Social LGBTQIA+


i agree with other users on ppl in lgbt community needing to get organized. however, lgbt struggle will be doomed if it is not as connected as possible to the struggles of other oppressed people. so joining/working with organizations which understand the necessity of this is key, imo. it is not enough to 'just look out for yourself and your people' (it is nice, but not enough).
 
solrock the great said:
i believe what youre talking about in your post is rebellion, which i agree is very important, but to say revolution isnt violent is uhhhh... not exactly well thought out.

think about every revolution youve been told of. were any of them peaceful?
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When I heard revolution, I also assumed violence. To implicitly answer DR's question, I did so because that's how I'm used to people using the word.

However, framing DR's point as not well though out is not fair. Instead of just saying "You're using this word wrong", DR took effort to outline a specific, actionable, and commendable vision of revolution that fit his idea of revolutions not requiring violence. I'm very grateful for that elaboration and specificity. DR got to the real heart of the question – what we, as a community, should do – and provided an answer.

Litigating what the word revolution does mean or doesn't mean is of secondary importance, and it raises a host of new questions about defining words, questions that lack solid answers. Also, as DR said, it's probably too general for the scope of this thread. If it interests you and you'd like to learn more, I will briefly note Georgia's Rose Revolution as a nonviolent revolution.
 
Adeleine said:
When I heard revolution, I also assumed violence. To implicitly answer DR's question, I did so because that's how I'm used to people using the word.

However, framing DR's point as not well though out is not fair. Instead of just saying "You're using this word wrong", DR took effort to outline a specific, actionable, and commendable vision of revolution that fit his idea of revolutions not requiring violence. I'm very grateful for that elaboration and specificity. DR got to the real heart of the question – what we, as a community, should do – and provided an answer.

Litigating what the word revolution does mean or doesn't mean is of secondary importance, and it raises a host of new questions about defining words, questions that lack solid answers. Also, as DR said, it's probably too general for the scope of this thread. If it interests you and you'd like to learn more, I will briefly note Georgia's Rose Revolution as a nonviolent revolution.
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yea i was way too harsh. it may have not been well worded imo, but still. mb.

i do think the OP probs was thinking of violent revolution, but i agree with the rest of what DR said
 
Pengu said:
TW: Suicidal Thoughts

Sorry if I’m just rambling, but I have a quick intro for you guys

My close family (parents and siblings) are very open when it comes down to coming out as gay, lesbian, trans, bi, etc. So I grew up knowing about this stuff and that everyone should be accepted. It’s not until I got older that I realized that other people aren’t necessarily fond of this concept (I live in the US). I’ve personally always thought that it’s okay to come out, but so many people in my life (including some of my extended family) have pushed different views onto me. But, it hasn’t shaken me. But sometimes, I feel off about it. So many people say that it’s not okay, so is it really? It has been a jumbled mess, but don’t worry I side with yall.

It all started about a year ago, where I thought “is this right?” I was thinking this because at the time I felt attracted to people of the same gender. I felt I wasn’t the right gender. But I pushed those thoughts deep until recently.

There was this girl I liked for a while, and a week ago she came out as lesbian. I didn’t think much of it, since you can’t change how people feel. And at this point, I was almost certain I was bisexual. I just didn’t say anything. I was scared. So I was walking home with my brother and a friend, and my friend said, “oh, so that’s why she’s friends with boys”. Like what? Then a couple minutes later he straight up says it’s not ok to be part of the LGBTQ community.

My friend says this because he is a die-hard Christian. He says it violates the Bible. Ok, keep that to yourself. You didn’t have to voice it!

Other people in my friend group are also pretty homophobic. They always make fun of the kids in my school that are part of the community, and always say it isn’t alright. This made me super scared. I wanna come out as bi, but now I’m not too sure. Shows how much peer pressure can do to you.

After school at about 7, we went out to a community center to play pickleball, and before you say anything, it’s a lot of fun. And there, my “friend” was just openly homophobic. He also just was throwing stuff at me, and one hit me really hard, leaving a mark (I have to see a doctor for it). He doesn’t say anything. He goes back to making fun of the girl I liked. I was so scared. My friends would joke around about all of this, but I realized that they are actually serious.

They are kinda the only friends I have besides my siblings, so losing them is losing everyone really, and these thoughts have made me feel alone. Like I don’t belong

Then the thoughts settled in. Maybe I don’t belong. Maybe I should disappear and go away. Maybe I should just fade and end it. I was eyeballing knives, just wondering. And in my mind, I just imagined slitting myself. I decided to shower and clear my mind.

Even during the shower, I thought about drowning myself. And I was actually going through with it. But then I heard the voice of my brothers from downstairs, and then I realized what I had to live for. So I stopped

I’d just like to shoutout my parents, siblings, and you guys for keeping me going

I’m currently trying to take steps in the right direction (therapy and removing the friends from my life, maybe coming out, idt I’m ready for that), and I love you all <3. Have a wonderful day!

I sure do sound like a little kid…
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Girliepop ditch them, when you do it will be easier to find new friends than now, 100%
 
welp, I’m a girl. I finally have the answers to so many of the questions I’ve been asking myself for years - why I hate myself and my body so much, and if everybody hates being a guy like I did. It feels wonderful knowing that I don’t have to live that way forever. It’s so surreal.
I’m nervous but excited for what the future holds. Thank you all :>
 
this isn't directly me related but i thought i'd share anyway because it's a gay struggle. one of my friends has been wanting a masc and they've known each other since middle school. i was giving her advice and AS A JOKE i was like "and as a last resort you can use this pickup line" and then i gave her THE best pickup line ever. anyway she was like "il send it to her rn" and i tried to call her bluff and she sent it and showed me the screenshot. this was last night and for the next few hours we were just freaking out. anyway this morning i asked her if her crush had replied and she left me on delivered so. fuck.

the pickup line is "you should sell hot dogs cause you sure know how to make a wiener stand"
 
Ren said:
this isn't directly me related but i thought i'd share anyway because it's a gay struggle. one of my friends has been wanting a masc and they've known each other since middle school. i was giving her advice and AS A JOKE i was like "and as a last resort you can use this pickup line" and then i gave her THE best pickup line ever. anyway she was like "il send it to her rn" and i tried to call her bluff and she sent it and showed me the screenshot. this was last night and for the next few hours we were just freaking out. anyway this morning i asked her if her crush had replied and she left me on delivered so. fuck.

the pickup line is "you should sell hot dogs cause you sure know how to make a wiener stand"
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Amazing
 
Due to The Horrors of the political climate I've been thinking about if I'll ever get to transition or not, and at times it gets pretty scary. The news of yesterday hasn't helped :/

I decided to drop my pronouns from my Discord account because I don't know if it's ever going to happen (and The Horrors admittedly have me spooked), and I got immediately misgendered (though not blaming them, they wouldn't know) like 3 times and it made me sad.

I don't really have a point to this post, just kinda a vent; apologies.
 
Hey so I’m kinda just gonna rant for a second. It’s so unbelievably exhausting having to constantly interact in spaces that do not want me there. People consistently say hurtful, inconsiderate, and willfully ignorant comments then when I defend myself it’s a problem.
People will actively participate in bigotry in so many different ways then play victim about it. It’s always I’m doing too much, or I’m not handling stuff that right way when I explicitly get thrown under the bus. This policing of how I’m supposed to interact with bigotry is so tiring.
People always treat me differently because I’m very vocal about standing for myself and people of other communities whether or not they look like me/or apart of the same group. It feels very isolating when you’re the only one in the room who will say something against toxic behavior. Lately it feels things get exponentially worse and frankly I’m at a limit. Trying to exist independently of the bigot’s gaze feels more impossible than ever. Micro aggressions feel like the norm interaction making me simply not want to interact with anyone out of fear that they’ll just say something to demean, undercut, and, or backhanded. Rant over. Thanks.
 
It took me (way) too long to realize that you dont have to change your personality to match your prefferred gender and that people will actually support you even if you are a masculine transfem or a femminine transmasc. And the people who wont, wouldnt have anyways.

I used to just suppress my entire personality exclusively to ask more femminine and thats just not good. Im glad i realized this even if it took forever. ^-^ (short message but like ion got much to say :P)
 
I feel incredibly conflicted at the moment but I feel that I'm making steps in (somewhat) of a right direction. To be honest, I've never really thought about my sex as it never mattered to me for a long long time. It was just "that one thing" that I never really thought about and even when I tried to last year, I didn't feel like I got anywhere (though partially maybe because my mind was tackling so many other important things at the time that I deemed more important).

I feel like I made somewhat good progress recently though. I feel comfortable with going by she/her pronouns and I've asked some places I'm in to call me by said pronouns. I would certainly be an understatement to say that I'm slightly conflicted (That doesn't even begin to scratch the surface...) but no matter what the end result of this might be I'm happy that not only have I made this (to me) important step and that the people who are around me are incredibly supportive. Or rather that those are online. I live in a... relatively transphobic town so. That probably won't be happening irl. For a while.
 
Oh well, Harris lost... I'm like a month late for this but I can see how this is very much a very bad thing.

I shall wish all of you guys and gals good luck for the next 4 (Or maybe less if sth happens to trump)years.

(Btw, I heard that trump hosted gay weddings on his house, but I might be blind again. but if this is true, that would be pretty ironic considering his transphobic voters.)
 
This bitch finally got her name and sex legally changed! Through the roof! I’m in the process of changing all of my documents; did social security and my license yesterday, finishing my paperwork for my birth certificate today.
Getting my BA done in 12 days, and in the process of scheduling my ffs consultation.
I’ve been putting my big girl pants on and really been pushing myself the last couple of days. Proud of how much I’ve done
 
Style_Dota said:
This bitch finally got her name and sex legally changed! Through the roof! I’m in the process of changing all of my documents; did social security and my license yesterday, finishing my paperwork for my birth certificate today.
Getting my BA done in 12 days, and in the process of scheduling my ffs consultation.
I’ve been putting my big girl pants on and really been pushing myself the last couple of days. Proud of how much I’ve done
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Great job!!! I did this about two weeks ago too :)
Will hopefully have my new ID sometime next week
Very excited to finally be able to show it and not have to cringe !
 
Alright, I know we are all feeling down due to... recent events, but lets focus on some good news. I know it is a little late, but I still see people denying it, so allow me to point out the fact that WE HAVE OUR FIRST OFFICIAL LGBTQ+ MAJOR CHARACTER IN POKEMON.
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First of all, she is incredibly trans coded. I mean her ace is Sylveon for crying out loud. In addition, shes gay as hell. Now, I have seen some people say that her interaction with Carmine was not inherently gay. And I am inclined to agree. A woman calling another woman pretty is not inherently gay. However, as for the interaction with the players mom:
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There is no heterosexual explanation for this. We win these.
 
Bella said:
Im too lazy to wait for June lmao i cannot deal with this anymore <3
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Thats right Smogon.com/forums/threads/lgbtq, im trans (mtf.) Now i never thought i was going to like... ever say this and i thought this was a secret going to the fucking grave with me, but here we are. I guess i should explain how i got to this conclusion, huh?
I never considered that being Male was part of me, or that i enjoyed it. I guess i was indifferent? But well for about the last 3 years i started to hate being male and started to experience a state of dysphoria, so thats how i started to kinda realize i was trans. Now covid hitted and the dysphoria hitted like a TRUCK, so i sorta kinda began to act a bit like a girl in online spaces (I made an alternate account, and made friends on that) and that eventually made me realize: I WAS NOT A MAN. I didnt know if i was really a "girl" now or if i was just having a weird phase but i realized this isnt a phase or whatever, this was me. I just didnt want to act like a girl and being treated as one online, i wanted to be one in real life. I realized that about 6 months ago. Ive been hiding that fact until now. So yeah, i can call myself a girlboss now openly. fun
TL;DR: Yas Queen
(oh yeah, she/her pronouns pls, called me Gabriela or Bella, thats what im trying right now but its subject to change)
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Imagine telling this girl 11/2 years in the future she would get her dream come true and get estrogen.

Anyways, i finally obtained hrt please clap
 
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