wanting to fuck them (at least in the first season). Why are so many queer men sexually harrassing others. (Angel, Blitz, Stolas, Chaz)."

[phddyke]

Hazbin Hotel is actually healing my inner ex-Christian so hard.

No joke, I nearly started cheering when Lute called Charlie and Vaggie’s love “vile and blasphemous” (and then burst out laughing when Adam immediately followed it up with “Hot as fuck though”). I know that may sound weird considering that I am, in fact, a lesbian, but here me out:

Seeing Christians being explicitly homophobic onscreen? It validates me. It makes me think “Oh yeah, I’m not crazy, Christians are that hateful!” And, call me crazy, but I think homophobia being tied in with villainy is a good thing. Neither Adam or Lute are supposed to be good people; they are very obviously the villain, and that establishes their behavior as bad. Someone on Twitter said that Lute gave them religious fanatic vibes and I couldn’t agree more.

And here’s the thing, too: it’s explicit homophobia, not some dumb metaphor. There’s no way to take it as anything else. And I really need that. I need to see Christians being explicitly homophobic onscreen in the same way that other people need and create worlds where homophobia doesn’t exist.

But me? I want my pain and suffering acknowledged. I want the harm that Christianity does acknowledged. Homophobia is real and the religious kind doubly so. I related to Vaggie so much in that episode; I felt her trepidation about going back to Heaven. Felt like a good metaphor for escaping a fundamentalist church only to be forced to visit again.

And Viv is not afraid to explicitly point this out and criticize them. Like, yes! Say it! They are hypocrites! They don’t care about people being better, they only care about punishment! They maimed one of their own and left her to die because she spared a child! They’re homophobic freaks! They would never see the good that Angel does and how he’s improved and is wonderful, they only see that he’s a drug addict and a sex worker and think he’s worthless for that even though Jesus broke bread with sex workers and people considered the dregs of society. (And of course Angel is gay on top of that.)

And another thing: not only did the Adam line make me laugh, but the second homophobic Lute line about “he blew his shot like the cocks in his mouth” cracked me up too. It reminded me of the pilot where Katie Killjoy said “I don’t touch the gays” to Charlie, which is a line that made me laugh for 4+ years straight. When I told my brother that was the funniest homophobia I’d ever heard in media, he very wisely said, “All homophobia is funny if you think about it.” And you know what? He’s right. It is funny, because it’s so fundamentally goddamn stupid, so let’s give characters ridiculous lines so everyone can laugh at how idiotic they and their beliefs sound.

[whereismywarden]

The more things change, etc, etc...

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