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The problem is sadly that if you're cis & straight your life is constructed to annihilate us. If you are cis & straight you are a homophobe, a transphobe, etc. It does not make a difference if you agree. It does not make a difference if you express it in private or in public. You are a proponent of the world that wants us dead, regardless of how you conduct your life. Yes it is bleak. But for us, it's the base-level of life. If we could change it, we would. But that power does not lie in our hands. It is up to you to be an anti-homophobe, an anti-transphobe, or to be what this world determines you to be.
Can you explain yourself further? Because this shit reads like Highlander but with sexual orientations, some real “us vs them” vibes. There can only be one!
I personally don’t get down with that mentality as a gay dude. Say for instance a straight dude is dating a trans chick. They’re a straight couple. Why would you think they want to murder you? Not to mention the straight Supreme court justices and straight allies who voted in favor of legalizing gay marriage and the straight allies who made it all possible. We wouldn’t be anywhere without them. It’s like you don’t believe straight people are capable of empathy. Sorry you feel like this, it must be a sad outlook on life
I believe what Nicky is saying is that it is not enough to not be homophobic or transphobic. Allyship is not just voting for the legalization of gay marriage. It’s not being pro toleration, for lack of a better word. It’s being anti homophobic/transphobic.
Trans people, for instance, have a life expectancy of about 30 years. That’s due to a lot of factors, but I’d really imagine it comes down to coming out as trans puts a fucking target on your back.