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What LGBTQ+ topic you wish more people knew about? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

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What LGBTQ+ topic do you wish more people knew about? This could be a queer icon, a piece of history, knowledge about certain labels, specific philosophy topics (or notable philosopher), art, or anything else. Also if there are topics that you wish specific sub populations had greater access to or knowledge of, feel free to qualify (for example, you might wish there was greater knowledge about a specific cultural gender to all cultures which don't have exposure to this gender, or a desire for your local gay community to be more educated on a topic important to you).

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[–] Staden_@pawb.social 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think the amount of transphobes in the world would be waaay smaller if everyone knew what gender dysphoria is

[–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And people don't even realize that cis people have it too! My BiL was recently talking about taking Cialis and Testosterone. I have a niece that just got breast implants and other cosmetic procedures. People going through menopause take hormones. Cis children with precocious puberty take puberty blockers so they don't have to go through that at 8 or 9 years old. And cis people don't have the self-reflection to realize that these are all gender-affirming care.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And cis people don't have the self-reflection to realize that these are all gender-affirming care.

The fuck I don't.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lmao, you don't need to take this very general statement so personally.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I suppose you're right. Trans people just aren't very good communicators.

The parent comment which was deleted - presumably for an expletive? - read:

And cis people don't have the self-reflection to realize that these are all gender-affirming care.

The ~~f~~ hell I don't.

[–] Sas@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is like saying "not all men" when someone complains about the majority of men. It's not bad communication. No one ever means every single man or in this case every single cis person with such a statement and it's not trans people being bad communicators that's the problem here.

[–] Kacarott@feddit.de 0 points 2 months ago

To be honest, it comes across as bad communication to me. If you mean "some people" or even "some cis people", then why not say that? The way you say it sounds like all, or almost all cis people don't understand, which I think is presumptuous and untrue. Pretty much every cis person I know would understand those to be gender affirming care. Just because some people (especially those in power) don't seem to understand that doesn't justify making it a generalisation.

Thats probably not how you meant it, I just want to point out how it comes across to at least some people, which might imply it isn't the best communication.