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straight voices on gay rights

no matter what anyone says, straight people's opinions do matter. in fact they can be more effective in fighting bigotry because they're not emotionally biased. this is a safe space for straight allies of gay, lesbian, bi and transgendered people. we also post things from gay people supporting straight people and valuing them for the contributions they make to ending hate.

we only accept genuine submissions not things making fun of straight people!

no matter what anyone says, straight people's opinions do matter. in fact they can be more effective in fighting bigotry because they're not emotionally biased.

just off to the "copy and paste something 100 times over" thread

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no matter what anyone says

oh jesus christ i was kind of hoping that site was trolling

i can't tell if its real

is it sincere or satiric

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ok that katy perry thing

"look queers, just shut up and let us get on with fighting bigotry for you, ok?"

i don't think it's satirical, i think it's butthurt Macklemore fans

#you don't have to be gay to have pride #pride

http://31.media.tumblr.com/402558b773ef9d87d5d4e5fd64abe544/tumblr_moyttjN18I1sxw9fdo1_400.jpg

look at this fucking masterpiece

http://straightvoices.tumblr.com/post/59408391566/berelyn-lgbtq-people-who-use-their-sexuality

yeah this has gotta be a joke

god i love tumblr

can we nuke it from orbit

it only started in the last few days, i wd bet money it's a direct response to some gay meanies being mean about Macklemore after the VMAs

can we stop linking the troll tumblr now

http://straightvoices.tumblr.com/post/59482893460/daniellekerwick-manchesterpride-noh8

thought this said "no hoho" at first

in fact they can be more effective in fighting bigotry because they're not emotionally biased

this needed to be a lot subtler tbh, 6/10 effort must troll harder

definitely some tumblr kids who think ^ that way, tho

haven't figured out if the tumblr is reblogging things to support them or to mock them but the reblogged content is pretty painfully sincere

well maybe not the "heterophobia hurts" img macro, that seems too perfect to be real

oh lord Jupiter in the sky, please make judicious use of some lightning bolts

tipped off by that tumblr:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfag_and_guydyke

I've run into that before and have no idea what I feel about it

"don't mind me ladies, i'm a guydyke!"

I'm only into the really feminine lesbians, though.

"they identify with homosexual people of another sex, not as one of them."

i feel pretty poorly about it for reasons i hope are obvious, starting with the terminology

i'm willing to believe that there might be an articulate defence of the concept, but it just looks like some terrible corny dude joke from here

being attracted to the opposite sex, but only those members who aren't into you really puts a spin on the heteronormativity complex

I mean, I have a gay friend who's usually annoyed because there aren't too many gay men who he's been attracted to who share his tastes, but it's not like he's identifying as only being into straight men

It's skeevy to say that you identify with/are attracted to an entire class of people <i>because</i> of their class membership. It's fetishization like jungle fever or yellow fever.

Being attracted to people who aren't attracted to you is a real thing though. I've definitely known guys who were not transgender but had a bit of a feminine feel to them and were attracted to queer girls. They were kind of intense guys who were trying to avoid the pitfalls of traditional relationships, and of emotional intimacy/codependence in general.

As for women being attracted to gay men, there's papers on fushijoji (Japanese slash fangirls) that say that a big part of the attraction of reading m/m comics is being able to imagine yourself as <i>either</i> the active <i>or</i> the passive partner in the relationship, and sort of step out of the traditional passive role for women. (Those roles being a lot more sharply defined in Japan.) So it's not an alienation from your body, or from how your body is viewed by society, as is the case for transgender people, but an alienation from the role you are expected to occupy in a romantic relationship.

Okay carry on.

i'm just feeling this like a permutation of the demisexual / gray-a strain of tumblr sexuality that states "i'm only sexually attracted to ppl who categorically do not want to fuck me"

like i understand that there is a lot of space for various & sundry queernesses in nominally heterosexual people / pairing but come on these ppl are all teens, right?

like isn't this just another expression of the unrequited everything of teen life

ha well put

"stop opressing us" - a curious teen

tbf teens probably are oppressed but it's just that everyone agrees they fucking deserve it

i do think forapper does have some decent comparison points to make tbh but i'm not sure how that phenomenon plays out here

mostly i'm kinda astounded anyone thought girlfag would be a useful term in fostering respect & understanding

I'm only attracted to otherkin btw.

I dunno if I'd say "more attracted", but I'm definitely more interested in queer women than straight in part because they're much more likely to understand my own queerness. The "alienation from the role you are expected to occupy in a romantic relationship" definitely plays into that. Plus, I'm totally down with a lot of the gender presentations, etc. queer women display that your average straight guy might find offputting. Otoh, the idea of identifying as a "guydyke" makes me vomit.

I definitely have a tendency to like slightly "tomboyish" or less "girly" girls, and I don't even identify as queer or think of this as a particularly queer thing (although your explanation makes perfect sense). I always just thought of it as preferring women who can escape the pressure of "performing" their gender role all the time and thus seem more, idk, real? My male friends sort of fit this as well.

like i understand that there is a lot of space for various & sundry queernesses in nominally heterosexual people / pairing but come on these ppl are all teens, right?

― your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, September 3, 2013 6:56 PM (1 hour ago)

this is a conclusion i often come to w/ the a/demi/unicornsexuals, etc -- most of these people are kids with crazy hormones and access to a community of other kids with crazy hormones

I saw an actress referred to as not overly feminine in an article and almost choked laughing because she doesn't seem at all masculine, at least in a non-gender normative way to me. People are weird.

come on these ppl are all teens, right?

― your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, September 3, 2013 6:56 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

like isn't this just another expression of the unrequited everything of teen life

― your authentic guitar playing self (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, September 3, 2013 7:04 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is true ime/u of almost everything you find on tumblr that is funny or weird and stupid and why imo its better to marvel at it as pure teen lyfe instead of disparaging it as dumb social justice otherkin whatever

teen sexuality is kind of its own thing, it's like a really sensitive mic with the input level set way too high

I think some of this weird sexuality extends though. Som people.... never change

max otm

teen sexuality is kind of its own thing, it's like a really sensitive mic with the input level set way too high

― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, September 3, 2013 9:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha kind of a truth bomb

we're assuming some people really never mature past 'weird teen lyfe' and that explains a lot, yes?