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LGBTQIA+ 14h
Why has homophobia gotten so much worse in the 2020s I remember the 2010s were so much better for us
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Anonymous 13h

rightward political swing led by Trump/Republicans makes your everyday bigot feel like he has daddy sticking up for him and he can say anything he wants

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Anonymous 13h

You don’t remember them well then. Or your area went from blue/purple to red. Once it became clear that Trump was here to stay, the bigots stayed loud. Yeah there’s been an uptick in homophobia lately (but waaaaay more for transphobia) but it’s not unprecedented or new. Conservatives are just more comfortable being louder and more public with their conservatism than they were in the Obama years.

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Anonymous 10h

bc once trump gained more political traction, the bigots felt safer being bigoted publicly.

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Anonymous 7h

look who's in office worldwide

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Anonymous 12h

2015-Nov 2016 was our Weimar Republic

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Anonymous 11h

Take me back to the good times

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

As someone who lives in New York I have gotten so much more anti LGBTQ Dogwhistles when I go to my workplace from lots of non LGBTQ people I didn’t think red state politics would impact NYC

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13h

I remember there was this homophobic joke by one of my Democrat colleagues in work saying “LGBTQ should be called IEWA” and another claiming “Genders were made up by bathroom companies to sell more bathrooms” I’m stunned at how these are even socially acceptable when they wouldn’t have been in 2019

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13h

…what? “Genders were made up by bathroom companies to sell more bathrooms” sounds really innocuous? I, as a trans person, have made that joke? The other one I don’t get, I’ll take your word on that.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12h

there are dickheads everywhere, unfortunately

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8h

idk bc the gender one i’ve heard before 2020

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 8h

by other members of the community btw

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