LGBTQIA+ on Sidechat | I hate this joke so much. I’ve only ever heard privileged Americans make this joke. As someone who grew up gay in a country where homosexuality was criminalized, it’s so shitty being used as a punch line.

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LGBTQIA+ 1w

I hate this joke so much. I’ve only ever heard privileged Americans make this joke. As someone who grew up gay in a country where homosexuality was criminalized, it’s so shitty being used as a punch line.

LGBTQIA+ 1w

2153 upvotes, 15 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in LGBTQIA+.

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Anonymous 1w

Like, you have never had to live with that fear. Stop trying to claim trauma that was never yours to begin with.

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Anonymous 1w

literally. it's so insensitive and not even funny to begin with

Anonymous 1w

It’s corny and insensitive

Anonymous 1w

Alot of queer people havent progressed past high school humor but we arent ready for that conversation

Anonymous 1w

I’m just concerned with the amount of likes🫤

Anonymous 1w

On the flip side of this, it’s great unironically when it’s not just used as a comical punchline. It brings attention the fact that I’m not allowed to exist in 72 countries without being a criminal for existing. Let’s /not/ stop talking about this. No one’s trying to claim trauma that isn’t there’s. I’m a criminal in 72 countries for existing.

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#5 1w

Yeah that’s true too. I want out of the US for a multitude of reasons and I have to think about where I could go and live with basic rights. Can’t go a lot of places cause I’m black, and can’t go a lot of other places because I’m gay. We’re allowed to be upset by those facts as well