Comment on A stamp by PhantomCat
Ah, you must have met a queer then (I guess that's their term, not sure). I've spent quite a while with LGBT people and no one but these "girly boys" seem to follow that pattern. Even inside furry meetings they don't seem to talk a lot about their sexuality.
Sadly, it will always be the loudest ones that make up the stereotypes and such.
Sadly, it will always be the loudest ones that make up the stereotypes and such.
AH well the thing about that is that there's a lot of varying degrees of that.
Most of those "girly boy" stereotypes come from drag queens, you don't see them a lot outside the stage (or Hollywood, if you're like me, ahah)
The oversexualizing of people is actually something the gay community notoriously has a problem with. There's a lot of work that needs to be done on that issue...it's sad to watch and it can reap awful effects on those people who don't fit the stereotypes.
I go to an art school with a decent sized gay community, and I can't tell you the number of times people like to bring up and "break the news", so to speak, on my sexuality without my permission, especially on public transport around people I'm not sure I can trust(I feel very uncomfortable about doing it seeing as I've been harassed about it a few times)
I've also had people try to befriend me because they've "always wanted a gay best friend"
it's extremely demeaning and I feel like the issue is expanding even as people are growing to be more accepting of gay rights
Just an open forum issue though! Blah blah blah.
Most of those "girly boy" stereotypes come from drag queens, you don't see them a lot outside the stage (or Hollywood, if you're like me, ahah)
The oversexualizing of people is actually something the gay community notoriously has a problem with. There's a lot of work that needs to be done on that issue...it's sad to watch and it can reap awful effects on those people who don't fit the stereotypes.
I go to an art school with a decent sized gay community, and I can't tell you the number of times people like to bring up and "break the news", so to speak, on my sexuality without my permission, especially on public transport around people I'm not sure I can trust(I feel very uncomfortable about doing it seeing as I've been harassed about it a few times)
I've also had people try to befriend me because they've "always wanted a gay best friend"
it's extremely demeaning and I feel like the issue is expanding even as people are growing to be more accepting of gay rights
Just an open forum issue though! Blah blah blah.