This is why, as a straight dude, I wholeheartedly support everyone in the LGBTQ+ community. They're people, just like everyone else, and I'm sure there's some that are just terrible people, but on the whole, they're just folks trying to find their happiness just like everyone else.
I consider myself an ally, and I'll use any power I have to promote equality for everyone; whether that entails voting against people who would take their rights away, or try to silence them or whatever, speaking out against tyranny or judgemental asshats... It doesn't matter.
IMO, we are people first. Your choice in name, pronouns, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc, are all secondary to the fact that you are a human person deserving of all the same rights and privileges afforded to everyone else.
My favorite (tongue in cheek) comment, specifically about (gay) marriage is that LGBTQ+ people should have the right to be just as unhappy as the rest of us, in marriage.
My favorite (tongue in cheek) comment, specifically about (gay) marriage is that LGBTQ+ people should have the right to be just as unhappy as the rest of us, in marriage.
While not so bad now that they're legally allowed to marry, this joke was kinda cringey before then. "Sure you don't have the right to marry who you love like most people do, but 'wife bad', amiright??"
wholeheartedly support everyone in the LGBTQ+ community.
what about the lone gay? the pan-sexiled? the lesbianned from all nearby coffee-shops?
Why do you only support the gays with social capital sufficient to be part of the communitiy?
They are still after me, generations have passed and those lesbian friends of my great great great great father do not how to quit
I tried stabbing, burning, decapitation, even slicing them up in little pieces using a blender. They always return
I do not know how much longer I can take it, this bloodline needs to end with me, it is the only way for the curse to end. The curse of the eternal lesbians
I don't care whether this story is true or not but I can absolutely confirm that lesbian friends fucking rock
My friends have reciprocated every ounce of support I've given, have helped be to better myself, boosted my confidence, have given me perspectives on life and interpersonal interaction that I otherwise may have been blind to, and are generally wonderful to be around.
Sorry to rant just really love my friends and wanted to tell people they are missing out although of course your experience may vary
I had a girlfriend in my 20s that used to hook up with other girls. For some reason I never considered that cheating and never cared. No idea why it never bothered me.
Relationships are all different and unique. Something that's cheating to you may not be to this relationship, or vice versa. I'm a proponent of open relationships, with good communication - if we discuss it and there's no deception, it's not cheating.
Making up all these different definitions of “cheating” vs “emotional cheating” and distinguishing them from other instances of hurtfully not honoring agreements.
It's just that: people have an agreement with each other and one of them expressed that it's very important for them emotionally for the other to honor it. Then the other didn't. That expectedly hurts.
Why is there a special word when the agreement is about sex?
I totally hear you there. No problem with whatever people want to do. Everyone should be able to pursuit their happiness if it isn’t causing others harm or distress. Live and let live.
I’m in my early 40s with four kids now and that seems like way too much work lol. To be clear though, I definitely would have considered it cheating if she was with another dude. It was just with other women it wasn’t an issue at all for me.
My thoughts exactly. My wife loves being with other women, and we both like mff relationships, so we just got a girlfriend. Solves so many problems and makes raising a kid together so much easier with an extra set of hands. Makes the various medical issues between all of us easier to deal with.
Even in cases where it ends a relationship, there's something slightly less bad about a partner cheating on you with a gender different than your own. "What do they have that I don't have?? Oh, right, a vagina and boobs/a dick."
I’ve seen more often than not (like this post) that other guys are uncomfortable and consider their girlfriend with another girl a deal breaker. To me it makes no sense.
My girlfriend never really talked to me about it, just kinda found out or she might mention something here or there. Didn’t really matter.
This was also back in the day - raves, bars, drinking, drugs, sex. The good old days lol.
It's never bothered me as a concept either, though I've never had it tested. I figure it's just a inbuilt bias or underlying thought pattern that has been built in from an early age. Not the best honestly, but not really a battle worth prioritising either.
Of course the feminazis come crawling out of the woodwork as soon as their sensibilities are ruffled 🙄. Yes this greentext is fake, get over it and touch some grass.
You're over here (attempting, and a poor one at that) to spread even more propaganda about ✨ the benefits of lesbian friends ✨. Or whatever Barney Looney Tunes bs you can conjure up and try to spin into a coherent babble.
Imagine this: treating people as equals and not putting groups on pedestals. If you even have the brain power to do that, I'm not convinced.