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For the record, I grew up during those times and have uttered the same words but they were never used the way people are making it seem. No one ever said “that’s gay” in a way towards homosexuals. Shit was “gay” in the same way it is “lame”, sexuality wasn’t even a factor. Pretty soon saying “lame” will go the same way. Making a mountain out of a molehill, honestly. I’m black too, so I’m a protected class so I can say whatever haha
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Your experiences have no bearing on any trans & queer individuals. We know what's true and that's something you can't manipulate by your theory of how things were Chill.
They weren't, and they still aren't.
It's at least interesting you think this would change anything. It doesn't.
On a less lighter note, you can generously suck my whole shriveled sack. And sexuality isn't even a factor.
Maybe you aren't aware, but the black community is extremely conservative when it comes to homosexuality. Everybody thinks black folks are progressive or w/e bc they vote establishment left on most shit, but there are key aspects of life in the community that are the antithesis of progress and homosexuality is one of them.Many ppl openly use every homophobic slur you can think of, and it's almost always meant to check someone's manhood. The only slur that isn't really taken like that is the "gay=lame" that Dark Knight pointed out, but even that one's rooted in intolerance. Coming out the closet is a million times harder for black ppl, and even black celebrities are shamed out of employment in the 21st century bc they were caught doing something that wasn't heterosexual. It becomes a problem too, since everything that can't be neutralized in the light festers in darkness, and that subsequently leads to manipulation and abuse where victims are more likely to feel as if they don't have a voice. I'm not saying this is right, but it's definitely the way it is. I'd need several sets of hands and feet to count how many times my black relatives have said "being gay is some white people shit, it don't happen with black folks unless some of the evil taints our purity," and they won't listen if you try to explain why they are wrong.