Lesbians Like Me Joined Forces with Conservatives. Now They’re Turning on Us. — Queer Majority
www.queermajority.com
The political right welcomed LGBT moderates with open arms. Once they took power, the mask came off.

When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way.

Today, some of those same attorneys I worked with are advocating for my right to marry my fiancée to be stripped away.

I fell for obvious right-wing propaganda and rationalized the hate with reason and logic. Now the hate machine is coming for me and that’s not fair!

  • Velma@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Many will say I should have seen this coming — that the right has and always will be against LGBT rights. And maybe there’s some truth to that. But that just wasn’t my experience. I was met with open arms by this messy coalition of ex-Democrats and lifelong Republicans, many of whom still support me and my right to marry. I found a community committed to reason and truth. Perhaps I’m simply realizing that there are fewer of us than I originally thought. The radical right is on the warpath against liberalism, trampling centrists, libertarians, and reasonable ring-wingers in the process. Ultimately, I don’t regret my decision. I worked toward what I believed — and still believe — to be true. I still oppose radical gender ideology and Critical Race Theory in schools. I still believe that biological males shouldn’t compete in women’s sports or be housed in women’s prisons. But I will not stand by while LGBT rights are legislated away.

    This bigot still hasn’t learned. They don’t regret anything they’ve done.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago

      It’s the lesbians who are also racist ( not all lesbians, but the ones who happen to also be racist). I have personal experience with this and they are insane. In the same sentence they’ll go against BLM and then complain that their rights are being taken away. I’m not exaggerating. But on the plus side, I quit facebook 100% at exactly that moment.

      Edit: I didn’t mean it in the way I now see it sounds. Sorry about that lesbians, I didn’t mean to say all of you are racist. That one word made a difference.

      Edit 2: Clarifying further.

      • Velma@lemmy.todayEnglish
        113·
        2 days ago

        Oh come on, let’s not engage in bigotry by painting all lesbians with the same brush.

        • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          82·
          2 days ago

          Oh come on, let’s not engage in bigotry by painting all lesbians with the same brush.

          I didn’t? I said the “one’s who are racist.” You can be a straight racist, trans racist, lesbian racist, gay racist, etc. I think I had this idea that marginalized people would stick up for other marginalized people. It’s shocking that there are a percentage that are just as shitty as the straight racists.

          • Velma@lemmy.todayEnglish
            102·
            2 days ago

            It’s lesbians who are racist

            Claiming all lesbians are racist sure is a thing you can do.

            • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              2 days ago

              I edited and apologized, I haven’t had my coffee yet. I meant the lesbians who are racist are shocking.

              Edit: Also, thanks for calling it out, it gave me a chance to see where I fucked up.